Memorandum on Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities
An erasure text
by Tara Campbell
On September 2nd, 2020, a Memorandum from the President of the United States was released regarding the delineation of federal funding to newly dubbed “anarchist jurisdictions;” which included New York City, Portland, and Seattle.
Tara Campbell is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction editor at Barrelhouse. She received her MFA from American University in 2019. Previous publication credits include SmokeLong Quarterly, Masters Review, Jellyfish Review, Booth, Strange Horizons, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. She's the author of a novel, TreeVolution, and two collections, Circe's Bicycle and Midnight at the Organporium. Her newest book, Political AF: A Rage Collection, was released by Unlikely Books in August 2020.
November 2020