Notes From No Man's Land: American Essays

Awards:   Winner of National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism) 2009
Author:   Eula Biss
Publisher:   Graywolf Press,U.S.
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9781555975180


Pages:   230
Publication Date:   04 February 2010
Format:   Paperback
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  • Winner of National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism) 2009

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In a book that begins with a series of lynchings and ends with a series of apologies, Eula Biss explores race in America. Her response to the topic is informed by the experiences chronicled in these essays, such as teaching in a Harlem school and reporting for an African American paper. These spare, sometimes lyrical essays artfully reveal in intimate detail how families, schools and neighbourhoods participate in racial privilege.

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Author:   Eula Biss
Publisher:   Graywolf Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Graywolf Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.90cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9781555975180


ISBN 10:   1555975186
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   04 February 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Praise for Notes from No Man's Land: Biss is telling us the story of our country--one we never saw coming. -- The Chicago Tribune Eula Biss' Notes From No Man's Land is the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. . . . Notes From No Man's Land is the kind of book that rewards and even demands multiple readings. It provokes, troubles, charms, challenges, and occasionally hectors the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers. It is strident and brave in its unwillingness to offer comfort, and, unlike all but a handful of the best books I have ever read, it is unimpeachably great. -- Salon [ Notes From No Man's Land ] is a beautiful exercise in consciousness; in bringing both intelligence and experience to bear on a subject that has implications for the way one behaves in the world. -- Los Angeles Times Biss' pairings of ideas, like those of most original thinkers, have the knack of seeming brilliant and obvious at the same time . . . forceful, beautiuful essays. --NPR Biss's examination of America's complicated racial heritage offers penetrating insight. -- Time Out New York Powerful essays on the nature of identity, national and racial and personal. . . . Containing the music and force of [Biss's] singular thought. -- Orion Magazine Two of the qualities that make Eula Biss's essays in Notes from No Man's Land compelling and beautiful are precision and independence--independence from orthodoxies of the right and left and the conventions of literary essays and their displays of sensibility and sensitivity. And whatever topic she takes up she dissects and analyzes with startling insight that comes from deep reading and original thinking. She's important to this moment, important to opening up what essays can be, important for setting a standard of integrity and insight, and she's also a joy to read. --Rebecca Solnit Biss is telling us the story of our country--one we never saw coming. --The Chicago Tribune Eula Biss' Notes From No Man's Land is the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. . . . Notes From No Man's Land is the kind of book that rewards and even demands multiple readings. It provokes, troubles, charms, challenges, and occasionally hectors the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers. It is strident and brave in its unwillingness to offer comfort, and, unlike all but a handful of the best books I have ever read, it is unimpeachably great. --Salon [Notes From No Man's Land] is a beautiful exercise in consciousness; in bringing both intelligence and experience to bear on a subject that has implications for the way one behaves in the world. --Los Angeles Times Biss' pairings of ideas, like those of most original thinkers, have the knack of seeming brilliant and obvious at the same time . . . forceful, beautiuful essays. --NPR Biss's examination of America's complicated racial heritage offers penetrating insight. --Time Out New York Powerful essays on the nature of identity, national and racial and personal. . . . Containing the music and force of [Biss's] singular thought. --Orion Magazine [A] wondrous book. Biss muses on the conquest and subjugation that underpins the American dream, offers anecdotes from her own life, and commentary both general and specific, sometimes intimate. She begins in one place and confidently leads somewhere unexpected. She picks and worries at the idea of race in America -- incarceration, education, social welfare. . . . Lyrical she may be, but she is also exhilaratingly bold. --The Spectator (UK) Biss is telling us the story of our country--one we never saw coming. The Chicago Tribune Eula Biss' Notes From No Man's Land is the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. . . . Notes From No Man's Land is the kind of book that rewards and even demands multiple readings. It provokes, troubles, charms, challenges, and occasionally hectors the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers. It is strident and brave in its unwillingness to offer comfort, and, unlike all but a handful of the best books I have ever read, it is unimpeachably great. Salon [Notes From No Man's Land] is a beautiful exercise in consciousness; in bringing both intelligence and experience to bear on a subject that has implications for the way one behaves in the world. Los Angeles Times Biss' pairings of ideas, like those of most original thinkers, have the knack of seeming brilliant and obvious at the same time . . . forceful, beautiuful essays. NPR Biss's examination of America's complicated racial heritage offers penetrating insight. Time Out New York Powerful essays on the nature of identity, national and racial and personal. . . . Containing the music and force of [Biss's] singular thought. Orion Magazine Biss is telling us the story of our country--one we never saw coming. The Chicago Tribune Eula Biss' Notes From No Man's Land is the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. . . . Notes From No Man's Land is the kind of book that rewards and even demands multiple readings. It provokes, troubles, charms, challenges, and occasionally hectors the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers. It is strident and brave in its unwillingness to offer comfort, and, unlike all but a handful of the best books I have ever read, it is unimpeachably great. Salon [ Notes From No Man's Land ] is a beautiful exercise in consciousness; in bringing both intelligence and experience to bear on a subject that has implications for the way one behaves in the world. Los Angeles Times Biss' pairings of ideas, like those of most original thinkers, have the knack of seeming brilliant and obvious at the same time . . . forceful, beautiuful essays. NPR Biss's examination of America's complicated racial heritage offers penetrating insight. Time Out New York Powerful essays on the nature of identity, national and racial and personal. . . . Containing the music and force of [Biss's] singular thought. Orion Magazine


Biss is telling us the story of our country--one we never saw coming. The Chicago Tribune Eula Biss' Notes From No Man's Land is the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. . . . Notes From No Man's Land is the kind of book that rewards and even demands multiple readings. It provokes, troubles, charms, challenges, and occasionally hectors the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers. It is strident and brave in its unwillingness to offer comfort, and, unlike all but a handful of the best books I have ever read, it is unimpeachably great. Salon [ Notes From No Man's Land ] is a beautiful exercise in consciousness; in bringing both intelligence and experience to bear on a subject that has implications for the way one behaves in the world. Los Angeles Times Biss' pairings of ideas, like those of most original thinkers, have the knack of seeming brilliant and obvious at the same time . . . forceful, beautiuful essays. NPR Biss's examination of America's complicated racial heritage offers penetrating insight. Time Out New York Powerful essays on the nature of identity, national and racial and personal. . . . Containing the music and force of [Biss's] singular thought. Orion Magazine


Praise for Notes from No Man's Land: Biss is telling us the story of our country--one we never saw coming. -- The Chicago Tribune Eula Biss' Notes From No Man's Land is the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. . . . Notes From No Man's Land is the kind of book that rewards and even demands multiple readings. It provokes, troubles, charms, challenges, and occasionally hectors the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers. It is strident and brave in its unwillingness to offer comfort, and, unlike all but a handful of the best books I have ever read, it is unimpeachably great. -- Salon [ Notes From No Man's Land ] is a beautiful exercise in consciousness; in bringing both intelligence and experience to bear on a subject that has implications for the way one behaves in the world. -- Los Angeles Times Biss' pairings of ideas, like those of most original thinkers, have the knack of seeming brilliant and obvious at the same time . . . forceful, beautiuful essays. --NPR Biss's examination of America's complicated racial heritage offers penetrating insight. -- Time Out New York Powerful essays on the nature of identity, national and racial and personal. . . . Containing the music and force of [Biss's] singular thought. -- Orion Magazine


Author Information

EULA BISS is the author of The Balloonists. She teaches nonfiction writing at Northwestern University and is co-editor of Essay Press. Her essays have appeared in Harper's and The Believer. She lives in Chicago.

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