NEW YORK ā Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the Massachusetts Democrat's career: āPersist.ā
Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday that āPersist,ā which the publisher calls āa deeply personal book and a powerful call to action," will be released April 20. āPersistā will refer to Warren's recent bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, won by Joe Biden, but is not a campaign memoir.
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āI wrote āPersistā because I remain as committed as ever to fighting for an America that works for everyone,ā Warren, whose previous books include āA Fighting Chanceā and āThis Fight is Our Fight,ā said in a statement. āIāve written a dozen books, but this one is especially personal: I bring the pieces of who I am to the fight for real change, and I passionately believe that we are in a moment when extraordinary changes are possible.ā
Financial terms for the deal were not disclosed. Warren was represented by Robert Barnett and Daniel Martin of Williams & Connolly, where clients have ranged from former President Bill Clinton to a political rival of Warren's, Sen. Mitch McConnell. A portion of author proceeds from āPerisistā will be donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, the Worcester County Food Bank, and the Merrimack Valley Food Bank.
Warren became associated with the word āPersistā after a 2017 confrontation with McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and Senate majority leader. Warren was giving a speech on the Senate floor, denouncing then-attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, when Republicans invoked an obscure rule to silence her.
āSen. Warren was giving a lengthy speech,ā McConnell said. āShe had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.ā
Clinton's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, has collaborated with illustrator Alexandra Boiger on a handful of picture books that use McConnell's expression, including āShe Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World" and āShe Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game.ā