{"product_id":"best-of-times-worst-of-times-contemporary-american-short-stories-from-the-new-gilded-age-paperback","title":"Best of Times, Worst of Times: Contemporary American Short Stories from the New Gilded Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCecelia Tichi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate twentieth and early twenty-first century America has been labeled as \"The New Gilded Age,\" a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of one of the wealthiest countries in the world but also suggests the greed, corruption, and inequalities teeming just below the surface. Identifying some of the sparkling moments of humanity interwoven between the moments of crisis, Best of Times, Worst of Times features short stories by such renowned writers as Junot Diaz, George Saunders, Jhumpa Lahiri, Tobias Wolff, and many others, whose distinctive authorial voices lend urgency and a sense of heightened awareness to the modern moment. Commenting on and making sense of what is going on in America today, fractured as it is by two ongoing wars, the aftermath of 9\/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression, these stories speak to some of the most germane issues confronting America today, from race relations, immigration, and social class to gender issues, Iraq, and imperialism. These expertly culled, emotionally powerful stories provide the perfect mirror with which to examine the real state of the union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendy Martin (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWendy Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is Vice-Provost and George and Ronya Kozmetsky Professor of Transdisciplinary Studies and Professor of American Literature and American Studies at Claremont Graduate University. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson (2007), We Are The Stories We Tell (1990), More Stories We Tell (2004), and The Art of the Short Story (2006). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCecelia Tichi (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCecelia Tichi\u003c\/b\u003e is Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and American Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. Her books include \u003ci\u003eJazz Age Cocktails\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGilded Age Cocktails\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat Would Mrs. Astor Do? The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCivic Passions: Seven Who Launched Progressive America\u003c\/i\u003e. Her mystery fiction includes the \"Val and Roddy DeVere Gilded\" series, set in the Gilded Age. Her website: https: \/\/www.cecebooks.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.98 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44325189222502,"sku":"9780814796283","price":71.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Jg331PxAeB9780814796283.webp?v=1768222248","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/best-of-times-worst-of-times-contemporary-american-short-stories-from-the-new-gilded-age-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}