A review by kp_writ
Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times by Parnaz Foroutan, Meredith Russo, Francisco Goldman, Cherríe Moraga, Elmaz Abinader, Lisa See, Roxana Robinson, Karen Joy Fowler, Kate Schatz, Jeff Chang, Achy Obejas, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jewelle L. Gómez, Aliciz Garza, Caro De Robertis, Hari Kunzru, Mona Eltahawy, Faith Adiele, iO Tillett Wright, Reyna Grande, Jane Smiley, Boris Fishman, Katie Kitamura, Cristina García, Claire Messud, Peter Orner, Luis Alberto Urrea, Junot Díaz, Chip Livingston, Mohja Kahf, Aya de León, Celeste Ng

Did not finish book.

Picked this book because I want to learn to fuel my rage into hope, as the title suggests. I figured the thoughts of folks post Trump election would still resonate in a lit of ways today, and they partly do. Byt a bigger part of me feels like so many of these words are so Trump-centric it makes it hard to look at now, because that was such a bad time for all of us, but also because it feels a bit... reactive? Obviously the book is reacting to the election, but the grief one feels after an election is usually fairly acute - gets normalized pretty quickly - and I'm looking for the kind of radical hope that is sustainable, not spurred by desperation post-election. Maybe it gets there eventually, but there's only so many times I can read the same sentiments.