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Radical hope : letters of love and dissent in dangerous times
Title:
Radical hope : letters of love and dissent in dangerous times
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Carolina De Robertis.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Physical Description:
x, 258 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780525435136
Abstract:
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.
Subject Term:
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016.

Open letters.

Political participation -- 21st century.

Political activists -- Correspondence.

Dissenters -- Attitudes.

American essays.
Geographic Term:
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020

United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-
Genre:
Records and correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Essays.
Added Author:
De Robertis, Carolina
Added Author Contained Works:
Container of (work): De Robertis, Carolina Symphony of voices.

Container of (work): Díaz, Junot, 1968- Radical hope.

Container of (work): Garza, Alicia, 1981- Dear Mama Harriet.

Container of (work): Robinson, Roxana. Lantern.

Container of (work): See, Lisa Dear Henry.

Container of (work): Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- Not a moment but a movement.

Container of (work): Kunzru, Hari, 1969- Letter to my son.

Container of (work): Adielé, Faith. Dreams from our fathers.

Container of (work): Foroutan, Parnaz. America.

Container of (work): Livingston, Chip. Dear Chebon.

Container of (work): Kahf, Mohja, 1967- Human rights is the handhold, pass it on.

Container of (work): Obejas, Achy, 1956- You.

Container of (work): Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- Time to demand the impossible.

Container of (work): Moraga, Cherríe. "Holla" from the West Side.

Container of (work): Schatz, Kate. What I mean.

Container of (work): Fishman, Boris, 1979- Dear Mr. Roell.

Container of (work): Fowler, Karen Joy. While you are standing.

Container of (work): Abinader, Elmaz. To the woman standing in line at the store.

Container of (work): De León, Aya (Novelist). Dear millenials.

Container of (work): Smiley, Jane Is there no hope?

Container of (work): Urrea, Luis Alberto. Grace and karma under Orange Caesar.

Container of (work): Eltahawy, Mona, 1967- #fuckfascism #fuckthepatriarchy.

Container of (work): Chang, Jeff Fear and the resistance.

Container of (work): Messud, Claire, 1966- Letter to my daughter.

Container of (work): Russo, Meredith Most important act of resistance.

Container of (work): Grande, Reyna To my goddaughter.

Container of (work): Kitamura, Katie M. Language is how you will make yourself.

Container of (work): Wright, iO Tillett. You are my kind.

Container of (work): Goldman, Francisco Zenaida.

Container of (work): Ng, Celeste Stay open.

Container of (work): Orner, Peter. Rambling thoughts for Roscoe.

Container of (work): García, Cristina, 1958- Queridísima Palonita: a letter to my great-great-great-great-great granddaughter.

Container of (work): De Robertis, Carolina Signs from the Women's March.
Contents:
A symphony of voices / Carolina De Robertis -- Radical hope / Junot Diaz -- 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 -- 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 / Cherríe 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 -- 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 Tillett Wright -- Zenaida / Francisco Goldman -- Stay open / Celeste Ng -- Rambling thoughts for Roscoe / Peter Orner -- Queridísima Palonita: a letter to my great-great-great-great-great granddaughter / Cristina García -- Signs from the Women's March / Carolina De Robertis.
Chronological Term:
2000-2099
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