"The definitive biography of overlooked queer icon Margaret C. Anderson, whose fight to publish James Joyce's Ulysses led to her arrest and trial for obscenity. Perfect for fans of The Editor and The Book-Makers.
Already under fire for publishing the literary avant-garde into a world not ready for it, Margaret C. Anderson's cutting-edge magazine The Little Review was a bastion of progressive politics and boundary-pushing writing from then-unknowns like T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, and Djuna Barnes. And as its publisher, Anderson was a target. From Chicago to New York and Paris, this fearless agitator helmed a woman-led publication that pushed American culture forward and challenged the sensibilities of early 20th century Americans dismayed by its salacious writing and advocacy for supposed extremism like women's suffrage, access to birth control, and LBGTQ rights.
But then it went too far. In 1921, Anderson found herself on trial and labeled "a danger to the minds of young girls" by a government seeking to shut her down. Guilty of having serialized James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses in her magazine, Anderson was now not just a publisher but also a scapegoat for regressives seeking to impose their will on a world on the brink of modernization.
Author, journalist, and literary critic Adam Morgan brings Anderson and her journal to life anew in A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls, capturing a moment of cultural acceleration and backlash all too familiar today while shining light on an unsung heroine of American arts and letters. Bringing a fresh eye to a woman and a movement misunderstood in their time, this biography highlights a feminist counterculture that audaciously pushed for more during a time of extreme social conservatism and changed the face of American literature and culture forever."
"Most people still think of constraints and lack of resources as disadvantageous and find ways to avoid them. This book explains why that has to change for marketers, companies, and individuals. The Beautiful Constraint is an exploration of people, enterprises, and companies that have turned apparent limitations into sources of innovation and advantage. Examples of beautiful constraints include a tweet, limited to 140 characters and TED Talks, limited to 18 minutes. Through extensive research, the book identifies a replicable five-part methodology for people and teams who want to discover how to make their own constraints a source of success. Surface path dependence- the ways of doing things you have unconsciously become dependent on Use a propelling question to propel you out of old paths and into new ways of thinking about the constraint Can if not Cant because- keep the solution process focused on how, not if Stimulate the right activating emotion- the reason for doing this is to keep you engaged with making a solution Stubborn adaptiveness- balancing stubbornness with adaptiveness in individuals and teams Readers learn about the relationship between creativity and constraints, and why constraint driven problem solving is so important in todays business. "
"Eating the Big Fish remains the only and definitive study on how challenger brands succeed in business. It has sold close to 50,000 copies and become enormously influential in the marketplace. This new edition will explore new brands, new challengers, new media, and changes to the environment since the original edition released in 1999."
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