It Occurs To Me That I Am America: New Stories And Art

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Synopsis

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.

Chapters

  • ItOccursToMe 01 Open

    Duration: 02min
  • ItOccursToMe 02 Foreword AuthorRead

    Duration: 07min
  • ItOccursToMe 03 Introduction AuthorRead

    Duration: 07min
  • ItOccursToMe 04 JuliaAlvarez SpeakSpeak

    Duration: 13min
  • ItOccursToMe 05 RussellBanks OhCanada

    Duration: 21min
  • ItOccursToMe 06 BlissBroyard TheParty

    Duration: 31min
  • ItOccursToMe 07 StephenLCarter Compline

    Duration: 01h15min
  • ItOccursToMe 08 LeeChild NewBlankDocument

    Duration: 16min
  • ItOccursToMe 09 MaryHigginsClark VeteransDay

    Duration: 05min
  • ItOccursToMe 10 MichaelCunningham Atonement

    Duration: 09min
  • ItOccursToMe 11 MarkDiIonno Intersections

    Duration: 37min
  • ItOccursToMe 12 AnnaDunn TheThirdTwin

    Duration: 21min
  • ItOccursToMe 13 LouiseErdrich BalancingActs

    Duration: 07min
  • ItOccursToMe 14 AngelaFlournoy TheMissAprilHouses

    Duration: 16min
  • ItOccursToMe 15 ElizabethFrank Fires

    Duration: 40min
  • ItOccursToMe 16 NeilGaiman HateForSale

    Duration: 02min
  • ItOccursToMe 17 PhilipGourevitch Unaccountable

    Duration: 18min
  • ItOccursToMe 18 JamesHannaham WhiteBaby

    Duration: 07min
  • ItOccursToMe 19 AliceHoffman InTheTrees

    Duration: 10min
  • ItOccursToMe 20 SusanIsaacs GettingSomewhere

    Duration: 31min
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