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Tales of two Americas stories of inequality in a divided nation

"In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and th...

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Other Authors: Freeman, John, 1974- (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017.
Subjects:
Equality > United States.
Equality > United States > Fiction.
Social problems > United States.
Social problems > United States > Fiction.
Social justice > United States.
Social justice > United States > Fiction.
Social conflict > United States.
Social conflict > United States > Fiction.
United States > Ethnic relations.
United States > Ethnic relations > Fiction.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Race relations > Fiction.
American essays.
American poetry.
Short stories, American.
Essays.
Short stories.
Poetry.
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Summary:"In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many people."--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:xviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780143131038
0143131036
Author Notes:John Freeman is the editor of Freeman's , a literary biannual of new writing, and executive editor of Lit Hub . His books include How to Read a Novelist and The Tyranny of E-mail , as well as Tales of Two Cities , an anthology of new writing about inequality in New York City today. His latest book is Maps , a collection of poems. His work is translated into more than twenty languages, and has appeared in The New Yorker , The Paris Review , and The New York Times . The former editor of Granta , he teaches writing at The New School and New York University.

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