Quarry Hill, Vermont's Legendary Hip Refuge!: This is just cruel...

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Quarry Hill Creative Center in Rochester, VT, founded 1946 by Barbara and Irving Fiske, is Vermont's oldest alternative community and at one time was probably also its largest. In the 60s -80s, as many as 90 people lived here.
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"The symbol is the enemy of the reality, and the reality is ever one's true guide, true friend, true companion, and true self." Irving Fiske, 1908-1990

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

This is just cruel...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/20/dont.ask.dont.tell/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

I have no desire to be in the military, and I can't imagine why anyone would (but Aaron Sorkin's "You want me on that wall…" made me realize for the first time ever that life would be a lot more dangerous in America without a military). However, taking this away from gay people NOW, after they were told they could say they were gay, is just insane. I am a pacifist and a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Yet I oppose this nonsense. If people of whatever sexual preference wish to join the army and see the navy, as the Marx Brothers say, they should be able to. Really.

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Irv's Blake/Shaw article available at ABE (or buy a copy of our printing from us)

Bernard ShawÕs Debt to William Blake. With Forward and Notes by G.B.S.
Fiske, Irving.

Bookseller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
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Quantity Available: 1

Book Description: London and Quarry Hill: Shaw Society and Irving Fiske, 1951, 1979. Small 8vo, 18pp. Stapled wrappers. Some browning. Very good. Exact photographic facsimile of the original edition published in 1951 at ShawÕs behest. The cover has been enlarged and a portrait of Blake added. The brief biography of Irving Fiske is new. Bentley, BBS, p. 472 E. Bookseller Inventory # 101462

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Irving's Thoughts on TV are now Valuable

8. Where Does Television Belong? This is not a book but an article, ad or vintage paper item Fiske, Irving Bookseller: Hammonds Antiques & Books (St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.) Bookseller Rating: 4-star rating Quantity Available: 1 Book Description: Harpers Magazine, 1939. Book Condition: Very Good. very good condition; SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE Article These pages, unbound, are neatly trimmed with backing board, in mylar., Advertisements ARE NOT RETURNABLE; These pages, unbound, are neatly trimmed with backing board, in mylar., Advertisements ARE NOT RETURNABLE; NOVI008427; 5 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 82750