Author | Standing Up, Tales of Struggle
“Into this small novel are packed shocking, terrifying, inspiring and deeply felt lives of the unsung and marginally employed. Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller have drawn on a lifetime of social activism to tell the stories of the brothers and sisters who do the unseen work of the world.
– Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
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Ellen Bravo is an award-winning author and lifelong activist, the former director of 9to5 (the group that inspired the movie,) and co-founder of Family Values @ Work, a network of state coalitions working for family-friendly policies. She has written three non-fiction books, including Taking on the Big Boys, or Why Feminism is Good for Families, Business and the Nation. awarded Foreword Magazine's gold medal for women's issues. Ellen's first novel, Again and Again, won praise for being a “riveting page-turner that tackles some of the most important issues of our day — campus sexual violence, male privilege, and beltway politics.” She wrote Standing Up: Tales of Struggle with her husband, Larry Miller. Among her commendations is a Ford Foundation Visionary award. … Learn More
Larry Miller was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin and has lived in a number of cities as a union and community activist. Over the years he has been a member of 8 different union locals, including AFSCME, Machinists, Steelworkers, Teamsters, Transportation Workers Union and the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association. After being laid off in his late 30s, Larry got a college degree and then taught high school for Milwaukee Public Schools for 17 years. He loved learning from his students and delighted to see many of them fight for social justice. He also became an editor at Rethinking Schools. … Learn More
