Jim Simons presents a stirring vision of radical politics and movement law in Austin beginning in the late sixties. We see how historic cases played out within the context of complex personal issues which engender healing and celebration. Susan Bright, poet, author of 18 books including Breathing Under Water, The Layers of Our Seeing and House of the Mother. It's a wonderful read, a great outing for the imagination and an invigorating trip back into yesteryear. I took inspiration and frequently experienced deep gratitude for the author's setting all this down so fully and bravely. I laughed. I cried. As they say. But the book's not a downer; it's inspiring, a clear-eyed, tough-minded account, full of life and determination to prevail. Greg Olds, former editor, The Texas Observer; publisher, the Westlake Picayune; and contributor to countless publications in Texas and elsewhere.