Stumbling and Raging : More Politically Inspired Fiction

by Elliott, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781596921580
• ISBN10: 1596921587
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-17
• Publisher: Macadam Cage Pub

Summary

Following on from the success of Politically Inspired in 2003 comes Politically Inspired, Still. These short stories have all been influenced by today's politics and are a collection from today's well known and emerging writers. Each of the short stories offers a new perspective on today's politics of fear, desire, and destruction. Some of this year's contributors are: Anthony Swofford ? Jarhead Aimee Bender - The Girl In The Flammable Skirt Andrew Sean Greer - The Confessions Of Max Tivoli Ann Packer - The Dive From Clausen Pier Audrey Niffeneger - The Time Traveler's Wife Peter Orner - Esther Stories Chris Abani - Graceland David Amsden - Important Things That Don't Really Matter

Table of Contents

Cartoon by Audrey Niffenegger	v
Introduction by Stephen Elliott	1	(3)
A Note from Our Submissions Editor, Tom Ridge by Sean Carman	4	(5)
The Politics of Children
The Soldier as a Boy by Otis Haschemeyer	9	(14)
Requiem for Sammy the Magic Cat by Andrew Foster Altschul	23	(8)
El Fin del Mundo by Michelle Herman	31	(30)
The Politics of Culture
Your Mother and I by Dave Eggers	61	(9)
The Letter from Saint Herpetology Chapel by Ron Carlson	70	(3)
How Little We Know About Cast Polymers, and About Life by Ben Greenman	73	(8)
Even Steven by Aimee Bender	81	(4)
Morning Martyrs by Eric Orner	85	(8)
Jewy Jew by Neal Pollack	93	(12)
A Conversation Over Tea by Chris Abani	105	(2)
Letter to Florida State Department of Corrections by Adam Johnson	107	(4)
The Politics of Desire
Social Contract by F.S. Yu	111	(4)
Questions of War by Ellen Rossiter	115	(6)
The Cremation Ground by Karan Mahajan	121	(16)
Machu Picchu by Sandra Cisneros	137	(10)
Camp Whitehorse by Alicia Erian	147	(10)
Islanders by Stefan Kiesbye	157	(24)
The Politics of Fear
Level Orange by Doug Dorst	181	(2)
False Cognate by Jeff Parker	183	(12)
To the Director of Air Defense Marketing by Adam Johnson	195	(2)
Motherhood and Terrorism by Amanda Eyre Ward	197	(14)
Newholly by Ryan Boudinot	211	(10)
To Dick Cheney, Re: Shadow Government Opportunities by Adam Johnson	221	(2)
John Ashcroft: More Important Things Than Me by Jim Shepard	223	(22)
The Politics of War
An Open Letter to William Kristol, Richard Perle, et al. by John Warner	245	(2)
Tough Day for the Army by John Warner	247	(8)
Peaches by Glori Simmons	255	(6)
War Chain by Avital Gad-Cykman	261	(6)
Survey of Impact by Laurenn McCubbin & Stephen Elliott	267	(14)
Pull! by David Amsden	281	(28)
The Translator by Courtney Angela Brkic	309	(14)
Contributors	323