Thank you for the opportunity to read this book! The opportunity landed at a time when I really needed it - and I'm not even American. I think we all need a strong reminder of what resistance can look like and the role that we all need to play in our communities as we want things to change for the better. I love that the book is free - so readers can be inspired and educated in new ways that foster acts of resistance and acts of community.
Thanks you to Riverdale Avenue Books and Net Galley and Lori Perkins for the opportunity to read this ARC. Keep up the good fight!

Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

This book is free to anyone who requests it. So if essays on resistance during trumps presidency intrigue you, get yourself a copy!

I thought it was fine!

Important on a message level and at times, ill conceived in a craft level. The editor admits this was rushed to be put together and I think you can tell a bit though the idea this will expand and grow is a promising idea.

Folks new to the Democratic Party, or people needing permission to resist may find this insightful/inspiring and it will introduce some new ideas. To those of us fighting the good leftist fight moving on from the idea of a two party anything, it may fall flat at times.

I will say, y’all…Starting the first essay with a cis white man who keeps reminding us he’s cis and white and won’t be hurt as much as the rest of us was a choice…

A little bit of liberal performative advocacy with no practical application here and there. A little bit of self aggrandizing here and there.

There are a few bright spots I want to highlight. Marc W. Polite’s essay had some good moments. C. E. Monaghan also actually nailed it. Shane Montgomery had some nice moments! Perry Bass (except for 9)! David Freed highlights the Tuskegee Airmen which I appreciated. Jill Nagle’s essay on the power of “is” was/is (haha) a highlight for me. There are a few other solid moments.

This is a book that will have some liberals feeling warm and fuzzy inside and most leftists rolling their eyes a bit. I don’t think any harm will come from it, but I’m not sure how much good it will do.

Free arc from netgalley but available for free on all digital platforms according to the letter from the editor.

Between a 4.5 and a 5. I am not sure why I didn't feel it was a solid 5 but I think some of the essays
did lose me a very little bit. The entire premise is to find ways to resist and survive a trump administration. Through personal essays from contributors, Lori Perkins is able to put together this book of essays. Her hope is to make this an omnibus of resistance stories. Each author had something important to say. From living each day to the fullest, to going out and marching against the current government, there are many ways to resist. I liked that this book included, a comic, poems, personal essays and researched essays from many people with many backgrounds.

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I would highly recommend this collection of essays to anyone who is in need of some hope, perspective, or encouragement at this point in history. It felt like exactly what I needed to read right now. The essays are all of manageable length and high quality. They are written by a wide variety of authors. You will not regret investing your time in this read.

Note: Before the ARC goes to final print, I would recommend in the essay where the author describes not capitalising 'trump', 'maga', etc, that this preference is made consistent in the editing process in-text, as I think this would lend more weight to the author's words.

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