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Overview"A deliciously diverse anthology of essays, stories, poems, and graphic memoirs, where writers explore the deeply human act of kissing. From Sioux Falls to Khartoum, from Kyoto to Reykjavik; from the panchayat forests of India to the Giant’s Causeway on the coast of Northern Ireland; in taxis and at bus stops, in kitchens and sleigh beds, haystacks and airports around the globe—people are kissing one another. The sublime kiss. The ambiguous kiss. The devastating kiss. The kiss we can’t take back. The kiss we can never give. The kiss that changes a life. In this anthology, writers and thinkers share their thoughts on a specific kiss—the unexpected and unforgettable—in an attempt to bridge the gulf, to connect us to one another on a deeply human level, and to explore the messy and complicated intimacies that exist in our actual lives, as well as in the complicated landscape of the imagination. Sparked and developed from a series curated for Guernica by editor Brian Turner, this is a book meant to be read from cover to cover, just as much as it’s meant to be dipped into—with each kiss pulling us closer to the moments in our lives that matter most. ""A kiss, you see, can carry not just a heart in it, but a soul."" —from Pico Iyer, ""The Kiss at Dawn"" ""There are countries in that kiss, years of experience, ghosts of past lovers and the tricks they taught you."" —from Siobhan Fallon, ""The Ride""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian Turner (Sierra Nevada College)Publisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.266kg ISBN: 9780393356885ISBN 10: 0393356884 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe Kiss contains material by some excellent and well-known writers, many of them poets, including Nick Flynn, Mark Doty, Terrance Hayes, Tea Obreht and Andre Dubus III. -- Kristen Roupenian - Times Literary Supplement Author InformationBrian Turner is the author of the memoir My Life as a Foreign Country and the poetry collections Here, Bullet and Phantom Noise. He directs the low-residency MFA at Sierra Nevada College. The Kiss was conceived with his late wife, the acclaimed poet Ilyse Kusnetz, to whom it is dedicated. It was developed from a series he curated for Guernica. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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