View from Fly-over Country - Dispatches from the Forgotten America
- readstoomuch3
- Jan 20, 2018
- 1 min read
I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
From the publisher
In this collection of essays, St. Louis journalist Sarah Kendzior tackles issues including labor exploitation, racism, gentrification, media bias and other aspects of the post-employment economy. Sample titles: "The Peril of Hipster Economics", "The Wrong Kind of Caucasian", "Survival is Not an Aspiration". "Mothers Are Not 'Opting Out' -- They Are Out of Options", "Academia's Indentured Servants", "Meritocracy for Sale", "The Immorality of College Admissions", "Expensive Cities Are Killing Creativity". A former columnist for Al Jazeera English, Kendzior has spent years chronicling an America of diminishing opportunities. This collection contains the best of her work
Having never even heard of Kendzior before this book I am now a MAJOR fan of her columns and writing in general and I am now following her all over the WWW and social media. Although some of the essays seemed alarmist (at least to my “Canadian sensibility”), looking at these columns written between 2011 and 2014 seemed to prevaricate the current US president getting elected. Smart gal. These essays are so well written and speak volumes about life in between the self-important east and west coasts. Great read for any news junkie or fan of politics!!!