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Beantown area peeps, please join our president Judith Enck at the Brookline Booksmith in MA on Weds, June 17 for a free talk about our new book “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late.” We hope to see you there and then.

Happy #EarthDay!

So excited to receive book mail from some great publishers. Book reviews coming in Quarter!

🚨EVENT ON MONDAY🚨 It's almost Earth Week, and there is no better time to take action for our planet. Join Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics, for a conversation with Capital Tonight host Susan Arbetter at SUNY Albany this Apr. 20 at 7:30PM to learn more about our new book, “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late.” beyondplastics.org/book-events/ny… 🏷️ @enckj, @sarbetter, @SpecNews1Albany, @nyswi, @thenewpress

Fair Game and the Future of Trans Athletes @BaethAnna, @ellieroscher, and @TheChrisMosier join to explore myths surrounding trans athletes, the political landscape, and the importance of joy, embodiment, and advocacy in sport. open.spotify.com/episode/7KtNPN…

🚨EVENT TODAY🚨 Join Beyond Plastics President @enckj and co-author @AdamLMahoney for a virtual conversation about our new book "The Problem with Plastic" from @thenewpress with @CityLightsBooks on Monday, March 9 at 6 PM PT/7 PM ET.

Join Beyond Plastics president, @enckj and co-author @AdamLMahoney for a virtual conversation about our new book "The Problem with Plastic" from @thenewpress with @CityLightsBooks on Monday, March 9 at 6 PM PT/7 PM ET.

Police-tracked crime, “contrary to what you have been told in the news every single day for the last several years, is actually down."democracynow.org/2026/1/27/alec…

"We're turning our ocean into a watery landfill." Former EPA official @enckj discusses her new book, "The Problem with Plastic."

“Plastic really hit the market after World War II, but this massive increase is relatively recent, which says to me: we can solve the problem,” said @enckj, president of Beyond Plastics. “It's a new problem, and we know that there are alternatives.” Learn more about these solutions and about Enck's new book, “The Problem with Plastic” in this interview with @kairyssdal and Livi Burdette of @Marketplace. marketplace.org/story/2025/12/…

"The power of this novel revolves around its small yet larger-than-life moments." - @KirkusReviews 🌟 on @amabanckou's novel DEALING WITH THE DEAD ow.ly/ecw050WvEEn

Our new book, "The Problem with Plastic" is out today from @thenewpress ! Learn more and get your copy at: bit.ly/problem-with-p… With @enckj @AdamLMahoney @evefox @MelissaValliant @JennyGitlitz

"Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your climate impact. But recycling plastic will not address the plastic pollution crisis—and it is time we stop pretending as such," writes @enckj time.com/7337065/auto-d…

We were excited to share our NEW BOOK, “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” with Liz Kruger, NY State Senator. Senator Kruger is an environmental leader who supports the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act that would reduce single-use packaging by 30% in NYS over 12 years and ban a bakers dozen of the most toxic chemicals from use in plastic packaging. ☣️🚫 Pre-order your copy before it comes out from @thenewpress on Dec. 2 🗓️ beyondplastics.org/problem-with-p… 🏷️ @adamlmahoney, @enckj

You guys know by now that mean is the point. Check out the story of Sim Butler, who let Alabama to better protect his family. al.com/news/2025/11/h…

Tonight online at 6:30 EST! Tune in!

"Butler debuts with a poignant memoir of raising his transgender daughter in the rural South." - Read a review of newly published AND THE DRAGONS DO COME in @PublishersWkly ow.ly/KsAz50X4Go2

ICYMI: My book "Free Puerto Rico: The case for Independence" will be published by @thenewpress! I hope it will be a valuable contribution to the movement for Puerto Rico's liberation from 127 years—and counting—of U.S. colonial rule. Look for it in 2027. (Books take a while!)

We wrote a BOOK! 📘 “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late” is due out from @thenewpress on Dec. 2 🗓️ Pre-order your copy right now: beyondplastics.org/problem-with-p…

TUESDAY live at thisishell.com: @stewarthome1 on "Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness" (@PlutoPress) WEDNESDAY: Philip Kadish, on, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" (@thenewpress)