Stumbling and Raging: More Politically Inspired FictionStephen Elliott, Greg Larson Following on from the success of Politically Inspired in 2003 comes Politically Inspired, Still. These short stories have all been influenced by today's politics and are a collection from today's well known and emerging writers. Each of the short stories offers a new perspective on today's politics of fear, desire, and destruction. Some of this year's contributors are: Anthony Swofford ? Jarhead Aimee Bender - The Girl In The Flammable Skirt Andrew Sean Greer - The Confessions Of Max Tivoli Ann Packer - The Dive From Clausen Pier Audrey Niffeneger - The Time Traveler's Wife Peter Orner - Esther Stories Chris Abani - Graceland David Amsden - Important Things That Don't Really Matter |
Contents
Cartoon by Audrey Niffenegger | 1 |
The Soldier as a Boy by Otis Haschemeyer | 9 |
Requiem for Sammy the Magic Cat by Andrew Foster Altschul | 23 |
El Fin del Mundo by Michelle Herman | 31 |
Your Mother and I by Dave Eggers | 61 |
The Letter from Saint Herpetology Chapel by Ron Carlson | 70 |
Even Steven by Aimee Bender | 81 |
Jewy Jew by Neal Pollack | 93 |
Camp Whitehorse by Alicia Erian | 147 |
Islanders by Stefan Kiesbye | 157 |
Level Orange by Doug Dorst | 181 |
To the Director of Air Defense Marketing by Adam Johnson | 195 |
Newholly by Ryan Boudinot | 211 |
An Open Letter to William Kristol | 245 |
War Chain by Avital GadCykman | 261 |
Pull by David Amsden | 281 |
A Conversation Over Tea by Chris Abani | 105 |
Social Contract by F S Yu | 111 |
The Cremation Ground by Karan Mahajan | 121 |
Machu Picchu by Sandra Cisneros | 137 |
The Translator by Courtney Angela Brkic | 309 |
Contributors | 323 |
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