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Title:
Radical hope : letters of love and dissent in dangerous times / edited by Carolina De Robertis.
ISBN:
9780525435136
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Physical Description:
x, 258 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
A symphony of voices / Carolina De Robertis -- Radical hope / Junot Diaz -- Dear Mama Harriet / Alicia Garza -- 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 -- Fear and the resistance / Jeff Chang -- A letter to my daughter / Claire Messud -- 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.
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OCLC Number:
ocn970025685
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
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