Paul Loeb
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In The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a phrase borrowed from Billie Holliday, the editor of Soul of a Citizen brings together fifty stories and essays that range across nations, eras, wars, and political movements. Danusha Goska, an Indiana activist with a paralyzing physical disability, writes about overcoming political immobilization, drawing on her history with the Peace Corps and Mother Teresa. Vaclav Havel, the former president...
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Do you have a burning desire to make the world a better place but are too afraid to try? When you picture an activist, do you see a shrill, humorless figure angrily spewing out scary statistics? Paul Loeb dispels this image with profiles of ordinary people who found the courage to step forward and engage themselves in their communities.
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We do not have to join the ranks of despair in these challenging times. We have a choice. As Loeb says, "History is not ended, the future is not foreclosed, there are things we can do even if we can't quite see the path." He encourages us to find what has meaning for us and take a stand. We can influence the arc of time toward a positive future.
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Sometimes our activity for positive change in the world makes a visible leap and other times the impact of our work takes a seemingly long time to show any results. As Loeb points out, "You draw hope from the knowledge that whatever it is that you do, something unexpected is going to happen and it often happens at the periphery of your vision."
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A pioneer of integrating animal calls and instrumental music, Paul Winter combines environmental sensitivity and artistic freedom with exquisite ingenuity and skill. This conversation is richly enlivened with samples of the music for which he is known, an astounding variety of new pieces he has collected from around the world, and first-hand stories of the creative adventures behind the compositions.