{"product_id":"dictionary-of-the-undoing-paperback","title":"Dictionary of the Undoing - 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\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor John Freeman--literary critic, essayist, editor, poet, \"one of the preeminent book people of our time\" (Dave Eggers)--it is the rare moment when words are not enough. But in the wake of the election of 2016, words felt useless, even indulgent. Action was the only reasonable response. He took to the streets in protest, and the sense of community and collective conviction felt right. But the assaults continued--on citizens' rights and long-held compacts, on the core principles of our culture and civilization, and on our language itself. Words seemed to be losing the meanings they once had and Freeman was compelled to return to their defense. The result is his \u003ci\u003eDictionary of the Undoing\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom A to Z, \"Agitate\" to \"Zygote,\" Freeman assembled the words that felt most essential, most potent, and began to build a case for their renewed power and authority, each word building on the last. The message that emerged was not to retreat behind books, but to emphatically engage in the public sphere, to redefine what it means to be a literary citizen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an afterword by Valeria Luiselli, \u003ci\u003eDictionary of the Undoing \u003c\/i\u003eis a necessary, resounding \u003ci\u003ecri de coeur \u003c\/i\u003ein defense of language, meaning, and our ability to imagine, describe, and build a better world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Freeman is the editor of \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e, a literary annual of new writing. His books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of E-mail, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Americas, \u003c\/i\u003e an anthology of new writing about inequality in the U.S. today. \u003ci\u003eMaps, \u003c\/i\u003ehis debut collection of poems, was published in 2017. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times. \u003c\/i\u003eThe former editor of \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003eand one-time president of the National Book Critics Circle, he is currently Artist-in-Residence at New York Universit\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45335959437414,"sku":"9780374538859","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VnRzdVlTTVc2YzYyenNtSDBEUzdqZz09.webp?v=1774597771","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/dictionary-of-the-undoing-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}