Michael Ansara
@michaelansara.bsky.social
Long time activist & organizer, writer, poet. My memoir The Hard Work of Hope is being published by Cornell University Press summer of 2025. My book of poems,What Remains, is available from https://kelsaybooks.com/collections/all/michael-ansara
A packed crowd at Politics and Prose in DC last night for a Hard Work of Hope event with the always wonderful Heather Booth. The store sold every copy they had & there were more people who wanted to buy the book. I think I have to find a way to convince stores to stock more copies. Good problem.
July 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A packed crowd at Politics and Prose in DC last night for a Hard Work of Hope event with the always wonderful Heather Booth. The store sold every copy they had & there were more people who wanted to buy the book. I think I have to find a way to convince stores to stock more copies. Good problem.
Packed launch of The Hard Work of Hope last night. More than 150 folks bought up every copy the book store had. #hardworkofhope
July 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Packed launch of The Hard Work of Hope last night. More than 150 folks bought up every copy the book store had. #hardworkofhope
Look at what arrived today!!! #TheHardWorkofHope
June 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Look at what arrived today!!! #TheHardWorkofHope
If you are near Cambridge, Mass, on July 15th, I would love to have you join me for the launch of my memoir at the Harvard Book Store www.harvard.com/event/michae...
May 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If you are near Cambridge, Mass, on July 15th, I would love to have you join me for the launch of my memoir at the Harvard Book Store www.harvard.com/event/michae...
The final version of my memoir, The Hard Work of Hope arrived in the mail today! Started writing it exactly ten years ago. #hardwordofhope
May 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The final version of my memoir, The Hard Work of Hope arrived in the mail today! Started writing it exactly ten years ago. #hardwordofhope
Join Heather Cox Richardson, MA AG Andrea Campbell & Cong.Jamie Raskin to find out how you can effectively oppose Trump. Wed. 4/16 at 4 PM ET Sign up at mobilize.us/s/UUOd6F
April 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Join Heather Cox Richardson, MA AG Andrea Campbell & Cong.Jamie Raskin to find out how you can effectively oppose Trump. Wed. 4/16 at 4 PM ET Sign up at mobilize.us/s/UUOd6F
"They were careless people.… They smashed up things and creatures and retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
March 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"They were careless people.… They smashed up things and creatures and retreated back to their money or their vast carelessness."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Today, advanced reading copies arrived. I started writing this book in the fall of 2015, and after 9+ years, it was thrilling to actually hold a copy in my hands. Of course, the excitement soon gave way to author anxiety: Will anyone read it? Will it be of use to those fighting for our democracy?
January 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today, advanced reading copies arrived. I started writing this book in the fall of 2015, and after 9+ years, it was thrilling to actually hold a copy in my hands. Of course, the excitement soon gave way to author anxiety: Will anyone read it? Will it be of use to those fighting for our democracy?
The pub date is July 15th but @cornellupress.bsky.social is offering a 30% discount on pre-orders of my memoir, The Hard Work of Hope. Go to www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... and use code 09BCARD
January 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The pub date is July 15th but @cornellupress.bsky.social is offering a 30% discount on pre-orders of my memoir, The Hard Work of Hope. Go to www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... and use code 09BCARD
Another milestone: the galleys for The Hard Work of Hope have been proofed, corrected and sent to the publisher.
And a distant relative found the book listed for pre-order on a Swedish book seller's site- amazing!
And a distant relative found the book listed for pre-order on a Swedish book seller's site- amazing!
December 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Another milestone: the galleys for The Hard Work of Hope have been proofed, corrected and sent to the publisher.
And a distant relative found the book listed for pre-order on a Swedish book seller's site- amazing!
And a distant relative found the book listed for pre-order on a Swedish book seller's site- amazing!
I am excited to see the cover design for my memoir being published next year by Cornell University Press
December 3, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I am excited to see the cover design for my memoir being published next year by Cornell University Press
Bryce Canon. Definitely getting away and at least momentarily trying not to think of what is to come.
November 26, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Bryce Canon. Definitely getting away and at least momentarily trying not to think of what is to come.