tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post9159913066103121619..comments2024-03-28T12:00:47.858-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Libby Hellmann Sets the Night on FireJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37314419756662162232013-01-21T02:11:02.412-05:002013-01-21T02:11:02.412-05:00This info about Libby Hellmann Sets the Night on F...This info about Libby Hellmann Sets the Night on Fire is very helpful for me! Thanks for giving out. it’s all very fresh and clearly written! <br />law dissertationshttp://www.ukdissertation.co.uk/Law_Dissertation.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23880912545327151372010-12-23T10:59:57.380-05:002010-12-23T10:59:57.380-05:00Wow that is a wild story! thanks for being here on...Wow that is a wild story! thanks for being here on JRW Libby and we wish you all the best with your book!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70137986706715667332010-12-23T00:13:32.639-05:002010-12-23T00:13:32.639-05:00Well, since you asked so nicely...
Back then, th...Well, since you asked so nicely...<br /> <br />Back then, the underground newspaper I worked for was worried they were being inflitrated by FBI and/or CIA types... it took them over a month to trust me, and I was just a low level flunkie. At the time, I thought it might have been an exaggerated sense of fear born out of self-importance and didn't really think much about it. <br /><br /><br />However, there was a photographer for the paper who was in and out regularly. He wasnt quite staff, but he always popped up with photos during demonstrations and such. I actually liked him a lot. I left the paper at the end of a summer but heard he'd left rather suddenly a few months later.<br /><br />About a month ago I googled him and found out someone had written a large chunk of a book about him. The book is called SECRETS: THE CIA'S WAR AT HOME... turns out this photographer WAS in fact a CIA agent whose mission was to infiltrate the anti-war movement and report back. <br /><br />He left suddenly, because his identity was close to being compromised. He went to Paris where he buddied up with CIA whistleblower Philip Agee, again working undercover for the CIA. Philip Agee unmasked him and he eventually returned to the US and changed his name. Lives in Southern California now. <br /><br />True story. Eerie and weird.Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66454470843159060882010-12-22T20:19:43.069-05:002010-12-22T20:19:43.069-05:00Begging!!! (And I wanted to host Libby, too....)Begging!!! (And I wanted to host Libby, too....)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85179711112945447872010-12-22T15:26:29.287-05:002010-12-22T15:26:29.287-05:00Yes of course we want to hear the story Libby--con...Yes of course we want to hear the story Libby--consider yourself begged!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72914131315416626882010-12-22T12:48:16.715-05:002010-12-22T12:48:16.715-05:00HI, all. Yes, Rosemary, I will be at Love is Murde...HI, all. Yes, Rosemary, I will be at Love is Murder. Thought I might be in Cuba but that trip isn't till the 12th. Yes, folks, I am going to Cuba! For 10 days to do research! And it's all legal. Amazing.<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words about FIRE. Hank, did I tell you I got permission to use the first 4 lines from Light My Fire for the epigraph? Took a while for it to go through, but how could I have anything else?<br /><br />I've also got a story that came up as a direct result of doing research for the book. It's kind of scary true -- eerie, to say the least. If you beg, I'll tell you about it.Libby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48095086107707205382010-12-22T09:07:49.733-05:002010-12-22T09:07:49.733-05:00Hi Libby,
Roberta and I fought over who would have...Hi Libby,<br />Roberta and I fought over who would have Libby as a guest...I lost, but I'm glad she's here. I hope you're still doing festivals and library gigs! That's where we met, Love is Murder and then Virginia Festival of the Book where we learned that we are both former video producers. I hope that part of the book business doesn't go away entirely. I know it's not cost efficient but it's so much fun. Are you going to Love is Murder?Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79921646235277180192010-12-22T08:56:55.859-05:002010-12-22T08:56:55.859-05:00OH, yes, Libby,we're big big fans here at Jung...OH, yes, Libby,we're big big fans here at Jungle Red.<br /><br />First, the title is just GENIUS! I've been singing Light My Fire ever since you told me about it, and I think that was about a year ago, so thanks, sister. And the song as sound track is just perfect.<br /><br />I was/am the poster child 60's girl--Beatles, anti-war leafleting,rebellion restrained by a little common sense. After Kent State--I was done with "the establishment" (!!) and went into politics. That was my real life-changing moment. We really really thought we could change the world. And that's a feeling I hope I never forget.<br /><br />Go Libby! And can't wait til our paths cross in person--so you can tell me the DREAM!! (Or email, okay?)<br /><br />xoxoxo<br /><br />OH! my captcha word is: ecifirem <br />Whoa. Psychedelic.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39599946549686417882010-12-22T08:46:40.338-05:002010-12-22T08:46:40.338-05:00Hi, Libby -
Congratulations on the new book! Suc...Hi, Libby - <br /><br />Congratulations on the new book! Such an interesting observation: "I still wonder if we'd been less naïve, idealistic, and - yes-arrogant, whether we might have had a more significant impact."<br /><br />I was at Columbia during the riots of 1968. Vividly remember Kent State and the 3 assassinations, the Vietnam war.... It was like the world was coming to an end. I think *we* (whoever that is) did have an impact--not fast or well-defined enough to satisfy youthful expectations, but an impact nevertheless, and the ripples are still being felt.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.com