This is an anthology of "social action writing," which is defined by the editors as "a form of critical inquiry and an act of social responsibility" that "speaks out against social injustice
and refuses to acquiesce to the tyranny of silence." The anthology includes short stories, poems, and essays by, and interviews with, such figures as Mart穩n Espada, Adrienne Rich, June Jordan,
Gloria Anzad繳a, Alice Walker, Dennis Brutus, and Carolyn Forch矇, among many others. The writings address the politics of voice and language; issues of self-identity; issues of race, class, and
gender; labor rights; the environment, illness, and health; prisons and prison rights; war and other forms of violence; peace and non-violence; and the role of writing in social change.
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