Welcome to the neighborhood : an anthology of American coexistence / edited by Sarah Green ; foreword by David Baker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Sarah Elizabeth, 1980- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neighborliness--Literary collections.

Neighborliness.

Community life--Literary collections.

Community life.

American literature--21st century.

American literature.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xix, 302 pages; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, an imprint of Ohio University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"How to live with difference-not necessarily in peace, but with resilience, engagement, and a lack of vitriol-is a defining worry in America at this moment. The poets, fiction writers, and essayists (plus one graphic novelist) who contributed to Welcome to the Neighborhood don't necessarily offer roadmaps to harmonious neighboring. Some of their narrators don't even want to be neighbors. Maybe they grieve, or rage. Maybe they briefly find resolution or community. But they do approach the question of what it means to be neighbors, and how we should do it, with open minds and nuance. The many diverse contributors give this collection a depth beyond easy answers. Their attentions to the theme of neighborliness as an ongoing evolution offer hope to readers: possible pathways for rediscovering community, even just by way of a shared wish for it. The result is an enormously rich resource for the classroom and for anyone interested in reflecting on what it means to be American today, and how place and community play a part"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

9780804012164

0804012164

9780804012171

0804012172

OCLC:

1135092149