Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place

Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place2018 PEN America Literary Award Finalist! In her first nonfiction collection, award winning novelist Rilla Askew casts an unflinching eye on American history, both past and present. As she traverses a line between memoir and social commentary, Askew places herself and indeed all Americans in the role of witness to uncomfortable truths about who we are. Through nine linked essays, Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place evokes a vivid impression of

Author: Benjamin Moser

Shirley Moody-Turner (editor) is an associate professor of English and African American Studies at Penn State University

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ISBN10: 1497638321

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