letters of love and dissent in dangerous times De Robertis, Carolina 1975- editor text nyu New York Vintage Books 2017 monographic eng

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x, 258 pages ; 21 cm Radical Hope is 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. Provocative and inspiring, Radical Hope offers readers a kaleidoscopic view of the love and courage needed to navigate this time of upheaval, uncertainty, and fear, in view of the recent US presidential election-- A Symphony of Voices / Carolina De Robertis -- Radical Hope / Junot Díaz -- ROOTS. Dear Mama Harriet / Alicia Garza -- The 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 -- BRANCHES. 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 / Cherrie 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 -- The Fear and the Resistance / Jeff Chang -- SEEDS. A Letter to My Daughter / Claire Messud -- The 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 Tillet Wright -- Zenaida / Francisco Goldman -- Stay Open / Celeste Ng -- Rambling Thoughts for Roscoe / Peter Orner -- Queridísima Palomita: a Letter to My Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Granddaughter / Cristina Garcia -- POSTSCRIPT. Signs from the Women's March / Carolina De Robertis. edited by Carolina De Robertis. n-us--- Presidents United States Election 2016 Presidentes Estados Unidos Elecciones 2016 Political participation United States History 21st century Participación política Historia Estados Unidos Siglo XXI Protest movements United States History 21st century Movimientos de protesta Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XXI American letters 21st century United States Social conditions 21st century Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales Siglo XXI 002 E 901.1 R129 2017 306.0973/0905 9780525435136 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0525435131 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780525435143 2017005528 DLC 170517 20260915154039.0 19650127 eng