Extraordinary Rendition: American Writers on Palestine - Softcover

Freeman, Ru (ed.)

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9781566560603: Extraordinary Rendition: American Writers on Palestine
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ISBN 10: 1566560608 ISBN 13: 9781566560603
Publisher: Olive Branch Press, 2016

Synopsis

Sixty-five writers contribute to a groundbreaking anthology on Palestine. This collection brings together the work of sixty-five prominent writers to examine America’s culpability in the denial of human rights and dignity to Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and beyond. It includes pieces by writers such as Chana Bloch, Marilyn Hacker, Jane Hirshfield, Colum McCann, Claire Messud, Roger Reeves, George Saunders and Alice Walker. In writing that is always clear, and often startlingly beautiful, they cover a range of issues including the erasure and reconstruction of histories, the examination of identity, the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of speaking out as artists, the conditions of occupation, and the potential for activism. The anthology makes a significant contribution toward an understanding of the ways people of conscience in general, and writers in particular, can take on one of the most pressing political questions of our time.

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About the Author

Ru Freeman is a Sri Lankan born author and activist. She is the author of the novels A Disobedient Girl and On Sal Mal Lane , a New York Times Notable Book.

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Sixty-five writers contribute to a groundbreaking anthology on Palestine. This collection brings together the work of sixty-five prominent writers to examine America?s culpability in the denial of human rights and dignity to Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and beyond. It includes pieces by writers such as Chana Bloch, Marilyn Hacker, Jane Hirshfield, Colum McCann, Claire Messud, Roger Reeves, George Saunders and Alice Walker. In writing that is always clear, and often startlingly beautiful, they cover a range of issues including the erasure and reconstruction of histories, the examination of identity, the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of speaking out as artists, the conditions of occupation, and the potential for activism. The anthology makes a significant contribution toward an understanding of the ways people of conscience in general, and writers in particular, can take on one of the most pressing political questions of our time.

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Publisher
Olive Branch Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1566560608
ISBN 13 
9781566560603
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
452
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