Radical red : stories / Nathan Dixon.
| Author/creator | Dixon, Nathan, 1985- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 206 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | American reader series ; no. 43 American reader series ; v, 43. ^A361743 |
| Contents | Unidentified Black male -- The doctor's declarations -- Tricky Dick -- Consubstantial -- Spring belle -- Mermaids in the floodplain -- The itch -- Conquistador. |
| Abstract | "As income inequality soars, as industries become further mechanized, as the populace cries out for some semblance of a social safety net and corporations complain of too much regulation, we are long overdue for a strong dose of protest literature. This winner of the 15th annual BOA Short Fiction Prize features linked stories that indict the ultraconservative movement that emerged at the end of the Cold War and extends into present day. One strand of narratives follows a cohort of tea party conservatives-a politician, a radioman, and a televangelist-as their hyperbolic language shapes the world around them and leads to episodes of time travel and body horror. The second strand follows individuals victimized by conservative policy: their voices, their futures, their very bodies stripped from their possession. The final strand investigates the ways in which young conservatives have adapted the nostalgic rhetoric of their forebears to carry on the twin projects of minority oppression and environmental degradation-both of which they couch in the language of 'freedom.' Radical Red is set in the South and parodies the stereotypes that are still so prevalent here. Although the characters are more than mere ciphers, they move through their semi-speculative world to illustrate ideas in the same way Richard Wright and Ursala Le Guin's characters do"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner NC Roberts copy Purchased from Armadillo books, 2/15/2026 |
| Genre/form | short stories. |
| Genre/form | Social problem fiction. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| LCCN | 2024052047 |
| ISBN | 9781960145499 paperback |
| ISBN | 1960145495 paperback |
| ISBN | 9781960145703 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1960145703 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | NC Roberts | PS3604.I958 R33 2025 | ✔ Available | Request Material |