That Floating Bridge
Alive to history in the making (and the weight of the past) this volume examines Obama's presidency and Lyndon Johnson's, the killing of Trayvon Martin and the death of Andrew Breitbart, Occupy Wall Street and "America Beyond Capitalism." It presents essays, poems, and plays that speak to our times and challenge the liberal imagination. The title, That Floating Bridge, evokes Representative John Lewis' line—"Obama is what comes at the end of that bridge in Selma"—as it quotes a track on Gregg Allman's Low Country Blues, which Scott Spencer lauds here in a review for the Ages.

That Floating Bridge's peerless range of contributors includes Amiri Baraka, Gar Alperovitz, Bernard Avishai, Uri Avnery, Bill Ayers, Paul Berman, John Chernoff, Mark Dudzic, Carmelita Estrellita, Henry Farrell, Fr. Rick Frechette, Donna Gaines, David Golding, Eugene Goodheart, Lawrence Goodwyn, Lisa Guenther, Alec Harrington, Malcolm Harris, Casey Hayden, Christopher Hayes, Patterson Hood, Roxane Johnson, Ben Kessler, Bob Levin, Philip Levine, Bongani Madondo, Greil Marcus, Scott McLemee, Judy Oppenheimer, Jedediah Purdy, Nick Salvatore, Aram Saroyan, Tom Smucker, Fredric Smoler, Violet Socks, A. B. Spellman, Scott Spencer, Richard Torres, Jesmyn Ward, and Pablo Yglesias.

An account of how Franz Boas "did more to combat race prejudice than any other person" anchorsone section, but the volume also addresses devolutions of "diversity" linked with careerism in the art world and academe. An un-scholastic section titled "Criticism of Life"celebrates older and younger critics/poets. Songs are key to this volume's good times. Music writing—ranging from Eddie Hinton's Very Extremely Dangerous to Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet—enhances the pleasures of this text.

1113806809
That Floating Bridge
Alive to history in the making (and the weight of the past) this volume examines Obama's presidency and Lyndon Johnson's, the killing of Trayvon Martin and the death of Andrew Breitbart, Occupy Wall Street and "America Beyond Capitalism." It presents essays, poems, and plays that speak to our times and challenge the liberal imagination. The title, That Floating Bridge, evokes Representative John Lewis' line—"Obama is what comes at the end of that bridge in Selma"—as it quotes a track on Gregg Allman's Low Country Blues, which Scott Spencer lauds here in a review for the Ages.

That Floating Bridge's peerless range of contributors includes Amiri Baraka, Gar Alperovitz, Bernard Avishai, Uri Avnery, Bill Ayers, Paul Berman, John Chernoff, Mark Dudzic, Carmelita Estrellita, Henry Farrell, Fr. Rick Frechette, Donna Gaines, David Golding, Eugene Goodheart, Lawrence Goodwyn, Lisa Guenther, Alec Harrington, Malcolm Harris, Casey Hayden, Christopher Hayes, Patterson Hood, Roxane Johnson, Ben Kessler, Bob Levin, Philip Levine, Bongani Madondo, Greil Marcus, Scott McLemee, Judy Oppenheimer, Jedediah Purdy, Nick Salvatore, Aram Saroyan, Tom Smucker, Fredric Smoler, Violet Socks, A. B. Spellman, Scott Spencer, Richard Torres, Jesmyn Ward, and Pablo Yglesias.

An account of how Franz Boas "did more to combat race prejudice than any other person" anchorsone section, but the volume also addresses devolutions of "diversity" linked with careerism in the art world and academe. An un-scholastic section titled "Criticism of Life"celebrates older and younger critics/poets. Songs are key to this volume's good times. Music writing—ranging from Eddie Hinton's Very Extremely Dangerous to Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet—enhances the pleasures of this text.

58.99 In Stock
That Floating Bridge

That Floating Bridge

by Benj DeMott
That Floating Bridge

That Floating Bridge

by Benj DeMott

Paperback

$58.99 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
  • PICK UP IN STORE
    Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Related collections and offers


Overview

Alive to history in the making (and the weight of the past) this volume examines Obama's presidency and Lyndon Johnson's, the killing of Trayvon Martin and the death of Andrew Breitbart, Occupy Wall Street and "America Beyond Capitalism." It presents essays, poems, and plays that speak to our times and challenge the liberal imagination. The title, That Floating Bridge, evokes Representative John Lewis' line—"Obama is what comes at the end of that bridge in Selma"—as it quotes a track on Gregg Allman's Low Country Blues, which Scott Spencer lauds here in a review for the Ages.

That Floating Bridge's peerless range of contributors includes Amiri Baraka, Gar Alperovitz, Bernard Avishai, Uri Avnery, Bill Ayers, Paul Berman, John Chernoff, Mark Dudzic, Carmelita Estrellita, Henry Farrell, Fr. Rick Frechette, Donna Gaines, David Golding, Eugene Goodheart, Lawrence Goodwyn, Lisa Guenther, Alec Harrington, Malcolm Harris, Casey Hayden, Christopher Hayes, Patterson Hood, Roxane Johnson, Ben Kessler, Bob Levin, Philip Levine, Bongani Madondo, Greil Marcus, Scott McLemee, Judy Oppenheimer, Jedediah Purdy, Nick Salvatore, Aram Saroyan, Tom Smucker, Fredric Smoler, Violet Socks, A. B. Spellman, Scott Spencer, Richard Torres, Jesmyn Ward, and Pablo Yglesias.

An account of how Franz Boas "did more to combat race prejudice than any other person" anchorsone section, but the volume also addresses devolutions of "diversity" linked with careerism in the art world and academe. An un-scholastic section titled "Criticism of Life"celebrates older and younger critics/poets. Songs are key to this volume's good times. Music writing—ranging from Eddie Hinton's Very Extremely Dangerous to Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet—enhances the pleasures of this text.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781412851596
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Publication date: 07/30/2013
Series: First of the Year , #5
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Benj DeMott

Table of Contents

Part I That Floating Bridge 1

Race and the Presidency Eugene Goodheart 10

Before the Flood Fredric Smoler 12

The Real Deal Nick Salvatore 14

Beyond the Given Gar Alperovilz 18

Confessions of an Optimist Uri Avnery 31

One Man's Legacy Bernard Avishai 34

Hans Koning-! 35

Only Love Is Radical Casey Hayden 36

ABC of Race and Gender Judy Oppenheimer 38

"Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve" Alison Stone 40

Growing Up in an Election Year, Or Anyhow … Dennis Myers 41

Conventional Thinking Bob Levin 43

The Great Society Alexander Harrington 46

Blood Dread Jesmyn Ward 73

Double Truth-Teller Sydney Nathans 75

B-Sides Benj DeMott 77

Luis Reyes Rivera (1945-2012) Amiri Baraka 88

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: Low Country Blues & The Artist Scott Spencer 92

Russell's Way, Lin's Path Bob Liss 95

Zebra Roxane Beth Johnson 99

Lost Soul Patterson Hood 99

In Black and White Scott McLemee 101

Hoodies Richard Torres 105

Food for Thought Bill Ayers 108

Part II Family of Humanists 117

Ethnographic Highs: The Forest People & African Rhythm and African Sensibility John Chernoff T. David Brent 121

Irrevocable Aram Saroyan 130

Swedish Pastry Violet Socks 135

Culture Hero: The Anthropologist as Public Intellectual Stephen J. Whitfield 137

Pay in Blood Henry Farrell 169

State of Play Fredric Smoler 176

Part III First Drafts of History 181

Thinking Through Occupy Wall Street Jeremy Brecher Benj DeMott Diane di Prima Mark Dudzic John Fullerton Donna Gaines Ty Geltmaker Adam Hochschild Staughton Lynd Greil Marcus Dennis Myers (AKA) Nolemonomelon Jedediah Purdy Aram Saroyan|cFredric Smoler Tom Smucker Scott Spencer 183

Choosey Beggars (2012) Bernard Avishai Robert Chametzky Benj DeMott Carmelita Estrellita Ty Geltmaker Eugene Goodheart Casey Hayden Christopher Hayes Bob Levin Jedediah Purdy James Rosen Nick Salvatore Aram Saroyan Fredric Smoler Scott Spencer Patricia Williams 210

Part IV Criticism of Life 227

Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely Ben Kessler 231

Matinees & Memories Bob Levin 233

Porn Theater: On Bolaño & Houellebecq David Golding 237

The Pimp Vanishes Violet Socks 239

Upping the Antihero Malcolm Harris 241

Weiner's Complaint Bernard Avishai 245

Big Man & Sisters Under the Skin Benj DeMott 246

Hors D'oeuvres & Double Entendres Carmelita Estrellita 249

A Tender Mind: The Life and Tunes of Lew Welch, Beat Poet Aram Saroyan 255

Untethered Eugene Goodheart 269

Ode to a Pill Bottle and Other Packages Sidney Offit 273

Part V Trips 275

Notes from the Underground Pablo Yglesias 277

How I Wrote Forever Love Michael Lydon 290

Steve Jobs Alison Stone 303

Harmonica Jean's Christmas Spirit Fr. Rick Frechette 304

Go Tell It on the Mountain Bongani Madondo 306

40 (+400) Years Lisa Guenther 312

On 52nd St. Philip Levine 316

The Art of Listening Brynn Macaulay 317

Getting Real in Romania Judith Gelman Myers 319

Demos & Generosity Paul Berman 326

Morsilini Jacinthe Ahmed Assaad 329

The Cunning of History Lawrence Goodwyn 331

2012 Richard Torres 334

Contributors' Notes 337

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews