In our upcoming issue: nonfiction by Patricia Bjorklund
A selection from Patricia Bjorklund’s humorous memoir “U.S. and Them, 1971,” about growing up in the ‘70s with parents who were leaders in the John Birch Society, will appear in our upcoming Spring issue. Here is an excerpt:
My father liked a quote from Edmund Burke: All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. “That’s not just some little inspirational motto to keep under a paperweight,” he said. “It’s a warning—a wake-up call, maybe our last!”
I understood that I had to know more than my fair share about the sad state of affairs in the world. American citizens had fallen for the propaganda and become puppets. The puppets were: 1) people stupid enough to own a pet rock; 2) women who took the pill; 3) folks who failed to realize that the so-called peace symbols they flaunted were actually the calling-cards of Satan and 4) a growing number of citizens who voiced more skepticism about the will of God than the existence of Sasquatch.”
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