Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope
In Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope, Novel and Pulitzer Prize winners, a gallery of O. Henry award recipients, and many best-selling authors come together to share personal and compelling stories that celebrate the glories gained from taking risks, breaking down barriers, and overcoming obstacles.

Not too long ago, as struggling graduate students, Luke and Jennifer Reynolds conceived this uniquely themed volume as a way to raise funds to support ending the genocide in Darfur. Some people carry signs, others make speeches, many take action. What is most enlightening about this book is that it extends beyond words and ideas, into a tangible effort to effect change. To this end, all royalties from the sales of Dedicated to the People of Darfur will benefit The Save Darfur Coalition, an organization that seeks to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

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Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope
In Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope, Novel and Pulitzer Prize winners, a gallery of O. Henry award recipients, and many best-selling authors come together to share personal and compelling stories that celebrate the glories gained from taking risks, breaking down barriers, and overcoming obstacles.

Not too long ago, as struggling graduate students, Luke and Jennifer Reynolds conceived this uniquely themed volume as a way to raise funds to support ending the genocide in Darfur. Some people carry signs, others make speeches, many take action. What is most enlightening about this book is that it extends beyond words and ideas, into a tangible effort to effect change. To this end, all royalties from the sales of Dedicated to the People of Darfur will benefit The Save Darfur Coalition, an organization that seeks to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

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Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope

Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope

by Luke Reynolds (Editor), Jennifer Reynolds (Editor), George Saunders (Foreword by), Kim Edwards (Contribution by), John Bensko (Contribution by), Sarah Stone (Contribution by), Jim Shephard (Contribution by), Steve Almond (Contribution by), Beth Alvardo (Contribution by), Jane Armstrong (Contribution by), Jimmy Baca (Contribution by), Sherwin Bitsui (Contribution by), Robert Boswell (Contribution by), Paula Buck (Contribution by), Lindsey Collen (Contribution by), Ann Cummins (Contribution by), Gail Dines (Contribution by), Judy Doenges (Contribution by), Michael Dunn (Contribution by), John Dufresne (Contribution by), Andrew Greig (Contribution by), Tom Grimes (Contribution by), JC Hallman (Contribution by), Ron Hansen (Contribution by), Robert Jensen (Contribution by), Nancy Johnson (Contribution by), Kristen Keckler (Contribution by), Betsy Lerner (Contribution by), EJ Levy (Contribution by), Phillip Lopate (Contribution by), Frank McCourt (Contribution by), James McPherson (Contribution by), Lynn Phillips (Contribution by), John Prendergast (Contribution by), John Robinson (Contribution by), Jane Smiley (Contribution by), Debra Spark (Contribution by), Peter Turchi (Contribution by), Ishmael Beah (Contribution by), Lynne Kelly (Contribution by), Ann Hood (Contribution by), Uzodinma Iweala (Contribution by), Nadine Gordimer (Contribution by), Linda Hogan (Contribution by), Bill Roorbach (Contribution by), Christopher Doyle (Contribution by), Howard Zinn (Contribution by), Robert Pinsky (Contribution by), Craig Walzer (Contribution by)
Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope

Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope

by Luke Reynolds (Editor), Jennifer Reynolds (Editor), George Saunders (Foreword by), Kim Edwards (Contribution by), John Bensko (Contribution by), Sarah Stone (Contribution by), Jim Shephard (Contribution by), Steve Almond (Contribution by), Beth Alvardo (Contribution by), Jane Armstrong (Contribution by), Jimmy Baca (Contribution by), Sherwin Bitsui (Contribution by), Robert Boswell (Contribution by), Paula Buck (Contribution by), Lindsey Collen (Contribution by), Ann Cummins (Contribution by), Gail Dines (Contribution by), Judy Doenges (Contribution by), Michael Dunn (Contribution by), John Dufresne (Contribution by), Andrew Greig (Contribution by), Tom Grimes (Contribution by), JC Hallman (Contribution by), Ron Hansen (Contribution by), Robert Jensen (Contribution by), Nancy Johnson (Contribution by), Kristen Keckler (Contribution by), Betsy Lerner (Contribution by), EJ Levy (Contribution by), Phillip Lopate (Contribution by), Frank McCourt (Contribution by), James McPherson (Contribution by), Lynn Phillips (Contribution by), John Prendergast (Contribution by), John Robinson (Contribution by), Jane Smiley (Contribution by), Debra Spark (Contribution by), Peter Turchi (Contribution by), Ishmael Beah (Contribution by), Lynne Kelly (Contribution by), Ann Hood (Contribution by), Uzodinma Iweala (Contribution by), Nadine Gordimer (Contribution by), Linda Hogan (Contribution by), Bill Roorbach (Contribution by), Christopher Doyle (Contribution by), Howard Zinn (Contribution by), Robert Pinsky (Contribution by), Craig Walzer (Contribution by)

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In Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope, Novel and Pulitzer Prize winners, a gallery of O. Henry award recipients, and many best-selling authors come together to share personal and compelling stories that celebrate the glories gained from taking risks, breaking down barriers, and overcoming obstacles.

Not too long ago, as struggling graduate students, Luke and Jennifer Reynolds conceived this uniquely themed volume as a way to raise funds to support ending the genocide in Darfur. Some people carry signs, others make speeches, many take action. What is most enlightening about this book is that it extends beyond words and ideas, into a tangible effort to effect change. To this end, all royalties from the sales of Dedicated to the People of Darfur will benefit The Save Darfur Coalition, an organization that seeks to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813546186
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 12/06/2009
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author


Luke and Jennifer Reynolds are both passionate about human rights causes and literature. Currently they live in Marlborough, Massachusetts, with their son, Tyler. Luke is a teacher and writer and Jennifer is a freelance writer and full-time mother.

Table of Contents


Foreword
Preface

Part I: The Fears Within
Weeping Unfamiliar Tears
Scared
The Risk of (Not) Communicating
Real Risks
Holding a Little Girl's Hand
Safe Passage
Rescuing Fire from the Flood

Part II: Writing Risk
Life Drawings
Writing Toward the Center
Like a Syrupy Sweet
An Apostate in Academe
Risks in Writing the Novel, The Rape of Sita
One Man's Risk
Writing Sucks
On the Line
Politics and the Imagination

Part III: Where I Come From
That Other World That Was The World
Melodious Chimes
Rescued by Junkies
The Prozac Variations
Our Side of the Tracks
The House Fire
The Risk of Deadness
The Risk of Consciousness
High Noon at Midnight
Recipe
Risk

Part IV: Creating Change
Taking Risks
Spinning
Girls and Guns
From Individual Despair to Collective Risk-Taking
Angels or Apes? An Inquiry Into the Nature of Modern Sadism and the Optional Extinction of Our Species
Reclaiming the Self, Pain and Risk in the Pursuit of Our Best
Skateboarding the Third Rail
Choices on a Runaway Train
A Kinder, Gentler Patriotism

Part V: Leaving Safety
XYZ
Sunday Morning in Oakland
Island Journal
Devil's Work
Camping Out of the Comfort Zone
Males and Risk
The Politics of Hope
Everyday Courage and the "How" of Our Work
Mutually Assured Destruction and Jumping Horses
Jump
The Only Word I Heard was "Abeeda." That Means Slave

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