BOUND TO THE PAST
THE WORLD OVER
American Anger reads history through psychological and philosophical anger theories. This vitriolic critique and call to action brings to light evidence of the anger at work in American civil life. By reflecting America back onto itself, these poems recognize anger as a condition of American life and government. And behind American anger, Hix testifies to generations of misdeeds of the American empire, engraved in the ancient lettering of boustrophedon.
“I don’t think we can get rid of violence. Anger is in all of us. And greed is in all of us. We can’t get rid of it in ourselves. We can’t get rid of it in the society. But we can oppose the organization of it. The use of it as a tool, and as a threat.”