Political fiction from Michael Chabon:
"To support Obama, we must permit ourselves to feel hope, to acknowledge the possibility that we can aspire as a nation to be more than merely secure or predominant. We must allow ourselves to believe in Obama, not blindly or unquestioningly as we might believe in some demagogue or figurehead but as we believe in the comfort we take in our families, in the pleasure of good company, in the blessings of peace and liberty, in any thing that requires us to put our trust in the best part of ourselves and others. That kind of belief is a revolutionary act. It holds the power, in time, to overturn and repair all the damage that our fear has driven us to inflict on ourselves and the world."
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About Groop
Also known as the Ashby Avenue Writers Collective, we have been meeting to discuss our writing and other crises since 1995. Nearly 60 writers have come through the writing group. Some of us remember the house on Ashby Avenue in Berkeley where we met until it went up in flames. We had our stint at the end of Delaware and our fling in San Francisco. Most of the time we all liked each other. Novels were written. Short stories were published. Marriages began and ended. Houses were bought, sold, burgled, and burned. We have our share of MFAs, Ph.Ds, babies, and day jobs. Some of us still meet in person, the rest are far-flung correspondents. Look, it's called groop for a reason. Welcome to groop.
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