Bushel invites the public to a reading and discussion by authors Alissa Quart and Hobart resident Anne Elizabeth Moore, that will take place on Friday, April 12, 6–7:30 pm. This event is free and open to all. Bushel is located at 106 Main Street, Delhi.
The writers will read from and discuss Going for Broke: Living on the Edge in the World’s Richest Country, a new book published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) that includes a compelling collection of hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Giving voice to a range of gifted writers for whom “economic precarity” is more than just another assignment, it illustrates what the late Barbara Ehrenreich — who conceived of EHRP — once described as “the real face of journalism today: not million dollar-a-year anchorpersons, but low-wage workers and downwardly spiraling professionals.”
Alissa Quart is co-editor and EHRP’s executive director. Anne Elizabeth Moore contributed an essay to the book. Both will read from the collection alongside their other recent books: Quart’s Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream and Moore’s Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes.
Anne Elizabeth Moore is a cultural critic, journalist, and humorist. Her 2021 book, Gentrifier: A Memoir, was an NPR Best Book. My Inevitable Murder, the “true-ish crime” podcast in which she investigates her own murder, has been nominated for multiple awards and is supported by the New York State Council for the Arts.
