| Description |
236 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
"In prose, poetry, and graphic narrative, the contributors to this anthology tackle the questions of American identity and society, offering visions rooted in our history but attentive to our future"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
In search of our future / Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin -- Acceptance speech / Eileen Myles -- America in winter / Joy Ladin -- How I should have known Trump would be elected / Carmen Maria Machado -- Teaching after Trump / Melissa Febos -- IUD / Liana Finck -- 20 January 2017 / Herman Beavers -- Signs / Diane Mckinney-Whetstone -- Morning question in bed after the women's marches across America / Adam Vines -- Four days / Sarah Rose Etter -- Seasons of grief / Tahneer Oksman -- When we see / KC Trommer -- Just to get by / Bassey Ikpi -- Theft / Fran Wilde -- Gaslighting / Liana Finck -- Three days / Ken Kalfus -- Terror? What is terror? / Liana Finck -- Four stories about fighting / Sandra Newman -- The accused / Krun Srun ; translated from the French and introduced by Madeleine Thien -- Yellow for ephemeral / Sam Miller -- The retinue of little abysses / Juan Martinez -- Reclaiming time / Airea Matthews -- Year of the rat / Marc Anthony Richardson -- Bullet points / Jericho Brown -- Domestic terrorism / Cynthia Atkins -- The legend of big and fine / Jericho Brown -- Who has the right to tell this story? / Liz Moore -- National pastime / Lynn Melnick -- Strange bedfellows / Nancy Hightower -- I enter the real memory / Alice Notley -- Who will speak for whom, America? / Edwin Torres -- On being American / Samira Ahmed -- The betweens / Cynthia Arrieu-King -- The alternatives / Liana Finck -- Riddle / Jericho Brown -- A simple letter to my American friends = Una sencilla carta a mis amigos gringos / Carlos Jose Perez Samano -- Untitled : a comedy / Herman Beavers -- Pigskin, beauty, death and a huggable rat / Linh Dinh -- America / Craig Santos Perez -- U.S. v T.H.E.M. / Liana Finck -- I want milk, I want honey / Mohja Kahf -- Blood and spirit / Cynthia Dewi Oka -- America / Ana-Maurine Lara -- Life after / Adrienne Celt -- The gates to freedom / Rene Denfeld -- Struggle / Liana Finck -- The end of the incarnation / Malka Older -- If you can keep it / Scott Esposito -- Charlie and the aliens / Ganzeer -- Dreaming in crayon / Craig Santos Perez -- Because change was the ocean / Charlie Jane Anders. |
| Subject |
United States -- Literary collections.
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American literature -- 21st century.
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Protest literature, American -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Feldman, Stephanie, editor.
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Popkin, Nathaniel R., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Who will speak for America? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University, 2018 9781439916254 (DLC) 2018026777 |
| ISBN |
9781439916247 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1439916241 |
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