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Isen, Tajja

 
9780385697316: Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service
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ISBN 10 : 0385697317 ISBN 13 : 9780385697316
Editeur : Doubleday Canada, 2022

Synopsis

A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice and the limits of good intentions from the editor in chief of Catapult.

In this stunning debut collection, award-winning voice actor and cultural critic Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent in the language of social justice but doesn’t always follow through.
 
These nine daring essays explore the sometimes troubling and often awkward nature of that discord. Some of My Best Friends takes on subjects including the cartoon industry’s pivot away from color-blindcasting, the pursuit of diverse representation in the literary world, the law’s refusal to see inequality, and the cozy fictions of nationalism. Throughout, Isen deftly examines the quick, cosmetic fixes society makes to address systemic problems and reveals the unexpected ways they can misfire.
 
In the spirit of Zadie Smith, Cathy Park Hong and Jia Tolentino, Isen interlaces cultural criticism with her lived experience to explore the gaps between what we say and what we do, what we do and what we value, and what we value and what we demand.
 

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À propos de l'auteur

TAJJA ISEN is a writer, editor and voice actor. Her essays and criticism have appeared in dozens of outlets across the US and Canada. She is the editor in chief of Catapult magazine, the former digital editor of The Walrus and has also edited for Electric Literature. She is the coeditor of the essay anthology The World As We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate. A voice actor for more than two decades, Isen can be heard on such animated shows as Atomic Betty, The Berenstain Bears, Super Why!, Go, Dog. Go!, Jane and the Dragon, and many others.

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Éditeur
Doubleday Canada
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0385697317
ISBN 13 
9780385697316
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1982178426 ISBN 13 :  9781982178420
Editeur : Signal Pr, 2022
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