TY - BOOK AU - Santlofer,Jonathan AU - Nguyen,Viet Thanh AU - Alvarez,Julia AU - Banks,Russell AU - Kent,J.A. AU - Broyard,Bliss AU - Carter,Stephen L. AU - Fischl,Eric AU - Child,Lee AU - Hawkins,Bridget AU - Clark,Mary Higgins AU - Cunningham,Michael AU - Di Ionno,Mark AU - Dunn,Anna AU - Chast,Roz AU - Erdrich,Louise AU - Flournoy,Angela AU - Sikander,Shahzia AU - Frank,Elizabeth AU - Gaiman,Neil AU - Gourevitch,Philip AU - Hannaham,James AU - Pond,Mimi AU - Hoffman,Alice AU - Isaacs,Susan AU - Crile,Susan AU - Jen,Gish AU - Jin,Ha AU - King,Lily AU - Kohler,Sheila AU - Smith,Jaune Quick-to-See AU - Lipman,Elinor AU - Maynard,Joyce AU - Minot,Susan AU - Mosley,Walter AU - Minter,Marilyn AU - Oates,Joyce Carol AU - Spiegelman,Art AU - Paretsky,Sara AU - McIver,Beverly AU - Piazza,Tom AU - Pitlor,Heidi AU - Rozan,S.J. AU - Russo,Richard AU - Orner,Eric AU - Santlofer,Jonathan AU - Strout,Elizabeth AU - Kass,Deborah AU - Theroux,Paul AU - Storey,David AU - Torres,Justin AU - Walker,Alice AU - White,Edmund TI - It occurs to me that I am America: new stories and art SN - 9781501179600 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Touchstone KW - Short stories, American KW - American fiction KW - 21st century KW - Short stories KW - lcgft N1 - Foreword; Johnathan Santlofer --; Introduction; Viet Thanh Nguyen --; Speak! Speak!; Julia Alvarez --; Oh, Canada; Russell Banks --; Blackout; Jane Kent --; 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 --; 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -