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OverviewJames Seay's essays reflect a poet's eye for detail and a seeker's wrestling with life's big questions and experiences: what it means to be a parent, losing a child, confronting mental illness, observing and living through the collision of cultures, finding the universal in the particularity of every day. We share moments with Seay that stay with us, dipping in and out of his life and our own collective experience, as he reflects on childhood memories of his grandmother wringing chicken necks for Sunday dinner, reads his way through Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha, processes 9/11, watches The Sopranos, and ponders the American obsession with guns. These essays transport readers—from the South to the Southwest, from the former Soviet Union to France, and beyond—while exploring disparate topics, often using literature as a means of understanding culture and place. Seay offers few easy answers for the big questions he explores. But walking with him on his journeys will open eyes to the possibilities, tenderness, and mysteries that surround us, hidden among everyday things. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James SeayPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781469678146ISBN 10: 1469678144 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 27 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"A reflective and tender essay collection . . . . the kind of book that, by its end, reminds us of our world and our place in it. Even when it focuses on death, it is still buzzing with life.""—Chapter 16, Humanities Tennessee" Author InformationJames Seay's work has appeared in Esquire, Harper's, the New Yorker, and Oxford American, among others. He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |