These Are Strange Times, My Dear: Field Notes from the Republic Contributor(s): Willis, Wendy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1640091513 ISBN-13: 9781640091511 Publisher: Catapult
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Essays - Literary Collections | Essays - Political Science | Commentary & Opinion |
Dewey: 306.209 |
LCCN: 2018033720 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.65 lbs) 320 pages |
Features: Price on Product |
Review Citations: Library Journal 12/01/2018 pg. 75 Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2018 |
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Publisher Description: In these pointed and wide-ranging essays, Wendy Willis explores everything from personal resistance to the rise of political podcasts, civic loneliness to the exploitation of personal data, public outrage to the opioid crisis--all with a poet's gift for finding the sacred in the mundane, a hope in the dark. One of the country's sharpest observers of politics, art, and the American spirit, Willis returns often to the demanding question posed by Czech writer, activist, and politician Václav Havel: What does it mean to live in truth? Her view is honed by her place as a poet, as a mother, and, when necessary, as an activist. Together, the essays in These Are Strange Times, My Dear work within that largely unmapped place where the heartbreaks and uncertainties of one's inner life brush up against the cruelties and responsibilities of politics and government and our daily lives. |
Contributor Bio(s): Willis, Wendy: - WENDY WILLIS is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. Winner of the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize, she has published two books of poetry and in journals, including New England Review, Oregon Humanities, Poetry Northwest, The Rumpus, Zócalo Public Square, and ZYZZYVA. Willis is a lawyer, the executive director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, and the founder and director of Oregon's Kitchen Table. |
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