Multiply / Divide: On the American Real and Surreal - Couverture souple

Walters, Wendy S

 
9781941411049: Multiply / Divide: On the American Real and Surreal
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1941411045 ISBN 13 : 9781941411049
Editeur : Sarabande Books, Incorporated, 2015

Synopsis

In the manner of Calvino's Invisible Cities, Wendy S. Walters's essays deftly explore the psyches of cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, Portsmouth, and Washington, D.C. In "Cleveland," she interviews an African-American playwright who draws great reviews, but can't muster an audience. An on-air telephone chat between a DJ and his listeners drives a discussion of race and nutrition in "Chicago Radio." In "Manhattanville" the author, out for a walk with her biracial son, is mistaken for his nanny. Each essay explores societal questions--how eras of immense growth can leave us unable to prosper from that growth, how places intended for safety become fraught with danger, and how race and gender bias threaten our communities. Walters's haunting utterances are beautifully precise estimations of a place and its people.

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À propos de l?auteur

Wendy S. Walters: Wendy S. Walters is the author of two books of poems, Troy, Michigan and Longer I Wait, More You Love Me. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Bookforum, The Iowa Review, and others. She is Associate Professor of creative writing at The New School University in New York.

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Éditeur
Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1941411045
ISBN 13 
9781941411049
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
152
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