Overview

America's Future: poetry and prose in response to tomorrow features 164 bold, thought-provoking writers including an opening speech, published here for the first time, by Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland; poetry by master poet E. Ethelbert Miller in collaboration with Miho Kinnas, essays by Marvin Kalb and Bethanne Patrick, and short stories by Mary Kay Zuravleff, Kathleen Wheaton, and more. The anthology arrives at an urgent moment in our nation's history, when many are anxiously questioning: What are the possibilities for the future? Some pieces turn to our past, reckoning with the wounds we still carry in today's scars before questioning the future. Others turn their gaze forward, imagining the ways hope and reinvention can carve new paths. 164 writers. 179 works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, plus visual storytelling, a short play, and more! 526 pages. Video samplings of writers reading their work are available at www.washingtonwriters.org and at the WWPHYouTubeChannel. A must-have collection of writings for this moment, a perfect teaching tool for AP Classroom and first or second-year college students. Special pricing for educators: contact your Washington Writers' Publishing House directly. ""....AMERICA'S FUTURE is a heartfelt affirmation of a powerful spirit in this country. Pick up a copy....Remind yourself of who we are,"" --Washington Independent Review of Books, September 2025

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""AMERICA'S FUTURE speaks to joy and resilience amidst the political turmoil in the United States,"" -- Poets & Writers magazine, September/October 2025 issue ""WWPH [the Washington Writers' Publishing House] has launched a massive, comprehensive, and timely anthology entitled AMERICA'S FUTURE..."" -- Washington Unbound, September 23, 2025

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Caroline Bock's latest novel, The Other Beautiful People, a workplace love story about a movie-loving marketing executive, will be published on June 2, 2026, by Regal House Publishing. Her short story collection, Carry Her Home, won the Fiction Award from the Washington Writers' Publishing House. She is also the author of acclaimed young adult novels LIE and Before My Eyes from St. Martin's Press. Notably, since 2022, she has been the co-president and prose editor at the Washington Writers' Publishing House. In this role, she is the senior editor for fiction/creative nonfiction, and she has been the prose editor on the following anthologies: This Is What America Looks Like (2022), Capital Queer (June 2025), and America's Future, poetry and prose in response to tomorrow. More about her at www.carolinebockofficialauthor.site Jona Colson is a poet, educator, and translator. His poetry collection, Said Through Glass, won the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from the Washington Writers' Publishing House. He is also the translator of Aguas/Waters by Miguel Avero and the co-editor of the anthologies, This Is What America Looks Like (2022), Capital Queer (June, 2025), and America's Future: poetry and prose in response to tomorrow. His poems, translations, and interviews have appeared in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, LitHub, and elsewhere. He is co-president of Washington Writers' Publishing House and edits the bi-weekly journal, WWPH Writes. He is a professor of ESL at Montgomery College and lives in Washington, DC www.jonacolson.com

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