A saving remnant

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Hailed as “remarkable” and “a must read” by Choice, A Saving Remnant is prizewinning historian and biographer Martin Duberman’s deeply revealing dual portrait that explores the fascinating political and social lives of two integral and captivating figures of the twentieth-century American left. Barbara Deming, a feminist, writer, and abidingly nonviolent activist, was an out lesbian from the age of sixteen. The first openly gay man to run for president on the Socialist Party ticket, David McReynolds was a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War and was among the first activists to publicly burn a draft card. Duberman brings the stories of a pivotal era vividly and movingly to life with an extraordinary cast of intellectuals, artists, and activists, including Adrienne Rich, Bayard Rustin, Allen Ginsberg, and a young Alvin Ailey. Telling a complex narrative, “Duberman has made it simply and brilliantly clear” (Edmund White, author of City Boy) as he deftly weaves together the connected stories of these two compelling figures in this beautiful, memorable book.

subjects: Peace movements,  Gay men,  Social justice,  Radicals,  Lesbians,  American Women authors,  Feminists,  Political activists,  Biography,  History,  Women authors,  Authors, biography,  Lesbians, biography,  Gay men, biography,  New York Times reviewed,  Women, united states, biography,  LGBTQ biography and memoir,  collection:randy_shilts_award=finalist

People: David McReynolds,  Barbara Deming (1917-1984)

Places: United States

Times: 20th century