Going for Broke, A reading and discussion at BUSHEL April 12

DELHI —Bushel invites the public to a reading and discussion by authors Alissa Quart and Hobart resident Anne Elizabeth Moore, that will take place on Friday, April 12, 6–7:30 pm. This event is free and open to all. Bushel is located at 106 Main Street, Delhi.

The writers will read from and discuss Going for Broke: Living on the Edge in the World’s Richest Country, a new book published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) that includes a compelling collection of hard-hitting first-person essays, poems, and photos that expose what our punitive social systems do to so many Americans. Giving voice to a range of gifted writers for whom “economic precarity” is more than just another assignment, it illustrates what the late Barbara Ehrenreich—who conceived of EHRP—once described as “the real face of journalism today: not million dollar-a-year anchorpersons, but low-wage workers and downwardly spiraling professionals.”

Alissa Quart is co-editor and EHRP’s executive director. Anne Elizabeth Moore contributed an essay to the book. Both will read from the collection alongside their other recent books: Quart’s Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream and Moore’s Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes.  

Alissa Quart created EHRP in collaboration with Barbara Ehrenreich and has run it for close to a decade. Quart is also the author of two books of poetry and has written for many publications including the  Washington Post, New York Times, and TIME. Her awards include an Emmy, an SPJ Award, and a Nieman fellowship. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.

Anne Elizabeth Moore was born in Winner, SD, and lives in the Catskills with two ineffective feline personal assistants, Captain America and Mitakuye “Taku” Oyasin Moore-America. She is a cultural critic, journalist, and humorist. Her 2021 book, Gentrifier: A Memoir, was an NPR Best Book. My Inevitable Murder, the “true-ish crime” podcast in which she investigates her own murder, has been nominated for multiple awards and is supported by the New York State Council for the Arts.

BUSHEL is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, volunteer-led, mixed-use space dedicated to art, agriculture, ecology, and action. It is located at 106 Main Street in Delhi. For more information, go to www.bushelcollective.org.