Matthew Baker
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The citizens of Plainfield, Texas have had it with the broke-down United States. So they vote to secede, rename themselves America in memory of our former country, and happily set themselves up to receive tourists from their closest neighbor: America. Couldn't happen? Well, it might, and so it goes in the thirteen stories in Matthew Baker's brilliantly illuminating, incisive, and heartbreaking collection WHY VISIT AMERICA"--
Author
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In a parallel-universe United States in which the government has recently been overthrown by a military coup, Riley, a lonely young grammar professor, is suddenly branded a traitor by the new regime. Bewildered by the charges, and fearing a death sentence, Riley flees to an anarchist commune in the wilderness, finding acceptance and friendship. But when the anarchists reveal a plot to assassinate the authoritarian dictator of the country, Riley must...
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Presents a collection of short stories originally commissioned by "The New York Times Magazine" as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, from twenty-nine authors including Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Edwidge Danticat, and more, in a project inspired by Boccaccio's "The Decameron."
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring guest-editor contributions by the author of the Outlander series, a latest annual edition compiles top-selected short works of science fiction and fantasy from the year 2019."--Provided by publisher.