{"title":"Jonathan Blitzer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJonathan Blitzer’s work invites readers to explore profound themes with thoughtful precision. His writing often delves into nuanced narratives that engage with memory, identity, and the complexities of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the realm of \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, his books offer reflective insights that encourage deeper understanding and contemplation, making them valuable additions for those seeking meaningful literary explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"everyone-who-is-gone-is-here-by-jonathan-blitzer-9781529039313","title":"Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrgent, extraordinary . . . a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.\u003c\/em\u003e - Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoving, sweeping, and masterful\u003c\/em\u003e - Sally Hayden, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Fourth Time, We Drowned\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew Yorker journalist Jonathan Blitzer has been covering the immigration crisis at America's southern border for nearly a decade, but the current emergency is the end of a much larger story. In this, his first book, Blitzer goes back to the beginning: to the shadowy civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s; to the American prison system in the 1990s and the policies of mass deportation that transformed local street criminals into international crime syndicates; to Honduras's brutal crackdown on crime in the 2000s and the emergence of gangs across Central America and the United States. And then the Trump era, in which immigration became a vector of resurgent populism, with mass internments the order of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEveryone Who Is Gone Is Here\u003c\/em\u003e is a fresh and full account of America's immigration problems, but it is much more than that. It is an odyssey of struggle and resilience, telling the epic story of people whose lives ebb and flow across the border and those who help and hinder them. 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