This essay
collection groups together the best selected essays from the previous year, compiled by a single
editorin this case, Leslie Jamison. In light of the 2016 Presidential election, which uncovered
a lot of vitriol and unpleasantness on both sides of the aisle, this collection of essays has a
decidedly political outlook. Particularly with regards to violence, racism, and sexism, this
anthology collection gathers together essays that explore people's experiences with pain and
despair.
From essays like "White Horse" which explores a rape that
was brushed aside by the courts, to stories from the military about death and coping such as
"If I Only Had a Leg" and "Two Shallow Graves", and even stories about
racism and police brutality like "Sparrow Needy" and "The City that Bleeds".
This collection explores some very serious topics and deals with the darker aspects of human
nature on a national scale.
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