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It occurs to me that I am America : new stories and art

Title

It occurs to me that I am America : new stories and art / edited by Jonathan Santlofer ; introduction by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Publication

New York, NY : Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.
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Description

xix, 374 pages, 52 unnumbered pages of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump Inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen"--
This provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty authors, celebrating the fundamental ideals of a free, just, and compassionate democracy. Included are pages of daring, full-color and black-and-white art, that support our country's founding premise as the land of the free. Royalties from the book will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Alternative Title

I am American

Subjects

Genre/Form

Short stories.
Short stories, American.

Contents

Foreword / Johnathan Santlofer -- Introduction / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Speak! Speak! / Julia Alvarez -- Oh, Canada / Russell Banks -- Blackout / Jane Kent -- The party / Bliss Broyard -- Compline / Stephen, L. Carter -- Scenes from late paradise: stupidity ; Late America / Eric Fischl -- New blank document / Lee Child -- Tell her anyway / Bridget Hawkins -- Veterans Day / Mary Higgins Clark -- Atonement / Michael Cunningham -- Intersections / Mark Di Ionno -- The third twin / Anna Dunn -- Politics / Roz Chast -- Balancing acts / Louise Erdrich -- The Miss April Houses / Angela Flournoy -- The world is yours, the world is mine ; The many faces of Islam / Shahzia Sikander -- Fires / Elizabeth Frank -- Hate for sale / Neil Gaiman -- Unaccountable / Philip Gourevitch -- White baby / James Hannaham -- Your sacred American rights bingo / Mimi Pond -- In the trees / Alice Hoffman -- Getting somewhere / Susan Isaacs -- Guantánamo, ERF team: macing prisoner in eye (detail) ; Guantánamo, ERF team: waterboarding prisoner / Susan Crile -- Mr. Crime and punishment and war and peace / Gish Jen -- Finally I am American at heart / Ha Jin -- Arlington street / Lily King -- The harlot and the murderer: Sonia's story / Sheila Kohler -- Starry starry night ; Trade canoe: forty days and forty nights / Jaune Quick-To-See Smith -- "People are people" / Elinor Lipman -- The trout fisherman / Joyce Maynard -- Listen / Susan Minot -- Between storms / Walter Mosley -- Our cuntry needs you ; Tic-tac-toe ; Deep frost / Marilyn Minter -- "Good news!" / Joyce Carol Oates -- Island of tears ... ; Island of hope! ; Ghost of Ellis Island / Art Spiegelman -- Safety first / Sara Paretsky -- Look away ; Loving in black & white / Beverly McIver -- Bystanders (April 2003) / Tom Piazza -- Lucky girl / Heidi Pitlor -- If they come in the morning / S.J. Rozan -- Top step / Richard Russo -- The ugliest American alphabet / Eric Orner -- Hope / Johnathan Santlofer -- The walk / Elizabeth Strout -- Vote Hillary / Deborah Kass -- Stop & shop / Paul Theroux -- Little house on the prairie holding company LLC / David Storey -- The way we read now / Justin Torres -- Don't despair / Alice Walker -- Learning American values / Edmund White -- Letter from Anthony D. Romero -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions.

Call Number

JFE 19-10288

ISBN

9781501179600
1501179608

LCCN

2017055446

OCLC

989963788

Title

It occurs to me that I am America : new stories and art / edited by Jonathan Santlofer ; introduction by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Publisher

New York, NY : Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.

Copyright Date

Edition

First Touchstone hardcover edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946- editor.

Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- writer of introduction.

Alvarez, Julia, author.

Banks, Russell, 1940-2023, author.

Kent, J. A., 1952- artist.

Broyard, Bliss, author.

Carter, Stephen L., 1954- author.

Fischl, Eric, 1948- artist.

Child, Lee, author.

Hawkins, Bridget, 1996- artist.

Clark, Mary Higgins, author.

Cunningham, Michael, 1952- author.

Di Ionno, Mark, author.

Dunn, Anna, author.

Chast, Roz, artist.

Erdrich, Louise, author.

Flournoy, Angela, author.

Sikander, Shahzia, 1969- artist.

Frank, Elizabeth, 1945- author.

Gaiman, Neil, author.

Gourevitch, Philip, 1961- author.

Hannaham, James, author.

Pond, Mimi, artist.

Hoffman, Alice, author.

Isaacs, Susan, 1943- author.

Crile, Susan, 1942- artist.

Jen, Gish, author.

Jin, Ha, 1956- author.

King, Lily, author.

Kohler, Sheila, author.

Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, 1940- artist.

Lipman, Elinor, author.

Maynard, Joyce, 1953- author.

Minot, Susan, author.

Mosley, Walter, author.

Minter, Marilyn, 1948- artist.

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.

Spiegelman, Art, artist.

Paretsky, Sara, author.

McIver, Beverly, artist.

Piazza, Tom, 1955- author.

Pitlor, Heidi, author.

Rozan, S. J., author.

Russo, Richard, 1949- author.

Orner, Eric, artist.

Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946- author.

Strout, Elizabeth, author.

Kass, Deborah, 1952- artist.

Theroux, Paul, author.

Storey, David, 1954- artist.

Torres, Justin, 1980- author.

Walker, Alice, 1944- author.

White, Edmund, 1940- author.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-10288

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