{"product_id":"i-never-left-home-poet-feminist-revolutionary-9781478006183","title":"I Never Left Home: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary","description":"In 1969, poet and revolutionary Margaret Randall was forced underground when the Mexican government cracked down on all those who took part in the 1968 student movement. Needing to leave the country, she sent her four young children alone to Cuba while she scrambled to find safe passage out of Mexico. In \u003ci\u003eI Never Left Home\u003c\/i\u003e, Randall recounts her harrowing escape and the other extraordinary stories from her life and career. \u003cbr\u003e From living among New York's abstract expressionists in the mid-1950s as a young woman to working in the Nicaraguan Ministry of Culture to instill revolutionary values in the media during the Sandinista movement, the story of Randall's life reads like a Hollywood production. Along the way, she edited a bilingual literary journal in Mexico City, befriended Cuban revolutionaries, raised a family, came out as a lesbian, taught college, and wrote over 150 books. Throughout it all, Randall never wavered from her devotion to social justice. \u003cbr\u003e When she returned to the United States in 1984 after living in Latin America for twenty-three years, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service ordered her to be deported for her \"subversive writing.\" Over the next five years, and with the support of writers, entertainers, and ordinary people across the country, Randall fought to regain her citizenship, which she won in court in 1989. \u003cbr\u003e As much as \u003ci\u003eI Never Left Home\u003c\/i\u003e is Randall's story, it is also the story of the communities of artists, writers, and radicals she belonged to. Randall brings to life scores of creative and courageous people on the front lines of creating a more just world. She also weaves political and social analyses and poetry into the narrative of her life. Moving, captivating, and astonishing, \u003ci\u003eI Never Left Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable story of a remarkable woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478006183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret Randall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36652576506012,"sku":"9781478006183","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_aaba0f71-6eea-4ae3-8e75-9ee4be1e8e0d.jpg?v=1603880077","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-never-left-home-poet-feminist-revolutionary-9781478006183","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}