Radical Hope

Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

Carolina De Robertis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2017
Virago Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-349-01010-6 (ISBN)

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Letters of hope, passion and courage, written in the wake of Trump's election, from some of our best-loved writers, including Junot Diaz, Karen Joy Fowler, Mona Eltahawy, Claire Messud, Celeste Ng, Hari Kunzru and Jane Smiley. RADICAL HOPE is a collection of inspiring letters - to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in supermarket queues, to any and all who feel discouraged by contemporary politics - written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists in reaction to Trump's election. Including letters by Achy Obejas, Alicia Garza, Aya de Leon, Boris Fishman, Carolina De Robertis, Celeste Ng, Cherrie Moraga, Chip Livingston, Claire Messud, Cristina Garcia, Elmaz Abinader, Faith Adiele, Francisco Goldman, Hari Kunzru, iO Tillet Wright, Jane Smiley, Jeff Chang, Jewelle Gomez, Junot Diaz, Karen Joy Fowler, Kate Schatz, Katie Kitamura, Lisa See, Luis Alberto Urrea, Meredith Russo, Mohja Kahf, Mona Eltahawy, Parnaz Foroutan, Peter Orner, Reyna Grande, Roxana Robinson and Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Carolina De Robertis is the award-winning author of the novels The Gods of Tango, Perla, and The Invisible Mountain. A long-time activist, De Robertis spent ten years in the non-profit sector before publishing her first book, and during that time she led projects around issues including women's rights, immigrant rights and addressing sexual violence. She teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University, and lives in Oakland, California with her wife and two children.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.05.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 224 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-349-01010-2 / 0349010102
ISBN-13	978-0-349-01010-6 / 9780349010106
Zustand	Neuware