{"product_id":"nothing-sacred-outspoken-voices-in-contemporary-fiction-hardcover-1","title":"Nothing Sacred: Outspoken Voices in Contemporary Fiction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernard Schweizer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring uncharted literary territory, \u003ci\u003eNothing Sacred: Outspoken Voices in Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e offers the reading public a compilation of spellbinding stories on topics as diverse as crumbling male privilege, moonshine whiskey brewing, language policing, immigrant experience, sexual transgression, and plain heresy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At a time when the American publishing industry increasingly perceives fiction lovers as rather delicate creatures--easily offended, allergic to ambiguity, afraid to venture outside their comfort zones--\u003ci\u003eNothing Sacred: Outspoken Voices in Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e was born of the opposite assumption. While the twelve authors represented in this anthology could scarcely be more diverse in their worldviews, cultural backgrounds, thematic obsessions, and prose styles, they all share two attributes: an abiding respect for their readers, and a ravenous appetite for audacity. Among the characters you'll encounter in these stories are a former child star who fears he has become just another piece of Hollywood jetsam; a band of Cuban immigrant children determined to celebrate Independence Day on their own terms; a Holocaust survivor turned serial killer; an alternate-history Malcolm X confronting J. Edgar Hoover's squad of zombies; a medical student who supports himself by starring in video porn; a rogue AI in thrall to a notorious Christian heresy; and a Tennessee Trump voter with a gift for making moonshine whiskey and spouting colorful rhetoric.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernard Schweizer is a literary scholar with twelve books (monographs, essay collections, and editions) to his credit, including the pioneering study Hating God: The Untold Story of Misotheism (Oxford University Press, 2011) and British feminist writer Rebecca West's posthumous work Survivors in Mexico (Yale University Press, 2003), which Schweizer put together from the author's archives. Schweizer, who grew up in Switzerland, earned a Ph.D. in British Literature from Duke University and then joined the English faculty at Long Island University, Brooklyn, in 2002. After retiring as an emeritus professor in 2019, his literary passions drove him to found Heresy Press as a haven for ambitious, outspoken fiction from writers of all backgrounds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Morrow is an American writer specializing in historical fiction and fantasika. To date he has published four stand-alone novellas and ten novels, including the critically acclaimed Godhead Trilogy. His literary honors include the World Fantasy Award (twice), the Nebula Award (twice), and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Morrow lives in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in proximity to his adored wife, two enigmatic sheepdogs, and a beloved broken-down houseboat.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45819773681861,"sku":"9781949846683","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/efnSqydkn89781949846683_300c9cc0-7272-42c5-826f-48b2ab9ca5eb.webp?v=1771067092","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/nothing-sacred-outspoken-voices-in-contemporary-fiction-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}