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An amalgam of political resistance and self-helpLike its predecessor, the effervescent, self-published phenom D.I.Y Magic, which dared to invite its readers into a brave new world of artistic expression and magical thinking, D.I.Y. Resistance focuses its attention on you, on us, and what we can do to survive and thrive as leaders of our own nascent resistance movement during these years of government antagonism and the fracturing of our founding principles and democratic institutions. Reader-friendly to the extreme, Alvarado doesn't guilt-trip or point his finger, but rather reminds us that we the people have the power, if only we learn how to harness it. D.I.Y. Resistance celebrates the power of the individual and shows how the reader can take inspiration from the actions and words of leaders, activists, and historical heroes, how we can learn to take care of ourselves physically and emotionally in troubled times, and do our part to look after the larger community around us.



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Anthony Alvarado

My latest book is about creativity and also magic. D.I.Y. Magic comes out in April, it explores the interplay between perception and reality. And how altering one alters the other. It is sort of like a manual of how to get high/inspired/creative without using drugs. Reality is psychedelic. Language, as the poet knows, is intoxicating. Words can elate, inspire, teach. Words shape our innermost ideas and ways of seeing. Therefore they have the power to mold, shape, and change reality. I became a writer because there is no more powerful thing that I could aspire to be. To shape words well is to shape reality. Of course, the beginning to becoming a writer is to read a lot. As a child I grew up in the middle of nowhere and I read everything I could get my hands on at our small town library. I haven??t stopped reading since. Writing is just an extension of being a reader.



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