"If you don't want to take risks, then you have to be silent" : an interview with Howard Zinn. Atherton, Cassandra 2010, "If you don't want to take risks, then you have to be silent" : an interview with Howard Zinn., Writing on the edge : a journal about writing and teaching writing, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring, pp. 86-94. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads atherton-ifyoudont-2010.pdf Published version application/pdf 493.04KB 71 Title "If you don't want to take risks, then you have to be silent" : an interview with Howard Zinn. Author(s) Atherton, Cassandra orcid.org/0000-0001-6866-8566 Journal name Writing on the edge : a journal about writing and teaching writing Volume number 20 Issue number 2 Season Spring Start page 86 End page 94 Total pages 9 Publisher University of California, Davis, University Writing Program Place of publication Davis, Calif Publication date 2010 ISSN 1064-6051 Summary An interview with intellectual Howard Zinn is presented. When asked on the responsibilities of a public intellectual, he mentioned doing something that would benefit the society and not just satisfying one's own personal ambition. He states that there are risks on coming up with ideas as a public intellectual, including the opinions of the people. He discusses the benefits and problems of being allied to a university as a public intellectual. Notes Cassandra won the 2009 Mary Schroeder award for this interview. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in Deakin Research Online. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au Language eng Field of Research 200506 North American Literature Socio Economic Objective 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, University of California, Davis, University Writing Program Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30033027 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Open Access Collection   Link to Related Work "If you don't want to take risks, then you have to be silent" : an interview with Howard Zinn. (deposited 03-12-2021) University of California, Davis, University Writing Program Publisher (deposited 25-06-2012)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 25 Feb 2011, 11:15:45 EST Fri, 25 Feb 2011, 11:17:51 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 10:55:52 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 10:57:02 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 10:57:32 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 10:58:49 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 10:59:21 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 10:59:58 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 11:21:43 EST Thu, 12 May 2011, 12:55:54 EST Thu, 12 May 2011, 14:12:33 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2011, 12:27:15 EST Mon, 04 Feb 2013, 09:35:13 EST Fri, 12 Apr 2013, 14:07:30 EST Fri, 12 Apr 2013, 14:36:14 EST Mon, 26 Aug 2013, 12:25:57 EST Tue, 17 Jun 2014, 16:41:51 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 08:59:01 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 09:01:13 EST Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 11:15:56 EST Tue, 22 Jul 2014, 10:40:48 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 16:33:30 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:47:31 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:17:54 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 835 Abstract Views, 76 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 25 Feb 2011, 11:15:30 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas