Are You Still Listening? – 1969 Stories & Essays

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50th Anniversary of 1969 Inspires New Book, New Perspectives

A book 50 years in the making.

1969 stood as the final year of a tumultuous decade, shattering domestic tranquility with epic events and cultural upheaval. On the fiftieth anniversary of 1969, eight authors have published their coming-of-age experiences, vivid memories, and lessons learned from that raucous, electrifying year.

Narrative storytelling gives readers insights into an unforgettable year.

Entitled Are You Still Listening? 1969 Stories & Essays, the book provides eyewitness accounts, personal tales, uncommon confessions, and fact-based fictional stories by eight witnesses to a transformative decade. The book merges documentary-style reporting with creative exploration, capturing the perspectives of journalists, fiction and nonfiction writers, and social and political commentators.

A book about yesterday and today

One question reverberates throughout this book: Are you still listening? The book inspires readers to think about the nation’s social and political progress fifty years later. Do we see greater national unity today? Do we hear lingering discord? Do we sense progress toward equal opportunity for all?

About The Authors

Eight established authors joined forces to share extraordinary stories and personal essays about 1969.

CAROL ORSBORN

Orsborn is founder/editor of Fierce with Age, the Digest of Boomer Wisdom, Inspiration and Spirituality. She has written 30 books for and about the Boomer generation, including "The Spirituality of Age: A Seeker’s Guide to Growing Older," winner of gold, category of Consciously Aging, Nautilus Book Awards (with Robert L. Weber, Ph.D.) . Carol leads the Conscious Aging Book Club for Parnassus Books. Her blog "Older, Wiser, Fiercer," which is also the subject of her next book, is available at CarolOrsborn.com.

RICHARD ADLER

Adler is a Distinguished Fellow at Institute for the Future (IFTF), Palo Alto, CA. He is also principal of People & Technology, a research and consulting firm based in Silicon Valley. His publications include "Age Wave, Meet Tech Wave: Closing the Digital Divide" (CSA Journal, 2017); "Catalyzing Technology to Support Family Caregivers" (NAC, 2014); and "The Great Retirement Divide" (in Longevity Rules, Eskaton, 2011).

BOB MOSES

Moses published the first local “senior” newspaper in the U.S. in 1974. Over his long career of advocacy for older people, he received numerous local and national awards and recognition, including the 1987 Public Service Award from the American College of Health Care Administrators. Following the sale of his newspaper in 1988, he started a nationwide marketing company targeting older consumers. A selection of his writings may be found at bobwrytes.com.

ROBERT WILLIAM CASE

Case once lived the life of an introverted lawyer in Littleton, Colorado, with a taste for early morning journaling. His kids were in high school, about to graduate. Then, the Columbine massacre happened. His days of practicing law were numbered, steadily replaced with writing, improv shows, and community theater, including portrayals of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Morrie Schwartz. His novel, Icarus and the Wing Builder, was published in 2014, an alternative history inspired by the archetypal father and son of Greek myth. Today, Robert writes and advocates for bicycle adventure and aging well on his website, bicyclepoet.com.

DAVID COGSWELL

Cogswell has published thousands of articles in publications that include the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Fortune, Fox News.com, Luxury Travel magazine, Travel Weekly, Travel Market Report, and TravelPulse.com. He is the author of four books in the For Beginners series, on Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Existentialism and Unions, and has contributed to several other books, including "Fortunate Son, The Making of an American President," by J.H. Hatfield.

GREG DOBBS

Dobbs was a longtime network news correspondent who has been honored with three Emmy Awards and the "Distinguished Service Award" from the Society of Professional Journalists, plus a perch in the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame. Greg also hosted an award-winning program for Rocky Mountain PBS and wrote weekly op-ed columns for The Rocky Mountain News, then The Denver Post. He has written two books (“Life in the Wrong Lane” is about a foreign correspondent’s wacky life).

JED DIAMOND

Diamond is the founder/director of MenAlive and is a leader in the field of gender medicine and men’s health. He is the author of fifteen books including international best-sellers "Male Menopause," "Surviving Male Menopause: A Guide for Women and Men and Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places." His forthcoming book, "14 Rules for Becoming Your Own Man: Your Guide for Living Fully, Loving Deeply, and Making a Difference in the World," will be published in 2019.

BRENT GREEN

Green is an award-winning author and marketer. He has been a social and business activist since college. His business books, "Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers" and "Generation Reinvention," provide thought-leading examinations of the sociology and psychology of the Boomer generation. Following the passing of his sister, he wrote "Questions of the Spirit: The Quest for Understanding at A Time of Loss," an inspired nonfiction book about grief and loss.

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