{"product_id":"theres-a-revolution-outside-my-love-isbn-9780593314692","title":"There's a Revolution Outside, My Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis kaleidoscopic portrait of an unprecedented time brings together some of our most treasured writers today—Edwidge Danticat, Layli Long Soldier, Monica Youn, Julia Alvarez, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor—to give voice to the unthinkable grief and hopeful possibilities born in an era of revolution and change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A maelstrom of grief, anger, fear and confusion, with glimmers of gratitude and hope: a comprehensive emotional document of a moment.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Now is an extraordinary time. Across the country, people are losing their loved ones, their livelihoods, their homes, and even their own lives to COVID-19. Despite the pandemic, countless protests erupted this summer over the recurring loss of Black lives. Reverberations of shock and outrage remain with us all. \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e captures and articulates all of these roiling sentiments unleashed by a profound national reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing its title from a powerful letter to her son by Kirsten West Savali, the book fans out from there, offering a rich and intimate view of the change we underwent. Composed of searing letters, essays, poems, reflections, and screeds, \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the work of some of our most powerful and insightful writers who hail from across a range of backgrounds and from almost all fifty states. Among them, these writers have brought home four Pulitzers, two National Book Awards, a fistful of Whitings, and numerous citations in best American poetry, short story, and essay compilations. They are noisy with beauty, and their pieces ring louder and clearer than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Galvanizing and lyrical, this is a deeply profound anthology of writing filled with pain and beauty, warmth and intimacy. A remarkable feat of empathy, \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e offers solace in a time of swirling protest, change, and violence—reminding us of the human scale of the upheaval, and providing hope for a kinder future.\u003ci\u003ePreface by Tracy K. Smith \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Patricia Smith, \u003ci\u003eSalutation in Search Of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Randall Kenan, \u003ci\u003eLearning from the Ghosts of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edwidge Danticat, \u003ci\u003eMourning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Su Hwang, \u003ci\u003eWhy the Rebellion Had to Happen Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Michael Kleber-Diggs, \u003ci\u003eOn the Complex Flavors of Black Joy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Amaud Jamaul Johnson, \u003ci\u003eLetter from the Fault Lines of Midwestern Racism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Layli Long Soldier, \u003ci\u003eI Cannot Stop: A Response to the Murder of George Floyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sofian Merabet, \u003ci\u003eBe Safe Out There \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eAnd Other American Delusions, Rhetorical and Otherwise\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e Nyle Fort, \u003ci\u003eI Hated That I Had to See Your Face Through Plexiglass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Peña, \u003ci\u003eLet These Protests Bring Light to America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Claudia Castro Luna, \u003ci\u003eLetter from a Seattle Protest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pitchaya Sudbanthad, \u003ci\u003eFinding Justice in the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Indigo Moor, \u003ci\u003eA Riotous Anodyne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tracy K. Smith, \u003ci\u003eA Letter to Black America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joshua Bennett, \u003ci\u003eWhere Is Black Life Lived?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, \u003ci\u003eOn the Endless Mourning of the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ali Black, \u003ci\u003eOn Protest, Laughter, and Finding Breath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gregory Pardlo, \u003ci\u003eLetter to Juneteenth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Major Jackson, \u003ci\u003eLetter from Burlington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e James Noël, \u003ci\u003eBlack Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dawn Lundy Martin, \u003ci\u003eSense\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili, \u003ci\u003eBlack Motherhood in Sleepless Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cynthia Tucker, \u003ci\u003eLetter to a Mother Who Survived and Thrived\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jasmon Drain, \u003ci\u003e“Maybe” \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eLetter to a Daughter Who Will Wear Two Masks\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e Camille T. Dungy, \u003ci\u003eThis’ll Hurt Me More\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ross Gay, \u003ci\u003eHave I Ever Told You All the Courts I’ve Loved\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Samiya Bashir, \u003ci\u003eLetter from Exile: Finding Home in a Pandemic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Héctor Tobar, \u003ci\u003eA Generational Uprising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Oscar Villalon, \u003ci\u003eWhen the Shadow Is Looming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Manuel Muñoz, \u003ci\u003eFrom Plagues to Protests to Wildfires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Craig Santos Perez, \u003ci\u003ePostcards from a Quarantined Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Julia Alvarez, \u003ci\u003ePast, Present, Yet to Come\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nikky Finney, \u003ci\u003eLetter to John Robert Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reginald Dwayne Betts, \u003ci\u003eKamala Harris, Mass Incarceration, and Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lilly Wachowski, \u003ci\u003eRefuse Fascism, at the Ballot Box and in the Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Monica Youn, \u003ci\u003eWhy I’m Getting Out of the Boiler Room This Election\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, \u003ci\u003eVoting Trump Out Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Francisco Goldman, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Trump: On Presidents, Dictators, and Life After a Regime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sasha LaPointe, \u003ci\u003eThunder Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kirsten West Savali, \u003ci\u003eOn Motherhood and Ancestral Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eContributor Bios\u003c\/i\u003e“These testimonials from professors, poets, novelists and activists are centered on last summer’s protests against the police killings of Black people, but they tie connective threads between many countries and their crises…Together this book is a maelstrom of grief, anger, fear and confusion, with glimmers of gratitude and hope: a comprehensive emotional document of a moment.\" \u003cb\u003e—Sebastian Modak\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Angry, rueful, and defiant, the impressive roster of award-winning writers and academics portrays a nation wracked by pain…. An eloquent and urgent collection.” \u003cb\u003e—Kirkus, \u003ci\u003estarred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A potent and momentous in-the-moment response to an urgent and indelible time.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written from the inner chambers of the heart, resonating with the questions that keep us up at night, and offering the recognition and generosity…. This book is a promise, a solace, a sounding of our cries for justice and need for love. It’s nothing short of essential.” \u003cb\u003e—Garnette Cadogan, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dynamic…captures the remarkable nature of the last year.” —\u003cb\u003eKarla Strand\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Revelatory collection of heartfelt reflections…Forty treasured poets, scholars, and essayists document their experience of international racial reawakening…and consider them alongside their survival of dueling pandemics, namely COVID-19 and systemic racism.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Magazine, “The Best Books to Pick Up This May”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This powerful, riveting collection gives us the community we have longed for during the past year, the connection we have missed. It tells us the truth; it tells us what it is like.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTRACY K. SMITH is the author of four books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. \u003ci\u003eSuch Color: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in October. She is also the editor of an anthology, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and cotranslator (with Changtai Bi) of \u003ci\u003eMy Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e by Yi Lei. Smith’s memoir, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Light\u003c\/i\u003e, was named a finalist for the National Book Award. From 2017 to 2019, Smith served two terms as the twenty-second Poet Laureate of the United States. She is currently a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN FREEMAN is the founder of \u003ci\u003eFreeman’s\u003c\/i\u003e, the literary annual of new writing, and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. The author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Park \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Dictionary of the Undoing,\u003c\/i\u003e he has edited several other anthologies including \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Americas,\u003c\/i\u003e a book about inequality in America, and \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Planets,\u003c\/i\u003e which examines the climate crisis globally. 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