Today is the day. The softcover of Everyday Utopia is now out with a new preface and a reading group guide.
Sample of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism audio book in Russian
I only recently became aware of the audiobook version of my 2018 book in the Russian language. Apparently, it was recorded during the pandemic, but I have only just heard it for the first time. I’m posting a sample here for Russian speaks throughout Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and in the diaspora who want to have a listen.
Photos from the wonderful event at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC
It was a sold out event with folks sitting on the floor. Thanks so much to Rhaina Cohen for curating this HumanitiesDC panel and live music performance by Rings of Maple
My meeting with the amazing Margaret Atwood
I lived a dream yesterday and had a lovely hour speaking with one of my literary and feminist heroes.
2024 Reading Challenge: The Seep by Chana Porter
A new year and a new goal for reading fiction and non-fiction. Although I did not reach my 2023 goal of 50 books, I did manage to read most of 17 books of fiction and 21 books of non-fiction (which included 3 audio books). Thirty-eight books isn’t bad given how busy my year was.
But now I’m starting fresh and my first book was The Seep by Chana Porter. I loved this little book mostly because I kept thinking that the aliens would turn out to be evil and the author did not fall for the tired old tropes. A fun and hopeful book about how some of us are too resistant to change for our own good.
Some more foreign media for Everyday Utopia
I got a bit of a grumpy review on the German equivalent of NPR, but a very nice shout out as the most important non-fiction book of the year on the biggest Leftist news platform in Czechia.
A little profile in the Fall/Winter 2023 OMNIA magazine
Everyday Utopia is a finalist for Season 22 of the Next Big Idea Club! →
This is a big deal since nonfiction books are curated by Adam Grant, Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink. Check out the citation here.
Everyday Utopia in London: September 2023
I did a short trip to London to sign books at some central London bookshops and gave a few talks at the How the Light Gets in Festival at Kenwood House.
Everyday Utopia in Maine!
Check out this amazing drone footage of the Cribstone Bridge
Everyday Utopia in Harpswell, Maine
Photos from the Half King Reading Series at the Salmagundi Club in New York
On Tuesday night, I had a wonderful time with Glenn Raucher and the Half King Reading Series. I did this event at the old Half King back in November 2018, and according to Glenn, I am the first author to have done this event in both places. We had a great crowd that asked fantastic questions. Thanks to Shannon Hennessey for organizing it all!
Watch my talk at New York's Society for Ethical Culture →
Check out the video here
In conversation with the brilliant and insightful, Rebecca Traister
Last night in the Harvard Book Store.
Everyday Utopia in The Next Big Idea Book Club →
I had a lot of fun writing and reading these five key insights from my Everyday Utopia for the Next Big Idea Book Club. You can read and listen to them here.
Excerpt of Everyday Utopia in Jacobin Magazine →
P&P Live! Kristen Ghodsee | EVERYDAY UTOPIA w/ Dr. Julia Alekseyeva →
Watch my book event at Politics and Prose with the wonderful Isa Salazar and Juliet Alekseyeva.
In conversation with Arwa Mahdawi at the Philadelphia Free Library →
An excerpt of Everyday Utopia in Penn Today →
One of PW's Books of the Week! →
2023 Reading Challenge: Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
A wonderful salvo by the incomparable David Graeber! This was the last book I taught for my anarchism class, and I wish we had had at least three class periods for discussion.
