America is at a crossroads. Conflicting political and social
perspectives reflect a need to collectively define our moral
imperatives, clarify cultural values, and inspire meaningful
change. In that patriotic spirit, nearly two hundred writers,
artists, scientists, and political and community leaders have come
together since the 2016 presidential election to offer their
impassioned letters to America, in a project envisioned by the
online journal Terrain.org and collected, with 50
never-before-published letters, in Dear America: Letters of Hope,
Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. In the inaugural piece in
Terrain.org's Letters to America series, Alison Hawthorne Deming
writes, "Think of the great spirit of inventiveness the Earth calls
forth after each major disturbance it suffers. Be artful,
inventive, and just, my friends, but do not be silent." Joining
Deming are renowned artists and thinkers including Seth Abramson,
Ellen Bass, Jericho Brown, Francisco Cantu, Kurt Caswell, Victoria
Chang, Camille T. Dungy, Tarfia Faizullah, Blas Falconer, Attorney
General Bob Ferguson, David Gessner, Katrina Goldsaito, Kimiko
Hahn, Brenda Hillman, Jane Hirshfield, Linda Hogan, Pam Houston,
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Karen An-hwei Lee, Christopher Merrill,
Kathryn Miles, Kathleen Dean Moore, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Naomi
Shihab Nye, Elena Passarello, Dean Rader, Scott Russell Sanders,
Lauret Savoy, Gary Soto, Pete Souza, Kim Stafford, Sandra
Steingraber, Arthur Sze, Scott Warren, Debbie Weingarten, Christian
Wiman, Robert Wrigley, and others. Dear America reflects the
evolution of a moral panic that has emerged in the nation. More
importantly, it is a timely congress of the personal and the
political, a clarion call to find common ground and conflict
resolution, all with a particular focus on the environment, social
justice, and climate change. The diverse collection features
personal essays, narrative journalism, poetry, and visual art from
nearly 130 contributors-many pieces never before published-all
literary reactions to the times we live in, with a focus on civic
action and social change as we approach future elections. As Scott
Minar writes, we must remain steadfast and look to the future:
"Despair can bring us very low, or it can make us smarter and
stronger than we have ever been before."
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