Call Them by Their True Names American Crises (and Essays)

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>MP3 CD Format In this powerful and wide-ranging collection of essays, Rebecca Solnit turns her attention to the war at home. This is a war, she says, "with so many casualties that we should call it by its true name, this war with so many dead by police, by violent ex-husbands and partners and lovers, by people pursuing power and profit at the point of a gun or just shooting first and figuring out who they hit later." To get to the root of these American crises, she contends that "to acknowledge this state of war is to admit the need for peace," countering the despair of our age with a dose of solidarity, creativity, and hope.<br/><br/><br/>Review<br/><br/><br/>"A searing and super smart call-to-arms that takes on a range of social and political problems in America...[that] features Solnit's signature wit, humor, honesty, and incisive commentary, and beneath it all, a focus on progress and hope."-- "Poets & Writers"<br/><br/><br/>"Solnit [is] a powerful cultural critic: as always, she opts for measured assessment and pragmatism over hype and hysteria."-- "Publishers Weekly"<br/><br/><br/>"Solnit's exquisite essays move between the political and the personal, the intellectual and the earthy."-- "Elle"<br/><br/><br/>[A] fiery clutch of essays...the author doesn't mind the criticism that liberal pundits like her are preaching to the choir by reasserting principles and history lessons: The choir represents the 'deeply committed' who need encouragement. Stoking that support in part demands attacking doublespeak that enables bigotry and unethical behavior from governments...Telling the story wrong, with the wrong words and framing, threatens democracy, she exhorts journalism school graduates in one essay. Her own work is a model of doing it right.-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"<br/><br/>Narrator Cassandra Campbell is unrelenting in her steadiness, and her understated performance offers a perfect counterweight to the challenging themes and ideas.-- "AudioFile"<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Rebecca Solnit, writer, historian, and activist, is the author of more than fifteen books about environment, landscape, community, art, politics, hope, and memory. Her writings earned her the 2019 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction. She is a contributing editor to Harpers and a frequent contributor to tomdispatch.com.