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 --

Na�ive 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.