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It occurs to me that I am America : new stories and art / edited by Jonathan Santlofer ; introduction by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

First Touchstone hardcover edition.

New York, New York : Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.

©2018

xix, 374 pages, 52 unnumbered pages of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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"In time for the one-year anniversary of the Trump Inauguration and the Women's March, this provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty bestselling and award-winning authors--including Alice Walker, Richard Russo, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Michael Cunningham, Mary Higgins Clark, and Lee Child--with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen"-- Provided by publisher.

This provocative, unprecedented anthology features original short stories from thirty authors, celebrating the fundamental ideals of a free, just, and compassionate democracy. Included are pages of daring, full-color and black-and-white art, that support our country's founding premise as the land of the free. Royalties from the book will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Short stories, American.

American fiction -- 21st century.

Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946- editor.

Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- writer of introduction.

Alvarez, Julia, author.

Banks, Russell, 1940- author.

Kent, J. A., 1952- artist.

Broyard, Bliss, author.

Carter, Stephen L., 1954- author.

Fischl, Eric, 1948- artist.

Child, Lee, author.

Hawkins, Bridget, 1996- artist.

Clark, Mary Higgins, author.

Cunningham, Michael, 1952- author.

Di Ionno, Mark, author.

Dunn, Anna, author.

Chast, Roz, artist.

Erdrich, Louise, author.

Flournoy, Angela, author.

Sikander, Shahzia, 1969- artist.

Frank, Elizabeth, 1945- author.

Gaiman, Neil, author.

Gourevitch, Philip, 1961- author.

Hannaham, James, author.

Pond, Mimi, artist.

Hoffman, Alice, author.

Isaacs, Susan, 1943- author.

Crile, Susan, 1942- artist.

Jen, Gish, author.

Jin, Ha, 1956- author.

King, Lily, author.

Kohler, Sheila, author.

Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, 1940- artist.

Lipman, Elinor, author.

Maynard, Joyce, 1953- author.

Minot, Susan, author.

Mosley, Walter, author.

Minter, Marilyn, 1948- artist.

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.

Spiegelman, Art, artist.

Paretsky, Sara, author.

McIver, Beverly, artist.

Piazza, Tom, 1955- author.

Pitlor, Heidi, author.

Rozan, S. J., author.

Russo, Richard, 1949- author.

Orner, Eric, artist.

Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946- author.

Strout, Elizabeth, author.

Kass, Deborah, 1952- artist.

Theroux, Paul, author.

Storey, David, 1954- artist.

Torres, Justin, 1980- author.

Walker, Alice, 1944- author.

White, Edmund, 1940- author.

Foreword / Johnathan Santlofer -- Introduction / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Speak! Speak! / Julia Alvarez -- Oh, Canada / Russell Banks -- Blackout / Jane Kent -- The party / Bliss Broyard -- Compline / Stephen, L. Carter -- Scenes from late paradise: stupidity ; Late America / Eric Fischl -- New blank document / Lee Child -- Tell her anyway / Bridget Hawkins -- Veterans Day / Mary Higgins Clark -- Atonement / Michael Cunningham -- Intersections / Mark Di Ionno -- The third twin / Anna Dunn -- Politics / Roz Chast -- Balancing acts / Louise Erdrich -- The Miss April Houses / Angela Flournoy -- The world is yours, the world is mine ; The many faces of Islam / Shahzia Sikander -- Fires / Elizabeth Frank -- Hate for sale / Neil Gaiman -- Unaccountable / Philip Gourevitch -- White baby / James Hannaham -- Your sacred American rights bingo / Mimi Pond -- In the trees / Alice Hoffman -- Getting somewhere / Susan Isaacs -- Guantánamo, ERF team: making prisoner in the eye ; Guantánamo, ERF team: waterboarding prisoner / Susan Crile -- Mr. Crime and punishment and war and peace / Gish Jen -- Finally I am American at heart / Ha Jin -- Arlington street / Lily King -- The harlot and the murderer: Sonia's story / Sheila Kohler -- Starry starry night ; Trade canoe: forty days and forty nights / Jaune Quick-To-See Smith -- "People are people" / Elinor Lipman -- The trout fisherman / Joyce Maynard -- Listen / Susan Minot -- Between storms / Walter Mosley -- Our cuntry needs you ; Tic-tac-toe ; Deep frost / Marilyn Minter -- "Good news!" / Joyce Carol Oates -- Island of tears ... ; Island of hope! ; Ghost of Ellis Island / Art Spiegelman -- Safety first / Sara Paretsky -- Look away ; Loving in black & white / Beverly McIver -- Bystanders (April 2003) / Tom Piazza -- Lucky girl / Heidi Pitlor -- If they come in the morning / S.J. Rozan -- Top step / Richard Russo -- The ugliest American alphabet / Eric Orner -- Hope / Johnathan Santlofer -- The walk / Elizabeth Strout -- Vote Hillary / Deborah Kass -- Stop & shop / Paul Theroux -- Little house on the prairie holding company LLC / David Storey -- The way we read now / Justin Torres -- Don't despair / Alice Walker -- Learning American values / Edmund White -- Letter from Anthony D. Romero -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions.

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