Johnson saw the message, and the two realizedtheycould be the ones to put such an anthology together.
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MAUREEN JOHNSON:A good place to start.
Tim, do you remember the night HOW I RESIST first came into the world?
MAUREEN:tbh Tim Im still doing that.
Wednesday Books
TIM:Very same.
one that features an LGBT protagonist.
I love getting these kinds of emails, but they arent all that unusual.
Because in Tr*mps America, the bullying in his school had gone crazy and haywire.
And that felt new to me.
Or like the wrong kind of #ThrowbackThursday.
Enter: Maureen Johnson.
(Not that youre a publisher.)
But you are a Very Powerful Force for Good and Tweets.
Am I remembering this fever dream correctly?
Im probably leaving out how many carbs I was eating in between tweets.
MAUREEN:I was cooking when this conversation happened, so maybe I was feeding you the carbs.
I have done a lot of stress cooking since the 2016 election.
TIM:In fact, we have a section on that!
Rock the Vote is the organization that first got me side-eyeing politics, when I was a teen.
Should we talk for a moment abouthowwe got so many all-stars (and up-and-comers) to participate?
MAUREEN:People just showed up, in many cases.
We spoke to a few people and they were gracious and giving.
We also found some pieces that moved us so much that we asked for them to be included.
We called it HOW I RESIST, and one of the first discoveries is thatresistmeans many things.
Resist may mean protest.
It may mean debate.
It may mean developing your point of view or changing the way you go about things big and small.
The title of this book reflects the many facets of the term!
And youre saying, Great.
Thats how you made this book.
But what about me?
Yes, I am.
MAUREEN:Well, Tim, I have answers!
In these pages youre going to find different types of materials.
There are essays about personal experiences.
There are interviews with people who talk about how they resist and make change.
There are sample letters to help you contact your representatives.
There is information about specific actions people under 18 can take.
There is information about how to step out of your comfort zone andmakesomething.
you’re able to pick this book up and read it in any way you like.
you could start at any point.
Whatever speaks to you…wonderful.
Its not a prescription.
Its a way of getting you going.
These marches arent going to march themselves.
From HOW I RESIST by Tim Federle and Maureen Johnson.
Copyright 2018 by the authors and reprinted by permission of Wednesday Books.
