A week after Donald Trump was elected president, writer and scholar Sarah Kendzior, who had predicted in 2015 that he would win, wrote a public letter to the American public.
“My fellow Americans,” it began. “I have a favor to ask you. … I want you to write about who you are, what you have experienced, and what you have endured.”
She saw dark days coming, and, in the remaining time before Trump’s inauguration, she wanted Americans to take stock of themselves and document it for future reference. What and who did they believe in? What were their values and their beliefs, their hopes and dreams for themselves and for their children? What were their memories? Continue reading.