{"product_id":"thumbs-up-memoir-of-a-joyful-organizer-9780945531241","title":"Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author's journey through the seventies and beyond with the underground press, the Yippies and Zippies, his thumb, his Judaism, organic catering, community organizing, emerging technology, and Emily. A funny, insightful, always hopeful memoir of a joyful writer, editor, dishwasher, Zen phony, and legendary historian of the underground press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Wachsberger is the editor of the landmark four-volume Voices from the Underground Series, called \"the most important book on American journalism published in my lifetime\" by one reviewer. \u003cem\u003eThumbs Up\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of how it came to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt includes, for the first time ever, the whole story behind how \u003cem\u003eVoices from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e exploded into existence. how the first edition was stolen from storage, and then how it reemerged as a four-volume series by Michigan State University Press and inspired the largest digital collection of underground papers ever compiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz called it \"a gift, a cultural outbreak of joy in the dark time of the 1970s for our own dark time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey Wasserman said it \"spins a Kerouac-worthy tale of an adventure-filled life well spent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Sean Howe. it \"explodes the notion that activism recedes with age.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e376 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWachsberger, Ken:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKen Wachsberger\u003c\/strong\u003e, founder of Azenphony Press, is a long-time author, editor, educator, political organizer, and book contract advisor with the National Writers Union. He has written, edited, and lectured widely on the Jewish resistance during World War II, the First Amendment, the Vietnam era, writing in the electronic age, copyright, teachers' rights, writers' rights, the I-Search paper, and writing for healing and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis Voices from the Underground Series, about the Vietnam-era underground press, was called \"the most important book on American journalism published in my lifetime\" by one reviewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a book coach, editor, and member of the National Speakers Association, Ken speaks to and works with individuals and groups who are writing to find healing, to preserve their legacies, and to gain credibility in their professions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis \u003cem\u003eYou've Got the Time: How to Write and Publish That Book in You\u003c\/em\u003e is an international bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen's print and ebooks may be found at azenphonypress.com\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e kenthebookcoach.com\/book\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e and voicesfromtheunderground.com\/voices.htm\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor coaching, editing, and speaking, he may be reached at ken@kenthebookcoach.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Azenphony Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475074777362,"sku":"9780945531241","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74849884-b5b0-4312-9d63-bfc00e776674.jpg?v=1752586131","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thumbs-up-memoir-of-a-joyful-organizer-9780945531241","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}