"New Jesus"

Title"New Jesus"
Year for Search2019
AuthorsOrange, Tommy(b. 1982)
Secondary TitleMcSweeney’s 58. 2040 A.D.
Volume / Edition58
Pagination66-75
Date Published2019
PublisherMcSweeney’s Quarterly Concern
Place PublishedSan Francisco, CA
KeywordsMale author, Native American author
Annotation

The story is set in a climate change dystopia. New Jesus is not the Second Coming but “our cooperation with each other and with the earth” (69), an idea the protagonist rejects. 

Illustration

Illus. Wesley Allsbrook

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The Native American author (b. 1982) is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma

Full Text

2019 Orange, Tommy (b. 1982). “New Jesus.” Illus. Wesley Allsbrook. McSweeney’s 58. 2040 A.D. (San Francisco, CA: McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, 2019), 66-75. PSt

The story is set in a climate change dystopia. New Jesus is not the Second Coming but “our cooperation with each other and with the earth” (69), an idea the protagonist rejects. The Native American author is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.