In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal - Couverture souple

 
9780393319071: In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0393319075 ISBN 13 : 9780393319071
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Synopsis

In their previous collection Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones coined the term short for those creative nonfiction pieces -- literary rather than informational, and characteristically short -- that are attracting our finest writers. Now, with a more introspective focus, this new collection emphasizes the personal as a way of seeing the world, of expressing an interior life. It is intimate without being maudlin, it is private without being secret. From Harriet Doerr's recollection of a halcyon time to Josephine Jacobsen's reverie on memory, In Brief offers vivid glimpses into the ways experience can be shaped in language that is fresh and inventive. The seventy-two authors here include the known -- John McPhee, Cythia Ozick, James Salter -- as well as remarkable new writers. Essays (all under 2000 words) range from Frank McCourt's search for his father in the pubs of Limerick to William Maxwell's thoughts about growing old; from Charles Baxter's early experience of reading to Brady Udall's confession as a liar. Patricia Hampl recalls meals at her grandmother's house, while Jane Brox contemplates the meaning of bread. In each piece, imagination becomes a way to explore reality. The real world we are fortunate enough to live in is revealed as endlessly rich and deep.

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À propos des auteurs

Mary Paumier Jones lives in Rochester. Jones, who teaches creative nonfiction, has a degree in library science.

Writer and educator Judith Kitchen (1941-2014) was the cofounder of the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.

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Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393319075
ISBN 13 
9780393319071
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Éditeur
Jones Mary Paumier, Kitchen Judith
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Personne responsable
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