Today, Publishers Weekly announced the winner of the 2017 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing for Nonfiction: Grace Talusan, for her memoir The Body Papers. As detailed below in the judges' citation and author's statement about her book, The Body Papers is a brave, artful memoir about trauma, illness, and immigration as told through personal and official documentation. The book is scheduled to be published in the Fall of 2018.
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Reading is Resistance: Support Our Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign!
Dear readers,
As you may know, Restless Books recently became a nonprofit to solidify our Mission to champion diverse global voices, immigrant culture, and extraordinary writing from unexpected viewpoints. At a time when borders are closing down, walls are going up, and people who look or speak differently are met with fear and suspicion, we believe reading and publishing fearlessly is a vital act of resistance. Now that we’ve become a nonprofit, you—our readers and supporters—play an essential role in keeping reading global!
Nonprofit fundraising takes time to establish, and there's a long lag between becoming eligible to apply for grants and tax-exempt donations, and receiving the funds. So in the meantime, we've launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign: Reading is Resistance.
We hope you'll join in and support! But don't take it just from us—some of our wonderful authors and fans from around the world have chimed in for our campaign video:
And of course, no good crowdfunding effort would be complete without some extra goodies, so we've put together a few literary enticements to encourage you. We've got signed books by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Yoss, Ruth Ozeki, and more, and some swag with a couple of killer logos:
Check out the campaign at Indiegogo, and please join us in the reading resistance!
Check Out Photojournalist Filip Springer's Photos from his American Tour!
Photojournalist and author of History of a Disappearance: The Story of a Forgotten Polish Town, is just back in Poland after a lightning two-week tour of the United States, and he managed to take some photos between all his events. We at Restless are grateful to have met this multitalented man and, after reading his incisive reportage about a Polish town, to see our own urban landscapes through his finely tuned eyes. Check out the remarkable shots he took on tour.
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