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

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.

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.

Book format	Audiobook
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Literature & Fiction
Publication date	September, 2018
Edition	Unabridged
Publisher	Tantor Media, Inc.
Original languages	English
Language	English
Edu focus	Social Studies
Digital audio file format	Audiobook
Narrator	Cassandra Campbell
Recording time	5 h
Assembled product height	1.5 in
Assembled product weight	1 lb
Bisac subject heading	Social Science, Literary Collections