Howard Mansfield's guest appearances

Howard Mansfield

Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon

The Grow Maine Show

The Radical Centrist

Lissa Evans

Carla Harris

Thomas Frank

Jimmie Allen

Michael Mann

Michael Lerner

Matt Stoller

John Burns

Eliot Peper

Melanie Joy

Anthony Horowitz

Raj Patel

Paul Greenberg

Al Franken

James Rebanks

OwlTail

We spend the hour with Howard Mansfield, first talking about his new book, Chasing Eden: A Book of Seekers. It’s about those who long to build a better life for themselves and others. Then, we replay our 2019 interview with Mansfield about his book The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down. It’s about how American society treats property rights — and who pays the price. Writers Voice— in depth conversation with writers of all genres, on the air since 2004. Like us on Facebook at Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon or find us on twitter @WritersVoice. Love Writer’s Voice? Please rate us on your podcast app. It really helps to get the word out about our show.  Chasing Eden It’s a cliché that America is the place where people reinvent themselves, seeking for a better life for themselves and often others. It’s a theme that, in one way or another, runs through many of Howard Mansfield’s wonderful books. But in Chasing Eden, out in October 2021 from Bauhan Press, he drills down into the stories of some quintessential American seekers. They include a young man shepherding the last of the Shakers through their twilight years. An African-American doctor who achieves the American Dream by changing the boundaries of the color line, crossing over and back, rewriting the definition of race. And forty thousand Africans newly freed from slavery in the US, taking possession of the forty acres promised them, only to have their land taken away within months. These and other stories in Chasing Eden take us on a journey through the ways Americans have gone in pursuit of happiness. They prompt us to contemplate our own pursuit of happiness, with its costs and rewards. Howard Mansfield is the author of some ten books. His articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, American Heritage and many other publications. The Habit Of Turning The World Upside Down (Encore) (In 2019 Writer’s Voice spoke with Howard Mansfield about The Habit Of Turning The World Upside Down.) In America, private property is supposed to be sacred. But whose private property is sacred? Is the land of ranchers and farmers on the US southern border sacred when Donald Trump wants it to build his wall? Is the land of West Virginians and Pennsylvanians sacred when gas companies take it to drill and frack gas? How about people in New Hampshire and Massachusetts when oil and gas companies take it for their pipelines? While reporting on citizens fighting natural gas pipelines and transmission towers planned to cut right across their homes, author Howard Mansfield saw the emotional toll of these projects. “They got under the skin,” he writes. “This was about more than kilowatts, power lines, and pipelines. Something in this upheaval felt familiar. I began to realize that I was witnessing an essential American experience: the world turned upside down. And it all turned on one word: property.” Mansfield’s book The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down tells the stories of Americans living in a time in which everything is in motion, in which the world will be turned upside down, again and again.     The post Howard Mansfield, CHASING EDEN appeared first on Writer's Voice.

We spend the hour with <a href="https://www.howardmansfield.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Howard Mansfield</a>, first talking about his new book, <a href="https://bauhanpublishing.com/shop/chasing-eden/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chasing Eden: A Book of Seekers</a>. It’s about those who long to build a better life for themselves and others. Then, we replay our 2019 interview with Mansfield about his book <a href="https://bauhanpublishing.com/shop/habit-turning-world-upside/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down</a>. It’s about how American society treats property rights — and who pays the price. <h3>Writers Voice— in depth conversation with writers of all genres, on the air since 2004.</h3> <h3>Like us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WritersVoiceRadio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon</a> or find us on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/writersvoice?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@WritersVoice</a>.</h3> <h3>Love Writer’s Voice? Please rate us on your podcast app. It really helps to get the word out about our show.</h3> Chasing Eden It’s a cliché that America is the place where people reinvent themselves, seeking for a better life for themselves and often others. It’s a theme that, in one way or another, runs through many of Howard Mansfield’s wonderful books. But in Chasing Eden, out in October 2021 from Bauhan Press, he drills down into the stories of some quintessential American seekers. They include a young man shepherding the last of the Shakers through their twilight years. An African-American doctor who achieves the American Dream by changing the boundaries of the color line, crossing over and back, rewriting the definition of race. And forty thousand Africans newly freed from slavery in the US, taking possession of the forty acres promised them, only to have their land taken away within months. These and other stories in Chasing Eden take us on a journey through the ways Americans have gone in pursuit of happiness. They prompt us to contemplate our own pursuit of happiness, with its costs and rewards. Howard Mansfield is the author of some ten books. His articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, American Heritage and many other publications. The Habit Of Turning The World Upside Down (Encore) (In 2019 Writer’s Voice<a href="https://www.writersvoice.net/2019/01/howard-mansfield/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> spoke with Howard Mansfield</a> about The Habit Of Turning The World Upside Down.) In America, private property is supposed to be sacred. But whose private property is sacred? Is the land of ranchers and farmers on the US southern border sacred when Donald Trump wants it to build his wall? Is the land of West Virginians and Pennsylvanians sacred when gas companies take it to drill and frack gas? How about people in New Hampshire and Massachusetts when oil and gas companies take it for their pipelines? While reporting on citizens fighting natural gas pipelines and transmission towers planned to cut right across their homes, author Howard Mansfield saw the emotional toll of these projects. “They got under the skin,” he writes. “This was about more than kilowatts, power lines, and pipelines. Something in this upheaval felt familiar. I began to realize that I was witnessing an essential American experience: the world turned upside down. And it all turned on one word: property.” Mansfield’s book The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down tells the stories of Americans living in a time in which everything is in motion, in which the world will be turned upside down, again and again. The post <a href="https://www.writersvoice.net/2022/01/howard-mansfield-chasing-eden/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Howard Mansfield, CHASING EDEN</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.writersvoice.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writer's Voice</a>.

Howard Mansfield, CHASING EDEN

Howard Mansfield is a prolific and talented writer residing in Hancock, New Hampshire. Chasing Eden is a book about seekers. Those in search of that special brand of “happiness” of which Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence. The search can and does take many forms: religious, spiritual, economic, political. Mansfield leads us through an examination of believers in his chapters on the Shakers - a highly successful religious sect - as well as the man who helped them preserve their legacy for future generations, Bud Thompson, who also founded the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner.A reflection on the “White Mountain/Hudson River School of Painting serves as the canvas that draws the public interest into the beauty of the natural landscape of the White Mountains and spurs the building of the Mt Washington Auto road and a growing love of the landscape nationwide that would shape its future. Hope in the wake of Civil War victory and emancipation followed by the heartbreak of the betrayal of Reconstruction’s promise and Andrew Johnson’s betrayal of Lincoln’s legacy, stealing land intended for freed slaves and returning it to slaveholders, reminds us that not every story has a happy ending.  Likewise Mansfield busts the myths about Thanksgiving and Native American people and leads readers through the betrayal,  by or of seekers, testifying to the reality that for some their promised lands collide with the dreams of others or only come with great difficulty; and for some, they do not come at all. Yet, in busting myths Mansfield gives new life to the seekers he features, whether it is new life in the opportunity for redemption based on truth and reconciliation; or new life in granting a more honest and sustainable future for all in the context of the nobility of the struggle itself.

Howard Mansfield is a prolific and talented writer residing in Hancock, New Hampshire. Chasing Eden is a book about seekers. Those in search of that special brand of “happiness” of which Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence. The search can and does take many forms: religious, spiritual, economic, political. Mansfield leads us through an examination of believers in his chapters on the Shakers - a highly successful religious sect - as well as the man who helped them preserve their legacy for future generations, Bud Thompson, who also founded the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner. A reflection on the “White Mountain/Hudson River School of Painting serves as the canvas that draws the public interest into the beauty of the natural landscape of the White Mountains and spurs the building of the Mt Washington Auto road and a growing love of the landscape nationwide that would shape its future.  Hope in the wake of Civil War victory and emancipation followed by the heartbreak of the betrayal of Reconstruction’s promise and Andrew Johnson’s betrayal of Lincoln’s legacy, stealing land intended for freed slaves and returning it to slaveholders, reminds us that not every story has a happy ending.   Likewise Mansfield busts the myths about Thanksgiving and Native American people and leads readers through the betrayal,  by or of seekers, testifying to the reality that for some their promised lands collide with the dreams of others or only come with great difficulty; and for some, they do not come at all.  Yet, in busting myths Mansfield gives new life to the seekers he features, whether it is new life in the opportunity for redemption based on truth and reconciliation; or new life in granting a more honest and sustainable future for all in the context of the nobility of the struggle itself.

Chasing Eden - A Book of Seekers by Howard Mansfield

Howard Mansfield is an American author who writes about history, preservation, and architecture. He has a particular understanding of what makes a house a home, and a town a community. Learn more about Howard at howardmansfield.com and purchase his books on Amazon.You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 423-8260.Subscribe to the podcast feed right here using your favorite podcasting app or subscribe using iTunes.

Howard Mansfield is an American author who writes about history, preservation, and architecture. He has a particular understanding of what makes a house a home, and a town a community. Learn more about Howard at <a href="http://howardmansfield.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">howardmansfield.com</a> and purchase his books on Amazon. You can ask a question or leave a comment for a future show at (207) 423-8260. Subscribe to the podcast feed right here using your favorite podcasting app or subscribe using iTunes.

American Author Howard Mansfield, on home and community