| American Tensions: Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice Contributor(s): Reichard, William (Editor), Kooser, Ted (Foreword by), Alexie, Sherman (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0981559387 ISBN-13: 9780981559384 Publisher: New Village Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Political Science | Peace - Social Science | Essays |
| Dewey: 810.803 |
| LCCN: 2011006166 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.19 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology of contemporary American poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction, explores issues of identity, oppression, injustice, and social change. Living American writers produced each piece between 1980 and the present; works were selected based on literary merit and the manner in which they address one or more pressing social issues. William Reichard has assembled some of the most respected literary artists of our time, asking whose voices are ascendant, whose silenced, and why. The work as a whole reveals shifting perspectives and the changing role of writing in the social justice arena over the last few decades. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kooser, Ted: - Ted Kooser is one of the the most highly regarded poets in the US and served as the United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006.Reichard, William: - William Reichard is the author of four collections of poetry: Sin Eater (2010); This Brightness: Poems (2007); How To: Poems (2004), which was a finalist for the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets; and An Alchemy in the Bones: Poems (1999), which won a Minnesota Voices Prize.Alexie, Sherman: - Sherman Alexie Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, Sherman J. Alexie, Jr. grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA. |