Bill Ayers was born into privilege and is today a highly respected educator. In the late 1960s he was a young pacifist who helped to found one of the most radical political organizations in U.S. history, the Weather Underground. In a new era of antiwar activism and suppression of protest, his story, Fugitive Days, is more poignant and relevant than ever.

Bill Ayers was born into privilege and is today a highly respected educator. In the late 1960s he was a young pacifist who helped to found one of the most radical political organizations in U.S. history, the Weather Underground. In a new era of antiwar activism and suppression of protest, his story, Fugitive Days, is more poignant and relevant than ever.

An insider account of the European migrant crisis.

The 1920s literary magazine The Fugitive transformed Vanderbilt University into the home of New Criticism, spearheaded by a group of young poets. In Fugitive Days, author and professor Gerald Duff recalls meeting the poets, now older and accomplished, including Robert Penn Warren, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Andrew Lytle. In these chance encounters, Duff finds the humanity in each—some approachable, some remote, some lost in the wilds of age or overshadowed by their own legends. Duff takes away with him new understanding of what writers-as-fugitives gain and sacrifice in pursuit of their craft.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A memoir that reads like a novel, this is a story of E. D. Paull's mind-blowing life journey, and it's nothing short of amazing.Paull lived as a federal fugitive for thirty-eight years, "beating the system" for half his life. He used his skills, luck, and talents to navigate the twist and turns of an adventurous life that most people can only dream about. This is Paull's remarkable story a story of a smuggler by trade, sprinkled with sex, drugs, rock