Maverick Voices offers in-depth interviews with prominent rebels stubbornly at work in the interlacing realms of politics, literature, film, art, and psychotherapy. These highly accomplished artists and activists, who hail from the United States, Europe, and Latin America, thrived in their fields against the odds, often gaining worldwide acclaim. They shake things up, shatter barriers, and scorn taboos. These revealing conversations probe the wellsprings of their work, struggles, and achievements. In the course of going their own stubborn way, they open horizons and doors for everyone else and appeal to the maverick at play or at bay in all of us.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Daniel Ellsberg, activist and author "Our leaders don't yield anything to anyone in terms of ruthlessness." Chapter 3 Larry Heinemann, novelist "He will always look at life through the eyes of a pissed-off infantryman." Chapter 4 John Nichols, novelist and screenwriter "You become politicized by understanding the whole picture." Chapter 5 Studs Terkel, writer and broadcaster "It's always agitators who change things." Chapter 6 J. P. Donleavy, novelist "I learned that where art was concerned there was only one critic, just you." Chapter 7 Desmond MacNamara, sculptor and author "The real truth lies in comedy." Chapter 8 Noel Browne, activist and author "My job I considered to be one of an educator, a propagandist and an agitator." Chapter 9 Bianca Jagger, human rights activist "I realized how just a small act of courage can save a life." Chapter 10 Marcel Ophuls, documentary film maker "You must always be prepared not only to surprise other people but to surprise yourself." Chapter 11 Woody Allen, film director "Being an ostrich, in certain ways, has worked positively for me" Chapter 12 Spike Lee, film director "Any artist has to go out and do what's true in your heart." Chapter 13 Neil Davies, documentary film maker "Entertainment is not only or always the slickness but connecting at the human level." Chapter 14 Dusan Makavejev, film director "The basic story of life [is] something dangerous and beautiful." Chapter 15 Bruno Bettelheim, psychologist: another look