I am thrilled to share the cover design for my upcoming book, Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care, set to come out in February 2024 from MIT Press.
The design is inspired by what Clara Ganz created for me — a bright, joyful color scheme with a type treatment that shoots out in four directions, providing a visual hint about the four Rebel Health archetypes: Seeker, Networker, Solver, Champion.
The crowd at the bottom evokes a party, a march, the successful end of a negotiation, or the high point of a rally.
This combination of celebration and protest came to mind last week when Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya spoke by video to a group of patients, survivors, caregivers, and researchers who had gathered to watch their documentary, “No Ordinary Campaign.” Two pennant flags behind them read “Good Trouble” (evoking Rep. John Lewis‘s advice to “get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America”) and “Joy is an act of resistance” (the title of a poem by Toi Derricotte). That’s the spirit I hope to inspire and this cover design captures it.
Remember, Rebel Health is available for pre-order from your favorite retailer (click on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Books a Million, etc.) And if you or your organization are looking for a speaker for an upcoming event, please get in touch. My email is SusannahRFox at gmail dot com or leave a comment below.
The cover is perfect. Though not typical for me, I pre-ordered a hard cover rather than kindle! Congrats!
Thank you, Helen! So excited to get these ideas & stories out into the world!
the cover looks great!
Thank you!! Appreciate the praise from a book lover like you!
I see multiple hands reaching in to add their $0.02, stir the pot, and take a ladle of the rebel broth
OK we are 100% mixing up a drink to serve at book events and naming it REBEL BROTH!!!
Fantastic! Pre-ordered at my neighborhood store, Books Inc “The West’s Oldest Independent Bookseller”. If you think you’ll be coming out to the Bay Area, I’d be happy to introduce you to the person who organizes book talks there.
Thank you and I will absolutely take you up on that offer. I was in Nashville last week and made a pilgrimage to Parnassus Books (novelist Ann Patchett is a co-owner). Vaguely described the last novel I read (IQ84 by Haruki Murakami) and an intuitive bookseller handed me two books in addition to the one I’d already picked out. There’s something really special about a great bookstore (and great libraries).
Libraries … yes! As I’ve gotten more involved in the Mountain View community over the past year (through joining Leadership Mountain View), I’ve been paying more attention to all the great programming libraries do. So much excellent and generally free events! The person who handles programs for adults at the MV library was one of my LMV classmates, so another intro for you 🙂