In this Book
- My Odyssey Through the Underground Press
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
- Series: Voices from the Underground
summary
In 1963, Michigan State University, the nation’s first land grant college, attracted a record number of National Merit Scholars by offering competitive scholarships. One of these exceptional students was Michael Kindman. After the beginning of the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley, Kindman, in line to be editor-in-chief of the official MSU student newspaper, felt compelled to seek a more radical forum of intellectual debate. In 1965, he dropped out of school and founded The Paper, one of the first five members of Underground Press Syndicate. This gripping autobiography follows Kindman’s inspiring journey of self-discovery, from MSU to Boston, where he joined the staff of Avatar, unaware that the large commune that controlled the paper was a charismatic cult. Five years later, he fled the commune’s outpost in Kansas and headed to San Francisco, where he came out as a gay man, changed his name to Mica, and continued his work as an activist and visionary.
Table of Contents
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- Editor’s Introduction
- pp. xv-xx
- Chapter 4: Moving to the Future
- pp. 37-43
- Chapter 5: Settling In
- pp. 45-50
- Chapter 6: Two Different Worlds
- pp. 51-60
- Chapter 7: Time to Get a Life
- pp. 61-66
- Chapter 8: A Purpose Finds Me
- pp. 67-76
- Chapter 9: A Simple Man
- pp. 77-82
- Chapter 11: Superstars
- pp. 91-99
- Chapter 14: Send Out a Lifeline
- pp. 117-126
- Chapter 15: Hit the Road Again, Jack
- pp. 127-133
- Chapter 16: What Next?
- pp. 135-141
- Chapter 17: There’s a Place in the Sun
- pp. 143-152
- Chapter 18: A New Movement, A New Paper
- pp. 153-172
- Chapter 20: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- pp. 187-188
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609172305
Related ISBN(s)
9781611860009, 9781628950991, 9781628960990
MARC Record
OCLC
867785365
Pages
226
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011