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09.16: Benjamin Parzybok

2014-08-18 20:39:23| Powells Books Events Calendar

In drought-stricken Portland, Oregon, a Robin Hood-esque water thief is caught on camera redistributing an illegal truckload of water to those in need. Nicknamed Maid Marian, Renee, a 20-something barista and eternal part-time college student, is an instant folk hero. She rides her swelling popularity and the public's disgust at how the city has abandoned its people, raises an army... and secedes a quarter of the city. Benjamin Parzybok's Sherwood Nation (Small Beer Press) is the story of the rise and fall of a micronation within a city. It is a love story, a war story, a grand social experiment; a treatise on hacking and remaking government, on freedom and necessity, on individualism and community.

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