Description |
x, 258 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents |
A symphony of voices / Carolina De Robertis -- Radical hope / Junot Diaz -- Dear Mama Harriet / Alicia Garza -- The lantern / Roxana Robinson -- Dear Henry / Lisa See -- Not a moment but a movement / Jewelle Gomez -- A letter to my son / Hari Kunzru -- Dreams from our fathers / Faith Adiele -- America / Parnaz Foroutan -- Dear Chebon / Chip Livingston -- Human rights is the handhold, pass it on / Mohja Kahf -- You / Achy Obejas -- A time to demand the impossible / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- A "holla" from the West Side / Cherríe Moraga -- What I mean / Kate Schatz -- Dear Mr. Roell / Boris Fishman -- While you are standing / Karen Joy Fowler -- To the woman standing in line at the store, / Elmaz Abinader -- Dear millenials / Aya de León -- Is there no hope? / Jane Smiley -- Grace and karma under Orange Caesar / Luis Alberto Urrea -- #fuckfascism #fuckthepatriarchy / Mona Eltahawy -- The fear and the resistance / Jeff Chang -- A letter to my daughter / Claire Messud -- The most important act of resistance / Meredith Russo -- To my goddaughter / Reyna Grande -- Language is how you will make yourself / Katie Kitamura -- You are my kind / iO Tillett Wright -- Zenaida / Francisco Goldman -- Stay open / Celeste Ng -- Rambling thoughts for Roscoe / Peter Orner -- Queridísima Palonita: a letter to my great-great-great-great-great granddaughter / Cristina García -- Signs from the Women's March / Carolina De Robertis. |
Summary |
A collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged--written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists. |
Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.
|
|
Open letters.
|
|
Political participation -- 21st century.
|
|
Political activists -- Correspondence.
|
Added Author |
De Robertis, Carolina, editor.
|
|
Container of (work): De Robertis, Carolina.
Symphony of voices.
|
|
Container of (work): Díaz, Junot, 1968-
Radical hope.
|
|
Container of (work): Garza, Alicia, 1981-
Dear Mama Harriet.
|
|
Container of (work): Robinson, Roxana.
Lantern.
|
|
Container of (work): See, Lisa.
Dear Henry.
|
|
Container of (work): Gomez, Jewelle, 1948-
Not a moment but a movement.
|
|
Container of (work): Kunzru, Hari, 1969-
Letter to my son.
|
|
Container of (work): Adielé, Faith.
Dreams from our fathers.
|
|
Container of (work): Foroutan, Parnaz.
America.
|
|
Container of (work): Livingston, Chip.
Dear Chebon.
|
|
Container of (work): Kahf, Mohja, 1967-
Human rights is the handhold, pass it on.
|
|
Container of (work): Obejas, Achy, 1956-
You.
|
|
Container of (work): Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-
Time to demand the impossible.
|
|
Container of (work): Moraga, Cherríe.
"Holla" from the West Side.
|
|
Container of (work): Schatz, Kate.
What I mean.
|
|
Container of (work): Fishman, Boris, 1979-
Dear Mr. Roell.
|
|
Container of (work): Fowler, Karen Joy.
While you are standing.
|
|
Container of (work): Abinader, Elmaz.
To the woman standing in line at the store.
|
|
Container of (work): De León, Aya (Novelist).
Dear millenials.
|
|
Container of (work): Smiley, Jane.
Is there no hope?
|
|
Container of (work): Urrea, Luis Alberto.
Grace and karma under Orange Caesar.
|
|
Container of (work): Eltahawy, Mona, 1967-
#fuckfascism #fuckthepatriarchy.
|
|
Container of (work): Chang, Jeff.
Fear and the resistance.
|
|
Container of (work): Messud, Claire, 1966-
Letter to my daughter.
|
|
Container of (work): Russo, Meredith.
Most important act of resistance.
|
|
Container of (work): Grande, Reyna.
To my goddaughter.
|
|
Container of (work): Kitamura, Katie M.
Language is how you will make yourself.
|
|
Container of (work): Wright, iO Tillett.
You are my kind.
|
|
Container of (work): Goldman, Francisco.
Zenaida.
|
|
Container of (work): Ng, Celeste.
Stay open.
|
|
Container of (work): Orner, Peter.
Rambling thoughts for Roscoe.
|
|
Container of (work): García, Cristina, 1958-
Queridísima Palonita: a letter to my great-great-great-great-great granddaughter.
|
|
Container of (work): De Robertis, Carolina.
Signs from the Women's March.
|
ISBN |
9780525435136 (paperback) |
|
0525435131 (paperback) |
|