Call them by their true names: American crises (and essays)

Foreword: Politics and the American language

Armpit wax

I. Electoral catastrophes. The loneliness of Donald Trump ; Coda (July 16, 2018)

Milestones in misogyny

Twenty million missing storytellers

II. American emotions. Ideology of isolation

Naïve cynicism

Facing the furies

Preaching to the choir

III. American edges. Climate change is violence

Blood on the foundation

Death by gentrification: the killing of Alex Nieto and the savaging of San Francisco

No way in, no way out

Bird in a cage: visiting Jarvis Masters on death row ; Coda: Case dismissed

The monument wars

Eight million ways to belong

The light from Standing Rock

IV. Possibilities. Break the story

Hope in grief

In praise of indirect consequences.

Foreword: Politics and the American language

Armpit wax

I. Electoral catastrophes: The loneliness of Donald Trump ; Coda (July 16, 2018) ; Milestones in misogyny ; Twenty million missing storytellers

II. American emotions: Ideology of isolation ; Naïve cynicism ; Facing the furies ; Preaching to the choir

III. American edges: Climate change is violence ; Blood on the foundation ; Death by gentrification : the killing of Alex Nieto and the savaging of San Francisco ; No way in, no way out ; Bird in a cage : visiting Jarvis Masters on death row ; Coda: Case dismissed ; The monument wars ; Eight million ways to belong ; The light from Standing Rock

IV. Possibilities: Break the story ; Hope in grief ; In praise of indirect consequences.