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Author Almond, Steve, author.

Title Bad stories : what the hell just happened to our country / Steve Almond.

Publication Info. Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.0973 ALMOND    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  320.973 ALMOND    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.933 ALM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  320.973 ALMOND    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  306.0973 ALM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.0973 ALM    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  973.933 ALM    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  306.0973 ALMOND    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 257 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Bad story #1. Watergate was about a corrupt president -- Bad story #2. The United States is a representative democracy -- Bad story #3. Our grievances matter more than our vulnerabilities -- Bad story #4. Economic anguish fueled trumpism -- Bad story #5. Trump was a change agent -- Bad story #6. What amuses us can't hurt us -- Bad story #7. Journalism would make a hero of me -- Bad story #8. Nobody would vote for a guy like that -- Bad story #9. I do get a lot of honesty on the Internet -- Bad story #10. Sports bring us together as a nation -- Bad story #11. American women will never empower a sexual predator -- Bad story #12. Our court jesters will rescue the kingdom -- Bad story #13. There is no such thing as fair and balanced -- Bad story #14. The vast right-wing conspiracy was just a conspiracy -- Bad story #15. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses -- Bad story #16. The Cold War is over (and we won!) -- Final bad story. America is incapable of moral improvement.
Summary In the wake of the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, this "is Almond's effort to make sense of our historical moment, to connect certain dots that go unconnected amid the deluge of hot takes and think pieces. Almond looks to literary voices--from Melville to Orwell, from Bradbury to Baldwin--to help explain the roots of [what he sees as] our moral erosion as a people"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Trump, Donald, 1946-
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.
Political culture -- United States.
Social values -- United States.
Politics and literature -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
Trump, Donald, 1946- (OCoLC)fst00174117
Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960
Presidents -- Election. (OCoLC)fst01075747
Social values. (OCoLC)fst01123424
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term Since 2016
ISBN 9781597092265
1597092266
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