Writers United for All Families: Seventeen Original Works on Love and Liberty

by Shawn Lawrence Otto

Overview

In one of the most remarkable author readings ever held, seventeen award-winning authors wrote and read original short works on why everyone from liberals to libertarians should oppose restriction of gay marriage. The event was so special, and produced so many sparkling and varying perspectives, that the writers were asked to collect their works in a volume to share. This collection of original poems and essays includes works by Lois West Duffy • Jacque Fletcher • Michael Hall • Nor Hall • Patricia Hampl • Greg Hewett • Marya Hornbacher • Kathryn Kysar • Jim Lenfestey • Jim Moore • Darby Nelson • Shawn Lawrence Otto • John Reimringer • Kate St Vincent Vogl • Kurtis Scaletta • Don Shelby • Faith Sullivan • RD Zimmerman. Edited by Shawn Lawrence Otto. Profits from sales are donated to efforts opposing bans on gay marriage. This book is well-suited for public readings and conversations.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015584226
Publisher:	Chisel Finger Press, Inc
Publication date:	10/05/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Shawn Lawrence Otto is an American writer, filmmaker and science advocate. He is author of Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America, which won the Minnesota Book Award, and cofounder and CEO of ScienceDebate.org, the largest political initiative in the history of science. In each of the last two presidential elections, Otto has gotten the candidates for president to discuss the major science problems like climate change, ocean health, energy, research, and more - in an online "debate" at ScienceDebate.org. He is a recipient of the IEEE-USA National Distinguished Public Service Award.

Otto is also a filmmaker best known for writing and coproducing the Oscar-nominated film House of Sand and Fog. He lives in Minnesota, in a passive solar, geothermal, wind-powered home he designed and built with his own hands. His personal website is at shawnotto.com