What Happened to Us These Last Couple Years?
An Anthology of the Bush Years, 2000 to 2008
Edited by David Barringer
Contains essays, fiction, correspondence, art, photography, humor, and poetry.
44 contributors, including Shari Goldhagen, Catherine Price, Maggie Smith, Spencer Dew, Grant Perry, Faruk Ulay, Jennifer Prado, Kristina Moriconi, Deron Bauman, Steve Almond, Claudia Smith, Patricia Cumbie, Molly Gaudry, Blythe Winslow, Kurt Carlson, Kevin R. Free, Lee Klein, Carla Hagen, Paul Toth, Timmy Waldron, Little Shiva, David Habben, and Felix Sockwell.
6x9 | 256 pages | Illustrated | 2008
ISBN 9780977815188
Elope Press & So New
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Jonathan Messinger: "Barringer's anthology isn't dependent on the various scandals or headlines we've come to expect each morning. What Happened contains mostly fiction and personal essays, the kind of documents that don't record events so much as limn the aftereffects. In 'Kolli Boos, Lost of Kisses,' Ghazaleh Etezal e-mails with members of her family to get a clear-eyed view of life as an Iranian woman under Ahmadinejad; 'You won't believe how terrible they treated us,' one writes. 'It was as if we were animals.' Chicago author Amy Guth--who has since taken over So New--contributes a personal essay in which a political gap widens the rift between her mother and her. It's indicative of Barringer's interest: a personal piece resonates long past a presidential term."
Article by Jonathan Messinger at TimeOut Chicago.
