| Closing the Book: Travels in Life, Loss, and Literature Contributor(s): Renstrom, Joelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 1938349245 ISBN-13: 9781938349249 Publisher: Pelekinesis OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.9 |
| LCCN: 2015936091 |
| Physical Information: (0.56 lbs) 225 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Memoir. CLOSING THE BOOK: TRAVELS IN LIFE, LOSS, AND LITERATURE explores the intersection of literature and life in personal essays about traveling, teaching, reading, writing, living, and dying. Each essay's narrative arc is formed and informed by the act of reading literature that makes a reader feel like the book she's reading was somehow written specifically for her to read in that exact moment. Renstrom relies on science fiction as a catalyst for grief, as well as a means of pushing past grim realities to begin envisioning life reconstructed and to embrace the idea that there's nothing wrong with rebuilding forever. |
Contributor Bio(s): Renstrom, Joelle: - Joelle Renstrom is a writer living in Somerville, MA. Joelle's award-winning blog Could This Happen? explores the relationship between science and science fiction. Her work has appeared in Slate, Guernica, The Toast, and others. Joelle teaches writing and research with a focus on space, artificial intelligence, and science fiction at Boston University. |