{"product_id":"rewriting-america-new-essays-on-the-federal-writers-project-paperback","title":"Rewriting America: New Essays on the Federal Writers' Project - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Rutkowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1935, the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) sent over 6,500 unemployed historians, teachers, writers, and librarians out to document America's past and present in the midst of the Great Depression. The English poet W. H. Auden referred to this New Deal program as \"one of the noblest and most absurd undertakings ever attempted by any state.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing original work by scholars from a range of disciplinary perspectives, this edited collection provides fresh insights into how this extraordinary program helped transform American culture. In addition to examining some of the major twentieth-century writers whose careers the FWP helped to launch--including Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and Margaret Walker--\u003ci\u003eRewriting America\u003c\/i\u003e presents new perspectives on the role of African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, and women on the project. Essays also address how the project's goals continue to resonate with contemporary realities in the midst of major economic and cultural upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with the volume editor, contributors include Adam Arenson, Sue Rubenstein DeMasi, Racheal Harris, Jerrold Hirsch, Kathi King, Maiko Mine, Deborah Mutnick, Diane Noreen Rivera, Greg Robinson, Robert Singer, James Sun, and David A. Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SARA RUTKOWSKI is associate professor of English at the City University of New York's Kingsborough Community College and author of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Legacies of the Federal Writers' Project: Voices of the Depression in the American Postwar Era\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461899894962,"sku":"9781625346995","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d2b15bad10b699e6008c25b4153abe72.webp?v=1778958070","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/rewriting-america-new-essays-on-the-federal-writers-project-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}