In “From Woodstock to Kent State” Press author Susan (Susie) J. Erenrich collects short stories from Woodstock attendees to speak on the connection between the iconic festival and the infamous events of May 4, 1970.

“All of the Woodstock singer-songwriters, attendees, and photographers presented in this guest column spent the fifty years since 1969 dedicating their lives to various causes by leading horizontally, collectively, and collaboratively from the bottom up. I hope readers appreciate the abbreviated, thought-provoking portraits presented here and envision what it would be like to walk in their shoes for a sustained period of time.”

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Find out about Susie’s book The Cost of Freedom: Voicing a Movement after Kent State 1970