you have an essay by andrea butler that talks about religion. so we're able to examine the project out to a much broader areas of american life in the way that i think is really beautiful. it's difficult, really but also inspiring. then we have more than double the fiction and poetry in the book. and they're beautiful. >> i thought one of the things that is unfortunate about the responses that focus on only a certain number of things is that that tends to be entirely overlooked not only that but other artistic representations which i think really help us understand a new kind of depth. what this means and i hope in the book version because i think you put it together in an interesting way. it's much more clearly chronological and the poetry and fiction pieces or the other short form essays are very connected to the particular moment that the that you have over the course of the book and to the larger essays that work in and i found them incredibly powerful. >> i'm so glad you said that because they were always a big part of the project but as yo

you have an essay by andrea butler that talks about religion. so we're able to examine the project out to a much broader areas of american life in the way that i think is really beautiful. it's difficult, really but also inspiring. then we have more than double the fiction and poetry in the book. and they're beautiful. >> i thought one of the things that is unfortunate about the responses that focus on only a certain number of things is that that tends to be entirely overlooked not only that but other artistic representations which i think really help us understand a new kind of depth. what this means and i hope in the book version because i think you put it together in an interesting way. it's much more clearly chronological and the poetry and fiction pieces or the other short form essays are very connected to the particular moment that the that you have over the course of the book and to the larger essays that work in and i found them incredibly powerful. >> i'm so glad you said that because they were always a big part of the project but as yo