Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream

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Mychal Denzel Smith
Hachette Book Group

The events of the past decade force us to reckon with who we are and who we want to be. In this series of incisive essays, Smith examines the notions of American exceptionalism and the American Dream, confronts the shortcomings, exposes the stark contradictions at the heart of American life, and holds all us to account.

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