'Make America Great again'

V. Nolan

'Make America Great again'

V. Nolan

Department of English & Creative Writing

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An anti-fascist novelette (10,000 words), ‘Make America Great Again’ is the story of Jefferson Dodds, an ambitious Detroit journalist investigating a man who claims to be a time-displaced WWII veteran and alien abductee who reappears in the present day and saves several lives when an Alt. Right rally becomes violent in small town Michigan. Content warning: racist cops and depictions of Alt. Right violence.

Original language	English
Pages	62-80
Number of pages	19
No.	287
Specialist publication	Interzone
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2020

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Science Fiction, America, Politics, Fascism, contemporary literature, Michigan

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