Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place

by Rilla Askew

Book Overview

2018 PEN America Literary Award Finalist

In her first nonfiction collection, award-winning novelist Rilla Askew casts an unflinching eye on American history, both past and present. As she traverses a line between memoir and social commentary, Askew places herself--and indeed all Americans--in the role of witness to uncomfortable truths about who we are.

Through nine linked essays, Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806157178
• ISBN13: 9780806157177
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"