Table of Contents
1 Genre
Utopianotes: cruising 3
The Utopianotes 4
Utopianotes: white men 12
Utopia, the Bronx 13
Utopianotes: Robert Moses's grave 32
A Brief History of American. Utopianism 33
Utopianotes: North American Phalanx 48
Fellow Travelers on the Road to Nowhere 49
Utopianotes: Mount Lebanon Shaker Community 69
Living 71
Utopianotes: Gospel Flat Farm 78
How to Start a Society 80
Utopianotes: Webster Café 91
2 Commune
Utopianotes: Salt Lake City Temple Grounds 95
Living 96
Utopianotes: minutes from a meeting 103
The Bruderhof 105
Utopianotes: The Aurora Colony 123
The Ancestors 125
Utopianotes: Lost Valley Intentional Community 139
The Big Muddy Ranch 140
Utopianotes: St. Jade's Day 149
Living 150
Utopianotes: Adjunct Flophouse 161
The Simple Way 162
Utopianotes: Benincasa 176
The Farm 178
Utopianotes: earthships 190
The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) 191
Utopianotes: Portland Night High School 203
3 Heaven
Utopianotes: Garden of Happiness 207
Living 209
Utopianotes: Woman Town 216
What's Heaven Got to Do with It? 218
Utopianotes: Northeast Association of Education and Industry 227
Odd Fellows at the Rockland Palace 228
Utopianotes: Eleanor's Farm 235
Divine Upstate 237
Utopianotes: "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," music video dir. by Diane Keaton 243
4 The Garden & The City
Utopianotes: Woodbine 247
The Catskills 249
Utopianotes: Yellow Springs, Ohio 257
At Least I Will Die Free 258
Utopianotes: Waffle House 277
Gate Hill Cooperative 278
Utopianotes: the Sou'wester 289
Living 291
Utopianotes: The Mutual Aid Society 300
The Beginning and the End 303
Utopianotes: New Day Womyn and Femme-of-Center Retreat 310
Living 311
Utopianotes: Annunciation Church 322
Acknowledgments 323
Bibliography 325