It Occurs to Me That I Am America: Richard Russo, Joyce Carol Oates, et al

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. When Donald Trump claimed victory last November, the US literary world erupted in indignation. Many of America's leading writers and artists openly resist the current administration's dogma and earliest policy moves, and they're not about to go gently into that good night. In It Occurs to Me That I Am America : New Stories and Art , more than thirty of the most acclaimed modern writers consider the fundamental ideals of a free, just, and compassionate democracy?through fiction. Featuring artwork by some of today's best known artists, cartoonists, and graphic novelists?including Art Spiegelman, Roz Chast, Marilyn Minter, and Eric Fischl?who cover political, social, and cultural issues, this anthology is a beautiful, enduring collection that will resonate with anyone concerned with the contest for our American soul Speak! Speak! -- Julia Alvarez Oh, Canada -- Russell Banks Blackout -- Jane Kent The party -- Bliss Broyard Compline -- Stephen L. Carter Scenes from Late paradise: stupidity -- Eric Fischl Late America -- Eric Fischl New blank document -- Lee Child Tell her anyway -- Bridget Hawkins Veterans Day -- Mary Higgins Clark Atonement -- Michael Cunningham Intersections -- Mark DiIonno 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 -- Shahzia Sikander 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 -- Alice Hoffman Getting somewhere -- Susan Isaacs Gauntanamo, ERF Team, macing prisoners in the eye -- Susan Crile Guantanamo, ERF Team, waterboarding prisoner -- Susan Crile Mr. Crime and Punishment and War and Peace -- Gish Jen Finally I am American at heart -- Ha Jin Starry, starry night -- Jaune Quck-To-See-Smith Trade canoe: forthy 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 country needs you -- Marilyn Minter Deep frost -- Marilyn Minter Good news! -- Joyce Carol Oates Island of tears -- Art Spiegelman Island of hope -- Art Spiegelman Ghost of Ellis Island -- Art Spiegelman Safety first -- Sara Paretsky Look away -- Beverly McIver Loving in black & white -- Beverly McIver Bystanders (April 2003) -- Tom Piazza Lucky girl -- Heidi Pitlot If they come in the morning -- S.J. Rozan Top step -- Richard Russo The ugliest American alphabet -- Eric Orner Hope -- Jonathan 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. A provocative, unprecedented anthology featuring original short stories on what it means to be an American from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen: "This chorus of brilliant voices articulating the shape and texture of contemporary America makes for necessary reading" (Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies ). When Donald Trump claimed victory in the November 2016 election, the US literary and art world erupted in indignation. Many of America's preeminent writers and artists are stridently opposed to the administration's agenda and executive orders—and they're not about to go gentle into that good night. In this "masterful literary achievement" (Kurt Eichenwald, author of Conspiracy of Fools) , more than thirty of the most acclaimed writers at work today consider the fundamental ideals of a free, just, and compassionate democracy through fiction in an anthology that "promises to be both a powerful tool in the fight to uphold our values and a tribute to the remarkable voices behind it" (Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU). With an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and edited by bestselling author Jonathan Santlofer, this powerful anthology includes original, striking art from fourteen of the country's most celebrated artists, cartoonists, and graphic novelists, including Art Spiegelman, Roz Chast, Marilyn Minter, and Eric Fischl. Transcendent, urgent, and ultimately hopeful, It Occurs to Me That I Am America takes back the narrative of what it means to be an American in the 21st century. 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