Politically Inspired

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“Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.”
—Pablo Picasso

The news media can’t help but leave out a certain personal element from every story. Reading fiction gives us the freedom to envision unlikely connections between characters, overhear conversations in bedrooms and on neighborhood streets, focus in on a child’s thoughts, and linger in unfamiliar places. Politically Inspired is a collection of thirty original short stories, cartoons, and illustrations that illuminate many of the political events and questions of our time.

Each of these inventive fictional worlds offers a new perspective on today’s politics of fear, desire, and destruction. We see the President of the United States wake up as a fifth-grader in Minneapolis, peek into a classroom where young boys wear burqas, and read an endearingly eccentric letter to a girlfriend on a hijacked plane. Both highly imaginative and deeply relevant, Politically Inspired reveals the myriad ways in which politics shapes our daily lives.

All royalties from Politically Inspired will benefit Oxfam America’s humanitarian response in Iraq.

Language: English

Pages: 276

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing

Release: October 08, 2003

ISBN: 1931561583

ISBN 13: 9781931561587

Politically Inspired

Ibrahim Muhawi

3.3/5 ( ratings)

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Language: English

Pages: 276

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing

Release: October 08, 2003

ISBN: 1931561583

ISBN 13: 9781931561587

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SmarterLilac

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Nov 22, 2024

I bought this at the height of my own political fervor and find it (now) to be...a little flat. I appreciate that the editor took some risks in the story selections and that this was not easy in the climate this book was compiled, but a lot of these stories don't examine their subject matter in a fulsome or even meaningful way. So, not really a great work, if you ask me.
Juliana

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Nov 22, 2024

I casually picked up this book at the library and one of the short stories caught my attention entitled 9/11 Bookstore. It was an interesting story but not enough to make me want to read the entire book. However, I like the concept of the anthology. It was funded by Oxfam America and all book proceeds goes towards the organization.

SmarterLilac

(3/5)

Nov 22, 2024

I bought this at the height of my own political fervor and find it (now) to be...a little flat. I appreciate that the editor took some risks in the story selections and that this was not easy in the climate this book was compiled, but a lot of these stories don't examine their subject matter in a fulsome or even meaningful way. So, not really a great work, if you ask me.

Juliana

(2/5)

I casually picked up this book at the library and one of the short stories caught my attention entitled 9/11 Bookstore. It was an interesting story but not enough to make me want to read the entire book. However, I like the concept of the anthology. It was funded by Oxfam America and all book proceeds goes towards the organization.

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