International Women's Day is March 8, 2018. http://www.un.org/en/events/womensday/history.shtml. Can I count you in again? I need my "Street Team" of Chasing Mercury supporters to mobilize and buy copies of Chasing Mercury (print edition) on Amazon this Sunday 2/25/2017 (12:01AM to 12 Midnight). If you have any questions shoot me a note. The timing will help assure the now available print version of CM’s success. Go to the Print Edition at https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Mercury-Toxic-Trilogy/dp/0692059660/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Why should you care about Chasing Mercury's success for International Women's Day-- besides your affection for, well, me?
Read MoreSeptember Williams notes for "Chasing Mercury: The Narrative Roots of Medical Altruism" 3/2/2018 University of Illinois College of Medicine
On March 2, 2018 I will be at the University of Illinois, Chicago Medical College. We are going to do some exercises looking at narrative, creativity, enhance the capacity to be good clinicians by being healthy creative people who listen actively and understand and are fed by stories. It should be fun. The notes for the reading and screening are here.
Read MoreSeptember Williams Author of Chasing Mercury: “The Narrative Roots of Medical Altruism”
We will be celebrating the launch of the print edition of Chasing Mercury
Read MoreChasing Mercury is a best Seller in 3 Amazon categories today and #1 in one of those!
Today, Chasing Mercury is #1 Best Seller in Memoirs/Biographies and environmentalist E books., #7 in all books in that category, and #78 ( Top 100) in ebooks Mysteries, thrillers & Suspense and international Crime!
That will last a day maybe — they recalculate Amazon best sellers every hour! But thank you so much for every one who has been reading and buying Chasing Mercury over the past week!! Part of the proceeds go to Green Action for Health and Environmental Justice, www.greenaction.org and to freegrassy.net
Read MoreSeptember Williams' Bioethics Screen Reflections: THE SHAPE OF WATER, Bioethics & Surrealism Dignity, Personhood, Disability Rights & Environmental Justice
Writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s film, THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017), screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF40) this past October. Sadly I was unable to make that screening. I was barely back from Geneva having attended the Minamata Convention on Mercury first conference of the signatories of that treaty. Much of my work over the past year has been focused on writing and publishing the novel Chasing Mercury—a cross cultural-romance-suspense-memoir about mercury poisoning, and the coalition of outrageous marginalized characters it bands together. THE SHAPE OF WATER had covered all my basis and so many more. This film sprang from Guillermo del Toro’s mind, like Athena from Zeus, making me stand up and salute.
Read MoreSeptember Williams' Bioethics Screen Reflections Archives
Dear Fan's of Bioethics Screen Reflections: The original Bioethics Screen Reflections website is now serving as the archives for articles on film over the past 7 years. Those articles are still available to you. New articles can be located on this website under the journal blog by searching September Williams' Bioethics Screen Reflections . Sorry for any inconvenience during the period of development the book series on Chasing Mercury -- but I'm back.
See The Bioethicsscreen Reflection Archives at http://www.bioethicsscreenreflections.com
Current Bioethics Screen Reflections Post can be found on this site: at http://www.septemberwilliams.com/journal/ or by searching the journal for films of your interest. RSS Feed http://www.septemberwilliams.com/journal?format=RSS
Post and other film support can also be found on the Bioethethics Screen Reflections face book page.
Read MoreCopy of September Williams Author of Chasing Mercury + Wave Power and Women's March
What makes waves have power? Wind speed, Wind duration, Wind distance traveled determined-- wave height, wave length, wave time interval (sets -- come in 3 to 20) -- all of this makes power -- every bit has it's role.Women's rights are human rights - has declared in the Declaration of Human Rights, the emancipation proclamation, the founding documents of the French Revolution -- the all come to this point.
Everyone has a role in this movement for change that advances the humanitarian and environmental justice — on the street or not. But for all the women who will be on the streets marching in tomorrow, Saturday, and all the other work that women do — I wish you Peace, I thank you, and above all TELL YOUR STORIES BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE. See https://www.womensmarch.com
Read MoreSeptember Williams Author of Chasing Mercury Leaves McMillan Pronoun/Chaos + the perfect Image.
There may be some bumps in availability of Chasing Mercury over the next three days but it will be short term. Many of you know that my McMillan/Pronoun book seller is shutting down its ebook platform. It's a long story but I am now forced to distribute Chasing Mercury to Amazon, only through Amazon -- instead of a third party book seller. In the process I had to remove all the sales material and advertising and re-enter it with a new ISBN and ASIN -- same book different ID numbers. In that process many of the links on Amazon using the earlier ISBN/ASIN no longer get you to Chasing Mercury -- just look again for the new one.
Read MoreCopy of Copy of September Williams Author of Chasing Mercury Advocates EYES ON THE PRIZE
Here it is -- the environment and our children-- the Prize. The depths of the pain and suffering of this year are only matched by the joys--yet, this is a year is one I have never been happier about seeing the back of.
Read MoreSeptember Williams Author of Chasing Mercury Advocates EYES ON THE PRIZE
Here it is -- the environment and our children-- the Prize. The depths of the pain and suffering of this year are only matched by the joys--yet, this is a year is one I have never been happier about seeing the back of.
Read MoreSeptember Williams Author of Chasing Mercury Supports GREEN ACTION (greenaction.org) because as James Baldwin once said of Bayview-Hunters Point...
“This is the San Francisco, America pretends does not exist.”
Green Action ( greenaction.org) enters its 3rd decade of coalition building and stalwart support for environmental justice, health and against environmental racism and classism in Bay View Hunters Point, Kettleman City, Richmond and in coalition with so many others struggling for Environmental Justice. If you could bear to make it to the end of my ebook or audiobook Chasing Mercury - You would notice that the last point in the final “Authors Acknowledgements” reads, “A portion of the proceeds from Chasing Mercury go to: http://freegrassy.net and also to http://greenaction.org/?page_id=181”
September Williams Author of Chasing Mercury at Mechanics Institute Library Independent publishers & the National Writers Union say give Justice books for the Holidays
September Williams Author of Chasing Mercury at Mechanics Institute Library Holiday Gathering !!
Thursday, December 14, 2017 5:30 PM 7:30 PM
- Mechanics' Institute (map)
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I'll Be there!
Mechanics Institute Holiday Gather has always been fun with lots of literary chat, great food. It's in that San Francisco early evening commuter respite period of 5:30-7:30PM. Annual Members' Holiday Gathering This year on December 14, 2015.
Hors d'oeuvres, gourmet cheeses, delectable desserts, and tempting libations!
Members & Their Guests $15
September Williams Author of Chasing Mercury needs your help -- but this is an easy one
Besides ending mercury poisoning and lead poisoning-- I have a simpler request.I have two samples of the audiobook. Each of them is different - One starts at the beginning of the story. The other sample starts in the middle of the story. I need to know which one is more interesting to you and likely to make you want to hear the rest.
Read MoreSeptember Williams Author of Chasing Mercury, the Amazing People of Grassy Narrows First Nation Prove Movements Matter and so Does the Minamata Convention on Mercury
While I was walking to the TV Cove today, I thought about the good news for a change -- and we have some. On Wednesday, under intense pressure from Grassy Narrows First Nation in South West Ontario -- the region where much of Chasing Mercury is focused--and their supporters, the Canadian government committed to build a Mercury Home in Grassy Narrows. That is a clear recognition of Canadian Minamata disease on both the environment and the people affected by pollution from mercury. this is the result over 40 years of struggle-- Movements Matter.
September Williams, MD Author of Chasing Mercury Works on the Chasing Mercury Toxic Trilogy Walking at Tennessee Valley Cove Near Sunset
Near Sunset today I walked the Tennessee Valley Trail. It has always been important to me. The first year I lived in the area ( 15 years ago) I photographed its ever changing beach almost daily. Each day that beach is completely remodeled...
Read MoreCopy of September Williams Author of Chasing Mercury--Home for the Winter
Like geese head to their preferred home for the winter - so do I. Chicago has been good to Chasing Mercury and its origins in the waters of the earth. I've also been able to spend time with colleagues and mentors who span over 30 years and taught me much of the science in CM. However, it has not escaped me ( nor my body) that I have boarded and debarked from 20 separate aircrafts since this past May here in the USA, Canada, France, Portugal and Switzerland.
Read MoreSeptember Williams Author of Chasing Mercury: For Veteran's Day
So it is Saturday, November 11, Veterans Day. Chasing mercury is still holding in the top 100 in three categories (It is the most you can categorize on Amazon in kindle ebooks and in books.)
Happy Veteran's Day -- Here are a few lines the character Sicily was told about her Grand Franklin".
Read MoreCopy of September Williams Author of Chasing Mercury Today Got to Here Paul Farmer Speak
At the University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics today I had the opportunity to hear Paul Farmer Anthropologist and Physician Speak at Mandell Hall at UC. He was a warded the annual prize of the MacLean Center. It was very touching as he reviewed with good humor tinged with sarcasm many of things done by wrote ethics pretending to be true ethics -- when ethics is defined as a course of action lead by mortal intention ( my definition.)
Read MoreCopy of September Williams Author Announces Chasing Mercury is A BEST SELLER ON AMAZON #1 Bios + Memoir+ Environmentalist and #15 in Books Mystery>International Crime
Great News!!! I just got notification from that Chasing Mercury is #1 in two categories on Amazon Memoir>environmentalist for Kindle and Books and #15 In Myster.International!Hi all! In Chicago Preparing For Readings tonight at Hyde Park Connect Gallery,Hyde Park, Chicago for the POST 11/9 THE NEW NOW [NOW] EXHIBITION. Hope to see people tonight at 8PM
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,178 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #1 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Environmentalists & Naturalists
- #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Environmentalists & Naturalists
- #15 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > International Mystery & Crime