A Journal of the Plague Years: Words & Music from the Lost Days

Beth Alvarado, Blanche McCrary Boyd, Lauren Camp, Sarah Chayes, Maxine Chernoff, Matt Cooper, Paul Cullum, Keith Donnell Jr., William Thatcher Dowell, Steve Erickson, David Galef, Mikal Gilmore, J.C. Hallman, Tom Henderson, Christine Kiessling, Jami Macarty, Gregory McNamee, Mike Medberry, Ted Mooney, Alberto Montero, Paul E Nelson, Tim Page, Stephen Pain, Stephen Derwent Partington, Ben Quick, Herb Randall, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Unkonda Rasheda Sawyer, Thrity Umrigar, Hailey Nicole Warner, David Weir | Susan Zakin (editor), Brian Cullman (editor)

ISBN 13: 9798990016415

Published by Blue Books, 2024

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New! // America's best writers on the crisis that changed our lives. A Journal of the Plague Years: Words & Music from the Lost Days weaves journalism, essays, poetry, and musical playlists into a narrative history of the Covid-19 pandemic and the political plague that continues to drive rage and confusion in the U.S. and the world. This anthology of the most compelling writing from the online magazine Journal of the Plague Years features work by Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Steve Erickson (Shadowbahn, Zeroville, American Nomad) whose landmark novella-length nonfiction work 'American Stutter,' published by the magazine, was the first major literary work to emerge from the pandemic. Others include longtime Rolling Stone Contributing Writer and American Book Critics Circle Award winner Mikal Gilmore (Shot in the Heart), Blanche McCrary Boyd (The Redneck Way of Knowledge, The Revolution of Little Girls, Tomb of the Unknown Racist), New York Times bestselling novelist Thrity Umrigar, New Mexico poet laureate Lauren Camp, and many other writers, both famous and emerging. This is the definitive account of the pandemic and the rise of authoritarianism. A high-quality saddle stitched paperback with a French Flap produced by Publication Studio Hudson, Journal of the Plague Years: Words & Music from the Lost Days is an artifact of a time of madness that readers will want to keep and revisit. ~ Publisher.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Journal of the Plague Years: Words & Music from the Lost Days
• Publisher: Blue Books
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798990016415
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • New & Recommended

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Synopsis

America's best writers on the crisis that changed our lives. A Journal of the Plague Years: Words & Music from the Lost Days weaves journalism, essays, poetry, and musical playlists into a narrative history of the Covid-19 pandemic and the political plague that continues to drive rage and confusion in the U.S. and the world. This anthology of the most compelling writing from the online magazine Journal of the Plague Years features work by Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Steve Erickson (Shadowbahn, Zeroville, American Nomad) whose landmark novella-length nonfiction work "American Stutter," published by the magazine, was the first major literary work to emerge from the pandemic. Others include longtime Rolling Stone Contributing Writer and American Book Critics Circle Award winner Mikal Gilmore (Shot in the Heart), Blanche McCrary Boyd (The Redneck Way of Knowledge, The Revolution of Little Girls, Tomb of the Unknown Racist), New York Times bestselling novelist Thrity Umrigar, New Mexico poet laureate Lauren Camp, and many other writers, both famous and emerging. This is the definitive account of the pandemic and the rise of authoritarianism. A high-quality saddle stitched paperback with a French Flap produced by Publication Studio Hudson, Journal of the Plague Years: Words & Music from the Lost Days is an artifact of a time of madness that readers will want to keep and revisit.