Boone W. Shear teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is a member of several solidarity economy organizations in the state, and lives with his 16-year-old daughter, Rose, and their dog friend, Wes, in Easthampton. His teaching, research, and politics coalesce around critical investigations of capitalist modernity, and especially efforts to defend, organize around, and cultivate post-capitalist efforts and initiatives.