Hope is the thing : Wisconsinites on perseverance in a pandemic / B. J. Hollars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollars, B. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hope.

Wisconsin--Social conditions--21st century.

Wisconsin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In March of 2020, shortly after Wisconsin began receiving positive cases of COVID-19, writer and professor B. J. Hollars struck out to create a collaborative writing project to bridge the emotional distance created by way of our physical social distancing. Drawing upon Emily Dickinson's famous poem, "Hope Is The Thing with Feathers," Hollars put out a call for Wisconsinites to reflect on their own glimpses of hope in the COVID-19 era. The guidelines were simple: five hundred words or less, and a title that borrowed from Dickinson's format: "Hope is the Thing [Fill in the Blank]." The call resulted in an avalanche of submissions, each of which reflects on hope's ability to persist and flourish, even in the darkest times. The one hundred contributors represent a variety of backgrounds, from truck driver to poet laureate, from middle school student to octogenarian. They are racially diverse, geographically diverse, and culturally diverse, representing a rough cross section of Wisconsin voices. Some are seasoned writers, while others have never been published. The result is a book-length exploration of the depth and range of hope as its currently being experienced by Wisconsinites in the midst of this crisis, as well as an important record of what Wisconsinites are facing and feeling through these historic times"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Publisher's Note

Introduction: Hope Is One Foot in Front of the Other | B. J. Hollars

Hope Is Purple | Jim Alf

Hope Is Revelations | Abayomi Animashaun

Hope Is What's Just Beyond Hopelessness | Jerry Apps

Hope Is the Thing in Hell, Michigan | Jodie Arnold

Hope Is a Dog Named Igor | Sharon Auberle

Hope Is a Wormhole in the Universe | Laura Jean Baker

Hope Is the Thing That Grows |Meredith Ball

Hope Is Somewhere in the Treble Clef | Aviroop Basu

Hope Is the Perfect Round Roti | Lopamudra Basu

Hope Is a Verb | Emily Bertholf

Hope Is in the Dancing: Ikwe-niimi'idiwin | Kimberly Blaeser

Hope Is the Thing That Breathes | Peggy Blomenberg

Hope Is the Hours before Redemption | Tim Brennan

Hope Is the Last of the Warmth | Ryan Browne

Hope Is a Dangerous Thing | Nickolas Butler

Hope Is the Earth Without Us | Brenda Cárdenas

Hope Is the Miracle Inside Poets | Fabu Phillis Carter

Hope Is a Three-Pronged Fork | Justin Carter

Hope Is a Lost Peanut Floating Down the Kickapoo | Matt Cashion

Hope Is the Next Mile | Erin Celello

Hope Is Not Truth | Dorothy Chan

Hope Is Wildfire | Dekila Chungyalpa

Hope Is a Thing with a Spine | Christina Clancy

Hope Is a 3-0 Fastball | Louis V. Clark III

Hope Is Our Young Sons | Cathryn Cofell

Hope Is What I Wrestle With | Alea Cross

Hope Is the Mantis Eating Her Lover Mid-Sex-Act | Nick Demske

Hope Is Constellation | Bruce Dethlefsen

Hope Is the Thing We Carry within the Trunks of Trees | Connor Drexler

Hope Is a Homemade Tortilla: A Children's Story | Araceli Esparza

Hope Is Graffitied Boxcars | Jennifer Fandel

Hope Is the Birth Plan | Stephanie Farrar

Hope Is in the Asparagus Patch | Chris Fink

Hope Is Breath | Susan Firer

Hope Is Nearly Nothing | Max Garland.

Hope Is the Thing Holding Us Back | Jay Gilbertson

Hope Is Flat, Thin, Light, a Sign | Susan Gloss

Hope Is Pursuit of the Perfect Swing | Neal Griffin

Hope Is a Dad Dance | Matthew Guenette

Hope Is a Dark Flock Rising | Nicholas Gulig

Hope Is an Embrace | Katy Hackworthy

Hope Is Conditional | David Hadbawnik

Hope Is a View from the Bridge | John Hildebrand

Hope Is a Hard Reboot | Luong Huynh

Hope Is a Magic Pillow | Sarah Jayne Johnson

Hope Is the Thing in Between | Kendall Kartaly

Hope Is a Good Night Message over Microsoft Teams | Emily Kassera

Hope Is a Bruise | Dasha Kelly Hamilton

Hope Is an Old Man with a New Guitar | Dion Kempthorne

Hope Is the Thing That Rarely Acts | Lisa Krawczyk

Hope Is the Thing Penciled in for Sunday Afternoon | Courtney Kueppers

Hope Is the Thing with Red Curls | Charlotte Kupsh

Hope Is That Hidden New Smile | Matthew Larson

Hope Is Still the Thing with Feathers | Estella Lauter

Hope Is the Stars in Alignment | Karen Loeb

Hope Is in the Housework | Allyson Loomis

Hope Is the Thing That Keeps Me from Day Drinking | Jon Loomis

Hope Is the Thing That Pickles | Yia Lor

Hope Is the Thing We Find in the Voids | Dan Lyksett

Hope Is the Trash Can That Shatters a Window | Donte McFadden

Hope Is the Hawaiian Shirt, Hope Is the Ukulele | Rebecca Meacham

Hope Is on the Table | Curt Meine

Hope Is the Thing That Blossoms on Trees Rebecca Mennecke

Hope Is a Four-letter Word | Oscar Mireles

Hope Is a Fishing Boat | Ralph Murre

Hope Is a Dog Whose Paws Twitch When She Dreams Debra Peterson

Hope Is the Thing We Hear Jessi Peterson

Hope Is the Old Man's Beard | Ty Phelps

Hope Is Tying a Bear to a Porch Chair | Eric Rasmussen

Hope Is the Thing That Keeps Me Awake | Rita Mae Reese

Hope Is the Last Unblemished Banana | Jenna Rindo.

Hope Is the Thing with Four Leaves | Scout Roux

Hope Is the Thing That Flies | Margaret Rozga

Hope Is the Work It Takes | Rafael Francisco Salas

Hope Is a Cold Nose | Katherine Schneider

Hope Is This Moment | Tracy Schuldt Helixon

Hope Is the Thing with Thirty-six Questions | Patti See

Hope Is the Thing That Lets Me See Them | Kaia Simon

Hope Is Empathy | Deanna Singh

Hope Is a Humane Crockpot | Abraham Smith

Hope Is Feathers Spreading Angela Sorby

Hope Is the Thing That Coughs Up a Furball | Erin Stevens

Hope Is a Postapocalyptic Nest | Heather Swan

Hope Is the Thing in Quiz Question 7 | Ken Szymanski

Hope Is a Monument Breached | Sahar Mahmoud Taman

Hope Is Another Thing | Bruce Taylor

Hope Is the John Prine Song You're Thinking Of | Ben Theyerl

Hope Is a Waiting Game | Alex Tronson

Hope Is in the Half Blinks of History | Angie Trudell Vasquez

Hope Is the Thing That Knows | Jodi Vandenberg-Daves

Hope Is in the Awakening | Lisa Vihos

Hope Is the Coin Flipped | Angela Voras-Hills

Hope Is the Thing That Endures | Jamie Vue

Hope Is a Thing with Wheels | Larry Watson

Hope Is the Thing Our Hunger Thirsts Upon | Rachel Werner

Hope Is a Hawk Soaring | Peter Whalen

Hope Is a Clear Window | Peter Whitis

Hope Is Never Gone | Jake Wrasse

Hope Is the Thing So Small, You Might Almost Miss It | Karissa Zastrow

Hope Is the Thing I Deliver | Amanda Zieba

Acknowledgments.

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ISBN:

9780870209789

0870209787

OCLC:

1246676075