January 23, 2008 - I am writing the very sad news that David Cline, one of heroes profiled in Generation in Fire, has died. A memorial service was held last week for David. Click here to watch a video of actor Brian Jones reading David's words from the book. David can also be seeen in a documentary by Red Hill films. Click here to see a clip.

August 20, 2007 - Carolyn Goodman has died at 91. She was the mother of Andrew Goodman, one of three civil rights workers killed in Mississippi in 1964. To read Dr. Goodman's interview, click here.

March 3, 2007 - Here's a great review in The Chronogram. Bob Zellner, Marilyn Webb, Verandah Porche and Gloria Richardson can all be heard on this segment by reporter Jon Kalish that aired on WBGO Newark. Click here to listen.

February 7, 2007- The book has gotten an amazing review in the Daily Kos. Click here to read it. There was also a wonderful article in The New York Times about the luncheon on the fifth honoring the people who appeared in the book. Click here to see the Times article.

January 31, 2007 -- I was on Greg Allen's "The Right Balance" today. Greg is a radio talk show host in Florida who loves 60s rock and roll while also viewing himself as a Goldwater Republican. I liked him, despite his politics. Click here to listen in, although again it's a lousy recording so you'll have to turn up the volume a little bit.

January 22, 2007 - I did an interview today with Michael Clish of WFAW Radio in Wisconsin. He actually read the book before the interview! Click here to hear the interview, which alas is not of the highest sound quality, so you might have to turn up the volume a bit.

January 2, 2007: I'll be on Air America, Wednesday January 3 on Sam Seder's show, around 10:30 am eastern time. Air America network info can be found at www.airamerica.com.

December 28, 2006: "Generation on Fire" is a big hit on college campuses as evidenced by this shot of William Paterson University student Sabrina Simer:

December 27, 2006: If you admired Bob Zellner's contribution to "Generation on Fire," let me assure you it represents a minute percentage of his amazing story. Fortunately, his memoir will be published this year by NewSouth Books. Here's the cover:

December 8, 2006: I have a small article on oral history in The Week's December 15 issue. Click here for the story.

Here's the Publishers Weekly review:

Journalist and pop historian Kisseloff presents an invigorating collection of 15 testimonials from counter-culturists, conscientious objectors, and artists who came of age during one of the most volatile decades in American history. Told in these revolutionaries' own energized words, these galvanizing rants are not polished, heady, or particularly well-crafted, but simply tell it like it was¾and therein lies their immediate, unadorned power. From Barry Melton's freewheeling tale of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll in Berkeley-based folk band Country Joe and the Fish, to Gloria Richardson Dandridge's charged retelling of her experiences as a pro-violence Civil Rights activist, to Bernard LaFayette's sobering account of his life-threatening work with Martin Luther King as a SNCC leader, these offerings are candid and eye-opening in the extreme. Of particular merit is the chapter called "Allison's Story," in which Allison Krause's mother and then-boyfriend compare notes about the days leading up to and immediately following the Kent State shooting in May 1970, when Allison and three of her classmates were killed by members of the National Guard. While Kisseloff's clumsy introductions to each entry may err on the side of campy, the testimonies themselves more than make up for it in substance and spirit.

This just came in from Booklist:

Journalist and historian Kisseloff answers Tom Brokaw's paean to "the greatest generation" who fought World War II with a tribute to the generation that followed and fought against domestic injustices, as well as the Vietnam War, where the American posture was not nearly as heroic. Kisseloff profiles 15 people who had the courage to stand up to social injustice in the 1960s and continue to fight against racism, sexism, pollution, and other social ills. Among his subjects are Freedom Riders Bernard LaFayette and Gloria Richardson, peace activist Daniel Berrigan, Vietnam vet turned protester David Cline, gay rights activist Frank Kameny, and feminist Marilyn Salzman Webb. Kisseloff precedes each interview with a brief historical overview and includes photographs of the activists in the 1960s and currently. Interview subjects explore their personal development as activists and the convictions that have carried their activism into their middle and later ages. Readers interested in the turbulent period of the 1960s and its legacy will enjoy this book. Vanessa Bush
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