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In this blend of memoir and criticism, Leslie Jamison turns her
attention to some of the most intimate relationships of her life -
her consuming love for her young daughter, and a ruptured marriage
once swollen with hope - and examines what it means for a woman to
be many things at once: a mother, an artist, a teacher, a lover.
The subjects of this stylish and audacious collection of essays
range from an assault in Nicaragua to a Morgellons meeting; from
Frida Kahlo's plaster casts to a gangland tour of LA. Jamison is
interested in how we tell stories about injury and pain, and the
limits that circumstances, bodies and identity put on the act of
describing.
“Beautiful. The human condition is on full display in these
glimpses of our essential connectedness. Perfect for our times.”
—Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance Sixty-five extraordinary
writers grapple with this mystery: How can an ephemeral encounter
with a stranger leave such an eternal mark? When Colleen Kinder put
out a call for authors to write a letter to a stranger about an
unforgettable encounter, she opened the floodgates. The
responses—intimate and addictive, all written in the second
person—began pouring in. These short, insightful essays by a
remarkable cast of writers, including Elizabeth Kolbert, Pico Iyer,
Lauren Groff, Gregory Pardlo, Faith Adiele, Maggie Shipstead, Lia
Purpura, Kiki Petrosino, and Jamil Jan Kochai, are organized around
such themes as Gratitude, Wonder, and Farewell and guide us both
across the globe and through the mysteries of human connection.
Addressed to a first responder after a storm, a gambler encountered
on jury duty, a waiter in Istanbul, a taxi driver in Paris, a
roomful of travelers watching reality TV in La Paz, and dozens of
others, the pieces are replete with observations about how to live
and what we seek, and how a stranger’s loaded glance, shared
smile, or question posed can alter the course of our lives. Moving
and unforgettable, Letter to a Stranger is an irresistible read for
the literary traveler and the perfect gift for anyone who is
haunted by a person they met once and will remember forever.
Just a few years ago, the opioid crisis could be referred to as a
'silent epidemic,' but the scourge of opiate addiction is no longer
being overlooked. This is in large part thanks to the extraordinary
writings featured in this volume. Some of the most impactful
reporting in the United States in recent years has addressed the
opiate addiction crisis, a body of work that provides the best
picture available of the epidemic. Now, for the first time, these
key works of reportage and analysis have been collected in one
volume, providing the fullest portrait available of this national
tragedy.
Addiction is seemingly inexplicable. From the outside, it can look
like wilful, arrogant self-destruction; from the inside, it can
feel as inevitable and insistent as a heartbeat. It is possible to
describe, but hard to explore. Yet in The Recovering, Leslie
Jamison draws on her own life and the lives of addicts of
extraordinary talent - John Cheever, John Berryman, Jean Rhys and
Amy Winehouse among them - to take us inside the experience of
addiction, exposing the contours, edges and wholes of an
intoxicated life. Part memoir, part group biography, part literary
history and part definitive analysis of cultural and social
considerations of addiction, The Recovering is a significant moment
in the history of post-war narrative non-fiction.
Set in an enchanted forest, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
is the ideal subject for artist Marcel Dzama, whose work frequently
references dreams, fairy tales, and mythical worlds. Inspired by
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Shakespeare's celebrated romantic comedy
intertwines multiple narratives under the influence of
transformation and witchcraft. The play is often staged with actors
wearing animal masks, an aspect that appeals particularly to Dzama,
whose work is characterized by the fusion of human and animal,
fantasy and reality. As the second title in David Zwirner Books's
Seeing Shakespeare series, this book revisits this ultimate fairy
tale through the eyes of a contemporary artist who feels a special
affinity for its imagery.
From the author of The Empathy Exams comes a profound meditation on isolation, longing and the conflicts faced by all those who choose to tell true stories about the lives of others.
'Intelligent, compassionate, and so fiercely, prodigiously brave. This is the essay at its creative, philosophical best' - Eleanor Catton, author of The Luminaries on The Empathy Exams
A profound exploration of the oceanic depths of longing and obsession, Make It Scream, Make It Burn is a book about why and how we tell stories. It takes the reader deep into the lives of strangers - from a woman healed by the song of 'the loneliest whale in the world' to a family convinced their child is a reincarnation of a lost pilot - and asks how we can bear witness to the changing truths of other's lives while striving to find a deeper connection to the complexities of our own.
The last of the four novels Jean Rhys wrote in interwar Paris, Good
Morning, Midnight is the culmination of a searing literary arc,
which established Rhys as an astute observer of human tragedy. Her
everywoman heroine, Sasha, must confront the loves- and losses- of
her past in this mesmerizing and formally daring psychological
portrait.
At a time when economic inequality is on all of our minds, this
collection of nonfiction and poetry from accomplished American
writers focuses on intimate moments, personal relationships, and
common daily experiences at the intersection of people of different
economic status.
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AS A YOUNG WOMAN, Tilly flees home for the hollow underworld of
Nevada, looking for pure souls and finding nothing but bad habits.
One day, after Tilly has spent nearly thirty years without a
family, drinking herself to the brink of death, her niece
Stella--who has been leading her own life of empty promise in New
York City--arrives on the doorstep of Tilly's desert trailer. "The
Gin Closet "unravels the strange and powerful intimacy that forms
between them. With an uncanny ear for dialogue and a witty,
unflinching candor about sex, love, and power, Leslie Jamison
reminds us that no matter how unexpected its turns, the life we're
given is all we have: the cruelties that unhinge us, the beauties
that clarify us, the addictions that deform us, those fleeting
possibilities of grace that fade as quickly as they come. "The Gin
Closet "marks the debut of a stunning new talent in fiction.
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