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A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write
Contributor(s): Pritchard, Melissa (Author), Johnston, Bret Anthony (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1934137960     ISBN-13: 9781934137963
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General
Dewey: 808.02
LCCN: 2015006170
Series: Art of the Essay
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7.4" (0.45 lbs) 192 pages
 
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"A writer at the height of her powers." ―Oprah.com

In an essay entitled "Spirit and Vision" Melissa Pritchard poses the question: "Why write?" Her answer reverberates throughout A Solemn Pleasure, presenting an undeniable case for both the power of language and the nurturing constancy of the writing life. Whether describing the deeply interior imaginative life required to write fiction, searching for the lost legacy of American literature as embodied by Walt Whitman, being embedded with a young female GI in Afghanistan, traveling with Ethiopian tribes, or revealing the heartrending story of her informally adopted son William, a former Sudanese child slave, this is nonfiction vividly engaged with the world. In these fifteen essays, Pritchard shares her passion for writing and storytelling that educates, honors, and inspires.

Melissa Pritchard is the author of the novel Palmerino, the short story collection The Odditorium, and the essay collection A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write, among other books. Emeritus Professor of English and Women's Studies at Arizona State University, she now lives in Columbus, Georgia.