Advance Copies of Soul of a Citizen’s New Edition

Posted by on January 11, 2010

[update from Paul Loeb]

I’m still focusing on Soul of a Citizen’s new edition, so haven’t been writing many articles, but I have created some new material that I think will be useful.

With Soul’s new edition available March 30, I’ve been updating the companion website, and particularly the classroom teaching sections, which you can browse at http://www.soulofacitizen.org/classroom.htm.  You might be particularly interested in my wholly updated study questions, at http://www.soulofacitizen.org/studyquestions.htm, which I’ve thoroughly updated to address the new material I’ve added. The classroom page also links to some excellent examples of service learning projects related to my books. If you have any additional suggestions for either study questions or service learning projects, or classroom approaches that have seemed particularly useful, please email and I’ll add them to the site.  For service learning projects the best format is a summary paragraph with a web link or contact for further info.

I’ve mentioned the free advance electronic copies of Soul’s new edition. If you haven’t gotten one and would like to take a look, please email my assistant, Dr. Erica Kay, at forpaulloeb@gmail.com and she’ll send one. And if you’d like to get an actual copy when they’re available in March, include your campus address, title, and the relevant course you teach or program you supervise, and Erica will pass the info on to St Martin’s.  If you’re not eligible for an exam copy, but interested in the new edition you can advance-order through the links at http://www.paulloeb.org/buy.html. Advance ordering through stores really helps because it encourages them to increase their initial order.

I’ve also finally gotten onto Facebook. If you use it, I’d appreciate your linking to my new Facebook fan site, http://www.facebook.com/PaulLoebBooks. It’s taken second priority behind my updating website, but I’ll  be posting articles, excerpts, and touring notices, and using it as a hub where readers can discuss my work with each other.

As mentioned, I’m planning some pretty extensive touring on Soul’s new edition as soon as it comes out in April. If you’re at a college or university in a major metropolitan area (meaning your school is easily accessible), and have some financial resources for Spring speakers, I’d be open to dropping my normal lecture fees significantly for a stripped-down date where I’d do just one major talk and spend the rest of the day on media outreach. See http://www.paulloeb.org/lecture.htm for info.

Finally, and this is a total long-shot, I’ve been raising money from foundations and individual donors to distribute extra copies of Soul through key academic networks like Campus Compact, and also to hire an outside publicist to take advantage of the major attention the new edition is already beginning to receive (everything from Huffington Post agreeing to serialize the book week-by-week to The Nation and New Dimensions radio, to strong nibbles of interest by the AARP Bulletin).  Most people on my email list are living pretty precariously in the current economy, and have more than enough claims on their resources. But if Soul is a book that’s meant a lot to you, and you wanted to help get it out, you could contribute any amount you wanted and I’d gratefully use it for that purpose. If I get a hundred or two hundred small donations they really can equal a major grant. The easiest way is to click here and donate, but if you wanted to make a tax deductible contribution ($50 minimum), you can make a check out to my fiscal sponsor, the Western States Center, and mail it c/o Paul Loeb, 3232 41st, Seattle WA 98116. And if you’re miraculously in a position to warrant taking a look at my full proposal and budget, let me know and I’d gladly email them.

Thanks again and do check out the online study questions.

Paul Loeb