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The House That Made Me: Writers Reflect on the Places and People That Defined Them
Contributor(s): Jarrett, Grant (Author)
ISBN: 1940716314     ISBN-13: 9781940716312
Publisher: Sparkpress
OUR PRICE:   $16.16  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages - General
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Dewey: 808.803
LCCN: 2015956245
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 184 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Home--the place where we were born, where we learned our first lessons, where family was defined. The very notion evokes powerful feelings, feelings as individual as our fingerprints, as enduring as the universe and as inescapable as gravity. In this candid, evocative collection of essays, a diverse group of acclaimed authors reflects on the diverse homes, neighborhoods, and experiences that helped shape them--using Google Earth software to revisit the location in the process. Moving and life-affirming, this poignant anthology gives fresh insight into the concept of Home. This anthology includes 19 essays by an array of diverse award-winning authors, including: - Tim Johnston, author of Descent and winner of the O. Henry Prize, the New Letters Award for Writers, and the Gival Press Short Story Award - Laura Miller, culture columnist at Slate and co-founder of Salon.com - Porochista Khakpour, author of The Last Illusion and recipient of the 2012 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship in Creative Writing (Prose) - Lee Upton, author of The Tao of Humiliation, named one of "Best Books of 2014" by Kirkus Reviews - Pamela Erens, author of the critically acclaimed novel The Virgins - Jeffery Renard Allen, author of Song of the Shank and winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and the Whiting Writer's Award

Contributor Bio(s): Jarrett, Grant: - Grant Jarrett lives in New York City, where he earns his living as a writer, ghostwriter, editor, and musician. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Book Review, Eclectica Magazine, and numerous other publications. His first novel, Ways of Leaving, won the "Best New Fiction" category in the 2014 International Book Awards.