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Dedicated to the People of Darfur : Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope /
Life's changes. They happen every day. Some large, some small. A few are very personal. Others impact the world. Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope includes original and inspiring essays that celebrate the glories gained from taking risks, breaking down barriers...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. The Fears Within; Weeping Unfamiliar Tears; Weeping Unfamiliar Tears; Scared; Scared; The Risk of (Not) Communicating; The Risk of (Not) Communicating; Real Risks; Real Risks; Holding a Little Girl's Hand; Holding a Little Girl's Hand; Safe Passage; Safe Passage; Rescuing Fire from the Flood; Rescuing Fire from the Flood; Part II. Writing Risk; Life Drawings; Life Drawings; Writing Toward the Center; Writing Toward the Center; Like a Syrupy Sweet; Like a Syrupy Sweet; An Apostate in Academe
- An Apostate in AcademeRisks in Writing the Novel, The Rape of Sita; Risks in Writing the Novel: The Rape of Sita; One Man's Risk; One Man's Risk; Writing Sucks; Writing Sucks; On the Line; Politics and the Imagination: How to Get Away with Just about Anything (in Ten Not-So-Easy Lessons); Politics and the Imagination: How to Get Away with Just about Anything (in Ten Not-So-Easy Lessons); Part III. Where I Come From; That Other World That Was the World; That Other World That Was the World; Melodious Chimes; Melodious Chimes; Rescued by Junkies; Rescued by Junkies; The Prozac Variations
- The Prozac VariationsOur Side of the Tracks; Our Side of the Tracks; The House Fire; The House Fire; The Risk of Deadness; The Risk of Deadness; The Risk of Consciousness; The Risk of Consciousness; High Noon at Midnight; High Noon at Midnight; Recipe; Recipe; Risk; Risk; Part IV. Creating Change; Taking Risks; Spinning; Girls and Guns; From Individual Despair to Collective Risk Taking: Stopping the Corporate Bullies; 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 The Risk of the MiddleChoices on a Runaway Train; A Kinder, Gentler Patriotism; Part V. Leaving Safety; XYZ; Sunday Morning in Oakland; Island Journal: November with Hog's Blood; 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; About the Editors and Contributors