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

“Solnit’s exquisite essays move between the political and the personal, the intellectual and the earthy.” —Elle

Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including the international bestsellerMen Explain Things to Me. Called “the voice of the resistance” by theNew York Times, she has emerged as an essential guide to our times, through her incisive commentary on feminism, violence, ecology, hope, and everything in between.

In this powerful and wide-ranging collection, Solnit turns her attention to battles over meaning, place, language, and belonging at the heart of the defining crises of our time. She explores the way emotions shape political life, electoral politics, police shootings and gentrification, the life of an extraordinary man on death row, the pipeline protest at Standing Rock, and the existential threat posed by climate change.

The work of changing the world sometimes requires changing the story, the names, and inventing or popularizing new names and terms and phrases. Calling things by their true names can also cut through the lies that excuse, disguise, avoid, or encourage inaction, indifference, obliviousness in the face of injustice and violence.

Armpit Wax
American Emotions
Ideology of Isolation
Na?ve Cynicism
In Praise of Preaching to the Choir
Facing the Furies
American Edges
Death by Gentrification
Bird in a Cage
coda: Injustice
Delayed
Katrina Ten Years Later
The Light from Standing Rock
Monument Wars
Monument to the Unknown DV Victim
Homelessness essay
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