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This is a beautiful collection of poems about the ways and places that love appears. They are written by Ray Cicetti with both wisdom and insight. The poems in this book take the reader on a journey of their own, and are to be savored like a morning cup of espresso. Their essence can be realized beyond the words, like love is. Ultimately, the reader ends up where they started, in the present moment. These poems help me to be better able to see and live life with more open hearted. -Carl BachmannIn his second volume of published poetry, Songs of Love & Longing, Ray Cicetti delivers lyrics that are immense in their knowledge: of love and loss, of rock and roll, of splendid birds that fill the skies over New Jersey. A psychotherapist and longtime Zen teacher, Cicetti understands how family can persist in memory both as bedrock and heartbreak. This is a brilliant performance.--Daniel Born

Jennifer Sey was on track to become the first woman CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. As the President of the Levi's brand, she was widely celebrated as a versatile and inspirational leader who had helped save the iconic brand from bankruptcy. Formerly a self-described "left of left of center" progressive, she was beloved as the embodiment of the company's "profits through principles" ethos.But everything changed when Sey publicly opposed the closure of San Francisco's public schools at the height of the pandemic. In response to her 'wrongthink,' management gave her a choice: shut up or leave. She decided that defending at-risk children was more important than the job that she loved, and so she resigned. After more than two decades at the company, she gave up her professional future in order to retain her voice.In Levi's Unbuttoned, Sey recounts her remarkable journey from U.S. National Gymnastics champion through her rise up the corporate ladder at Levi's. As the highest profile executive to fall victim to the cancel culture engulfing America, her story is an inspiration for all those who, in these difficult times, feel pressured to remain silent on their most fundamental beliefs.The more Americans who stand up to "woke-ism," the better chance we have at creating a truly equitable and inclusive society. Principles and integrity matter. Ultimately, they matter more than anything else.

Shareholder activist Wilma Soss rocketed to fame in the 1950s fighting for the rights of the individual investor. But over the years, her legacy was almost forgotten.    Based on archival documents, this is the true story of how a disparate group of activist investors—from a PR star to a Holocaust survivor—found each other and became the advocates Fortune 500 management loved to hate.   Soss and her band of activists, including the incomparable Evelyn Y. Davis, leveraged the media to promote the rights of small shareholders. The idea was simple: buy one share of stock to gain access to shareholder meetings and remind management whom they really serve.     These “corporate gadflies” were determined to speak their minds, even if it meant bringing their own megaphones or being dragged out of public meetings. But their message was undeniable, and ultimately changed corporate America for the better. Increased opportunities in the workplace, improved shareholder voting rights and greater corporate transparency were just some of the reforms Wilma Soss and her Federation kicked off in the post-war era.    If you’re looking for the intellectual heritage of 2021’s WallStreetBets phenomenon or the reason Fearless Girl stands as a symbol of American optimism today, look no further than the life, times and efforts of the fearless shareholder activist, Wilma Soss.

From "THE PUGILIST IN TWELVE ROUNDS"When I was eight years old, my father taught mehow to box and I have been sparring my wayinto and out of his corners ever since. In oneof the hundreds of boxing articles he imposedon my memory, I once read boxing was like math, calculating angles. I was destined to fail his belovedGeometry because I had it all backwards, he said.I believed in metaphor and meter the way a boxerbelieves in footwork and timing. Boxing, angles, tennisdodged my southpaw. Forty-Love. The pugilistis winning. I don't know how to break his serve.What comprises home? How do we reconcile our past? When do we forgive? With precision and insight, Judith Antelman looks back at the labyrinth that was her childhood. Through poetic forms, The Pugilist's Daughter harnesses exhilaration and loss. Part celebration, part lament. Travel on this journey that begins in Judith's hometown, and shifts landscapes as far as the west coast, Central Europe, and home again.