{"product_id":"left-elsewhere-9781946511409","title":"Left Elsewhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Rural spaces,\" writes Elizabeth Catte, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia\u003c\/em\u003e, \"are often thought of as places absent of things, from people of color to modern amenities to radical politics. The truth, as usual, is more complicated.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith activists, historians, and political scientists as guides, \u003cem\u003eLeft Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e explores the radical politics of rural America--its past, its priorities, and its moral commitments--that mainstream progressives overlook. This volume shows how these communities are fighting, and winning, some of the left's biggest battles. From novel health care initiatives in the face of the opioid crisis to living wages for teachers, these struggles do not fall neatly into the \"puny language,\" as Rev. William Barber says, of Democrat or Republican. Instead they help us rethink the rural-urban opposition at the heart of U.S. politics. The future of the left, this collection argues, could be found elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Catte, a public historian and activist based in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003e55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has been featured in A\u003ci\u003ell Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeborah Chasman is Coeditor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoshua Cohen is Coeditor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, member of the faculty of Apple University, and Distinguished Senior Fellow in Law, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Catte, a public historian and activist based in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003e55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has been featured in A\u003ci\u003ell Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Catte, a public historian and activist based in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003e55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has been featured in A\u003ci\u003ell Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Boston Review","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433738244370,"sku":"9781946511409","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf82b7e5-0af7-4472-aca7-edcf9339d527.jpg?v=1729584350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/left-elsewhere-9781946511409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}