Things That Are - Essays (Paperback)

From the cosmic to the quotidian, this collection of essays by Amy Leach asks us to reconsider our kinship with the wild world.
The debut collection of a writer whose accolades precede her: a Whiting Award, a Rona Jaffe Award, a "Best American Essays" selection, and a Pushcart Prize, all received before her first book-length publication. This book represents a major break-out of an entirely new brand of nonfiction writer, in a mode like that of Ander Monson, John D'Agata, and Eula Biss, but a new sort of beast entirely its own.
"Things That Are "takes jellyfish, fainting goats, and imperturbable caterpillars as just a few of its many inspirations. In a series of essays that progress from the tiniest earth dwellers to the most far flung celestial bodies--considering the similarity of gods to donkeys, the inexorability of love and vines, the relations of exploding stars to exploding sea cucumbers--Amy Leach rekindles a vital communion with the wild world, dormant for far too long. "Things That Are "is not specifically of the animal, the human, or the phenomenal; it is a book of wonder, one the reader cannot help but leave with their perceptions both expanded and confounded in delightful ways.

General

Imprint:	Milkweed Editions
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	Amy Leach
Dimensions:	204 x 135 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	185
ISBN-13:	978-1-57131-351-5
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Promotions
LSN:	1-57131-351-6
Barcode:	9781571313515

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