Friends of GMP Films
Patty Carpenter and Verandah Porche
Patty and Verandah are best friends that have been creating songs together since several decades. They write songs about love, friendship, growing old, wars, winter, death, weddings, and everything that their hearts inspire them to write about. Their Patreon page is the best way to support them and engage with their work.
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Where Have All the Hippies Gone
By Nina Keller
Former commune member, Nina Keller has penned a memoir about her life on the Montague farm. Chronicling her evolution from Philadelphia suburbs to explorations of communal farms in Vermont and Massachusetts, Keller offers a female perspective to commune life. Her book, Where Have All the Hippies Gone, "takes readers through the formation, fiascos and phenomenon of personal and collective ripening in the late 60’s and 70’s."
Part For The Hole
& other books
By Peter Gould
Our friend, Peter Gould wrote the legendary back-to-the-land novel Burnt Toast (Alfred A. Knopf)—the first fictional treatment of the 1970s commune movement in New England. Peter’s young adult novel, Write Naked (Farrar Straus) won the 2009 Green Earth Book Award. Gould leads a life of writing, performing, gardening, teaching, political activism, and SHAKESPEARE!
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