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World Is Waiting for You : Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries by Isabel Ostrer (2015, Hardcover)
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World Is Waiting for You : Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries, Hardcover by Grove, Tara (EDT); Ostrer, Isabel (EDT), ISBN 1620970902, ISBN-13 9781620970904, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Collects commencement speeches by such luminaries as Wynton Marsalis, Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and Noam Chomsky.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNew Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-101620970902
ISBN-139781620970904
eBay Product ID (ePID)202603224
Product Key Features
Book TitleWorld Is Waiting for You : Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSpeeches, Higher, Public Speaking
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Education, Literary Collections
AuthorIsabel Ostrer
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-043177
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisWith contemporary graduation speeches that dissect the world as it is and imagine what it could be, The World Is Waiting for You brings forth eighteen courageous figures who have dared to transform the podium into a pulpit for championing peace, justice, protest, and a better world. "The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them," acclaimed author and award-winning journalist Anna Quindlen cautioned graduates of Grinnell College. Jazz virtuoso and educator Wynton Marsalis advised new Connecticut College alums not to worry about being on time, but rather to be in time--because "time is actually your friend. He don't come back because he never goes away." And renowned physician and humanitarian Paul Farmer revealed at the University of Delaware his remarkable discovery--the new disease Empathy Deficit Disorder--and assured the commencers it could be cured. The prescient, fiery feminism of Gloria Steinem sits parallel to that of celebrated writer Ursula K. Le Guin, who asks, "What if I talked like a woman right here in public?" Nobelist and novelist Toni Morrison sagaciously ponders how people centuries from now will perceive our current times, and Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver asks those born into the Age of Irony to "imagine getting caught with your Optimism hanging out" and implores us always to act and speak the truth. The World Is Waiting for You speaks to anyone who might take to heart the advice of Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards--"life as an activist, troublemaker, or agitator is a tremendous option and one I highly recommend"--and is the perfect gift for all who are ready to move their tassels to the left., Inspiring commencement speeches from Wynton Marsalis, Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and others: "The perfect gift for grads-to-be" ( O, The Oprah Magazine ). "The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them," acclaimed author and award-winning journalist Anna Quindlen cautioned graduates of Grinnell College. Jazz virtuoso and educator Wynton Marsalis advised new Connecticut College alums not to worry about being on time, but rather to be in time--because "time is actually your friend. He don't come back because he never goes away." And renowned physician and humanitarian Paul Farmer revealed at the University of Delaware his remarkable discovery--the new disease Empathy Deficit Disorder--and assured the commencers it could be cured. The prescient, fiery feminism of Gloria Steinem sits parallel to that of celebrated writer Ursula K. Le Guin, who asks, "What if I talked like a woman right here in public?" Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison sagaciously ponders how people centuries from now will perceive our current times, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver asks those born into the Age of Irony to "imagine getting caught with your Optimism hanging out" and implores us always to act and speak the truth. With eighteen rousing graduation speeches, The World Is Waiting for You speaks to anyone who might take to heart the advice of Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards--"life as an activist, troublemaker, or agitator is a tremendous option and one I highly recommend"--and is the perfect gift for all who are ready to move their tassels to the left.
LC Classification NumberPS663.C74W67 2015
