November 20, 2008
What Happened to Us These Last Couple Years?
Sometime ‘flocker and all around good guy David Barringer has put together an anthology of writing inspired by the Bush years.
A stunning and original record of contemporary American life, this anthology contains essays, memoirs, letters, stories, poems, photos, and art from 44 contributors all across the US. Men and women of various backgrounds, ethnicities, and perspectives explore how the events of the years 2000 to 2008 have affected their lives, loves, families and fortunes. Edited and designed by David Barringer.
Contributors include Shari Goldhagen, Amy Guth, Lee Klein, Claudia Smith, Steve Almond, Ghazaleh Etezal, Patricia Cumbie, Deron Bauman, Blythe Winslow, Catherine Price, Faruk Ulay, Kevin Free, Joshua Gross, Maggie Shearon, Timmy Waldron, Little Shiva, Tony Rodriguez, Anjali Budhiraja, Molly Gaudry, Josh Olsen, Dave Morrison, Spencer Dew, Alison Morse, SSG. Stewart W. Boner, Kurt Carlson, James Reeves, Heather Kelley, Felix Sockwell, and many more.
A pdf with samples from each entry is available at Issuu. Order info below the fold.
What Happened to Us These Last Couple Years?
An Anthology of the Bush Years, 2000-2008
Edited by David Barringer
44 Contributors
$20 (free shipping) | 256 pages | 6×9 | Elope Press & So New
Order by Paypal to the account “dlbarringer@gmail.com.” Include shipping address.
$5 coupon: With your purchase of this anthology, you will receive $5 off “American Home Life,” “Johnny Red,” “Twisted Fun,” or the Dead Bug Funeral Kit (normally $20). Please visit www.davidbarringer.com for info on these items, and simply order all at once via Paypal.
Please order by the first week of December to get your order by the holidays.
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Have always wondered what a different world it could be if the 2000 election had worked out differently.
This looks very interesting…the cover art is especially fitting.
Wow. Congrats, David! This looks really great.
I was going to post this, and Deron beat me to it! I should also say that this is an international anthology, not just US. I have contributors from the UK, Canada, Belgium, and even Iran. It has turned out to be something every contributor should be proud of. Two years in the making and remaking. And just in time for the last Bush year….If anyone has questions about ordering, just fire me an email.
Congratulations. I wonder if one of our flockers is writing under the pseudonym of Stewart W. Boner? Maybe not.
Stewart Boner is a guy I went to high school with. He wrote about his two tours to Iraq as a marine. Reminds one of the Johnny Cash song about a man named Sue, yes?
Just got my copies. Thank you David for including me in this anthology. I really enjoyed your Introduction. I’d already forgotten most of what you reminded us of. I’ve just cracked the spine, but so far Maggie Smith’s two poems just floored me.
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