Growing Season
Reviews and Commentary From the Media
“Special Book Brings Community Together”
It is a remarkable book. It is a reading project in many schools, it is a featured book at area libraries, it is the subject of a photo exhibit at the Canton museum of Art, and starting this week, it is the topic of a series of literary discussions among citizens who have read the book and are prepared for the sharing. Attend so that you can share what you have gained from the book. Attend so that you can see what you have missed.
Our Views
The Repository Editorial Board
The Canton Repository
“The show presents powerful and provocative imagery. The exhibit is both thought provoking and vital in times when issues about migrant workers are in the news. Harwood and Hassler remind viewers of the dignity of hard labor and of the real people behind the political machinations of immigration.
The Columbus Dispatch
Arts Review
The Riffe Gallery exhibit, Columbus, Ohio
“The book itself is an excellent testimony to the worth and dignity of these people – of all people, really.”
Ohioana Quarterly
Book Review
Kate Templeton Fox
“While all migrant workers across America are not treated equally, this book is not a scathing expose. Rather, it is a guided tour through this tight-knit, family-based community of mostly Mexican workers who journey north to harvest crops. We meet the community of support that provides for migrant workers: medical centers, churches, schools and the Migrant Center. We meet families and join in their weddings, births and celebrations. Mostly we learn about relationships; relationships within families and within this particular community, and the relationship between us as Americans and the people who help to feed us.”
Cleveland Magazine
Book Review
Tori Woods
“Growing Season provides a glimpse into what can result from cooperation, understanding and honesty between immigrants, employers and the government.”
Baptist Immigration Services Network
Website
The Canton Repository:
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=8&ID=306546&r=9
http://www3.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=8&ID=315175&r=1&subCategoryID=
The Massillon Independent:
http://www.indeonline.com/index.php?ID=10786&r=3&Category=3
The Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.dispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/10/01/20061001-E4-01.html
Radio interviews
WEOL Radio AM, Cleveland; Ohio News Network Radio, Regional; KNCO Radio AM, Sacramento-Stockton; Cable Radio Network, National; Ohio Public Radio, Columbus; KSIS Radio AM, Kansas City;
Television interviews
Fox 7, Austin; KXAN 36 (NBC affiliate), Austin; Univision 62
Television feature
Feature produced for the PBS series “Our Ohio” for show 210 and aired during the week of February 3, 2007.
http://ourohio.org/videos/html/m_pp_g_seasons.php"
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