Chimpanzee by Darin Bradley

Chimpanzee by Darin Bradley

Unemployment has ravaged the U.S. economy. People struggle everywhere, exhausted by the collapse that destroyed their lives. Benjamin Cade is an expert in cognition, and before the flatlined economy caught up to him, he earned his living as a university instructor. Now, without income, he joins the millions defaulting on their loans -- in his case, the money he borrowed to finance his degrees. Using advances in cognitive science and chemical therapy, Ben's debtors can reclaim their property -- his education. The government calls the process Repossession Therapy, and this data is invaluable to those improving the indexing technology -- a remarkable medical advance that has enabled the effective cure of all mental disorders. But Ben has no intention of losing his mind without a fight, so he begins teaching in the park, distributing his knowledge before it's gone in a race against ignorance.

And somewhere in Ben's confusing takedown, Chimpanzee arrives. Its iconography appears spray-painted around town. Young people in rubber chimpanzee masks start massive protests. As Ben slowly loses himself, the Chimpanzee movement seems to grow. And all fingers point to Ben.

Darin Bradley holds degrees in English literature and theory and has taught collegiate writing and literary surveys at several universities. He now works as the full-time video game writer for id Software. Darin lives in Texas with his wife, where he dreams of empty places.

Rima Abunasser holds a PhD in English Literature and Theory, specializing in 18th-century British Literature, Postcolonial Literature, and Women's Studies. She teaches courses on contemporary Arabic literature, British literature, and global women's writing at Texas Christian University, where she conducts research into Arab women's literary & feminist redefinitions of nationalist discourse.

Issue 1 Contributors

Lauren Beukes, fiction. South Africa
Hal Duncan, nonfiction. Scotland
Diana Abu-Jaber, memoir. U.S./Jordan
Nisi Shawl, fiction. U.S.
Alex Dally Macfarlane, poetry. U.K.
Srdjan Smajic, drama. Serbia/U.S.
Angela Meyer, fiction. Australia
Rose Lemberg, memoir. Ukraine/U.S.
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, fiction. Philippines/Netherlands
Wayne Macauley, fiction (reprint). Australia
Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, fiction. Spain/U.S.
Miral Maghoub, nonfiction. Egypt/U.S.
Tade Thompson, fiction. Nigeria/U.K.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781630230869
ISBN 10	1630230863
Title	Chimpanzee
Author	Darin Bradley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Underland Press
Year published	2019-05-07
Number of pages	218
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.