Born in the USA
Dance the Eagle to Sleep
By Marge Piercy
22 Feb, 2026
Because My Tears Are Delicious To You
Marge Piercy’s 1970 Dance the Eagle to Sleep is a stand-alone near-future SF novel.
All America asks of its citizens is that they cram themselves into whatever little box best serves the economic needs of the ruling oligarch class. Well, less “asks” and more “requires on pain of prison or death.”
The government demands that at age nineteen, all teens — boys and girls alike — do two years of military service. Surely, this will bring those unruly kids into line!
Cue low-grade civil war.