Radical hope : letters of love and dissent in dangerous times

De Robertis, Carolina, (editor.). De Robertis, Carolina. Container of (work): Symphony of voices. (Added Author). Díaz, Junot, 1968- Container of (work): Radical hope. (Added Author). Garza, Alicia, 1981- Container of (work): Dear Mama Harriet. (Added Author). Robinson, Roxana. Container of (work): Lantern. (Added Author). See, Lisa. Container of (work): Dear Henry. (Added Author). Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- Container of (work): Not a moment but a movement. (Added Author). Kunzru, Hari, 1969- Container of (work): Letter to my son. (Added Author). Adielé, Faith. Container of (work): Dreams from our fathers. (Added Author). Foroutan, Parnaz. Container of (work): America. (Added Author). Livingston, Chip. Container of (work): Dear Chebon. (Added Author). Kahf, Mohja, 1967- Container of (work): Human rights is the handhold, pass it on. (Added Author). Obejas, Achy, 1956- Container of (work): You. (Added Author). Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- Container of (work): Time to demand the impossible. (Added Author). Moraga, Cherríe. Container of (work): "Holla" from the West Side. (Added Author). Schatz, Kate. Container of (work): What I mean. (Added Author). Fishman, Boris, 1979- Container of (work): Dear Mr. Roell. (Added Author). Fowler, Karen Joy. Container of (work): While you are standing. (Added Author). Abinader, Elmaz. Container of (work): To the woman standing in line at the store. (Added Author). De León, Aya (Novelist). Container of (work): Dear millennials. (Added Author). Smiley, Jane. Container of (work): Is there no hope? (Added Author). Urrea, Luis Alberto. Container of (work): Grace and karma under Orange Caesar. (Added Author). Eltahawy, Mona, 1967- Container of (work): #fuckfascism #fuckthepatriarchy. (Added Author). Chang, Jeff. Container of (work): Fear and the resistance. (Added Author). Messud, Claire, 1966- Container of (work): Letter to my daughter. (Added Author). Russo, Meredith. Container of (work): Most important act of resistance. (Added Author). Grande, Reyna. Container of (work): To my goddaughter. (Added Author). Kitamura, Katie M. Container of (work): Language is how you will make yourself. (Added Author). Wright, iO Tillett. Container of (work): You are my kind. (Added Author). Goldman, Francisco. Container of (work): Zenaida. (Added Author). Ng, Celeste. Container of (work): Stay open. (Added Author). Orner, Peter. Container of (work): Rambling thoughts for Roscoe. (Added Author). García, Cristina, 1958- Container of (work): Queridísima Palonita. (Added Author). De Robertis, Carolina. Container of (work): Signs from the Women's March. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780525435136
ISBN: 0525435131
Physical Description: x, 258 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

A symphony of voices / Carolina De Robertis -- Radical hope / Junot Díaz -- 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 millennials / 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.