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If American democracy continues to decline, and if the gap between the richest and poorest continues to widen, and if climate change continues to accelerate, and if we keep indulging our tendency to trade liberty for the appearance of safety and temporary convenience in every facet of our lives—then what will happen to Little League Baseball?
That’s the question Gish Jen asks in her latest work of all-American fiction, The Resisters. For the first time in her writing career, which launched in 1991 with the publication of the critically acclaimed novel Typical American, Jen is writing not about the country’s past or present but rather about its near future, a pretty plausible dystopian place called AutoAmerica.
