{"product_id":"the-world-is-waiting-for-you-graduation-speeches-to-live-by-from-activists-writers-and-visionaries-hardcover","title":"The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTara Grove\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIsabel Ostrer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspiring commencement speeches from Wynton Marsalis, Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and others: \"The perfect gift for grads-to-be\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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 \u003ci\u003ein\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With eighteen rousing graduation speeches, \u003ci\u003e The World Is Waiting for You\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Grove is the education editor at The New Press. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and lives in New York City. Isabel Ostrer is a recent graduate of Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They both went to college to figure out how they could make the world a more humane place to live. \u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\/Speech Locations\u003cbr\u003eAnna Quindlen - Grinnell College, 2011 (Grinnell, Iowa)\u003cbr\u003eWynton Marsalis - Connecticut College, 2001 (New London, Connecticut)\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Kingsolver - Duke University, 2008 (Durham, North Carolina)\u003cbr\u003eMarian Wright Edelman - Muhlenberg College, 2008 (Allentown, Pennsylvania)\u003cbr\u003eNoam Chomsky - American University of Beirut, 2013 (Lebanon)\u003cbr\u003eToni Morrison - Rutgers University, 2011 (New Brunswick, New Jersey)\u003cbr\u003eGloria Steinem - Smith College, 2007 (Northampton, Massachusetts)\u003cbr\u003eTony Kushner - Vassar College, 2002 (Poughkeepsie, New York)\u003cbr\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Kalamazoo College, 2009 (Kalamazoo, Michigan)\u003cbr\u003ePaul Farmer - University of Delaware, 2013 (Newark, Delaware)\u003cbr\u003eMartha Nussbaum - Connecticut College, 2009 (New London, Connecticut)\u003cbr\u003eOliver Stone - UCLA, 2009 (Los Angeles, California)\u003cbr\u003ePaul Hawken - University of Portland, 2009 (Portland, Oregon)\u003cbr\u003eIsabel Wilkerson - Bates College, 2014 (Lewiston, Maine)\u003cbr\u003eHoward Zinn - Spelman College, 2005 (Atlanta, Georgia)\u003cbr\u003eCecile Richards - Barnard College, 2014 (New York, New York)\u003cbr\u003eTheodore Shaw - Wesleyan University, 2014 (Middletown, Connecticut)\u003cbr\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin - Mills College, 1983 (Oakland, California)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984088072493,"sku":"9781620970904","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/d3YwWkZ2WGFyaktZY01yazJIcXdBZz09.webp?v=1776081854","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-world-is-waiting-for-you-graduation-speeches-to-live-by-from-activists-writers-and-visionaries-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}