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Study in Perfect (Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction)
Sarah Gorham
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Description for Study in Perfect (Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction)
Hardcover. A collection of essays across disciplines that unpacks and explores our conceptions of perfection and proceeds with the full consciousness that perfection s exact definition is subjective, reliant on who is speaking, and easily unmoored by time, geography, and the vagaries of taste." Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
Study in Perfect is an exploration of perfection. In “Moving Horizontal” a Victorian house loses its charm over time, especially when compared to a modernist contemporary filled with light. Family life is dense with pleasure, as in the perfect vacation described in “Marking Time in Door County,” and in “Neriage, or What Is the Secret of a Long Marriage,” where an ancient Japanese ceramic technique has much in common with shaping a close relationship. There is such a thing as a perfect cup of tea, depending on who is preparing and drinking it (“Perfect Tea”). And schmaltzy show tunes flowing ... Read more
Study in Perfect is an exploration of perfection. In “Moving Horizontal” a Victorian house loses its charm over time, especially when compared to a modernist contemporary filled with light. Family life is dense with pleasure, as in the perfect vacation described in “Marking Time in Door County,” and in “Neriage, or What Is the Secret of a Long Marriage,” where an ancient Japanese ceramic technique has much in common with shaping a close relationship. There is such a thing as a perfect cup of tea, depending on who is preparing and drinking it (“Perfect Tea”). And schmaltzy show tunes flowing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820347127
SKU
V9780820347127
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About Sarah Gorham
Sarah Gorham is a poet, essayist, and president and editor in chief at Sarabande Books, USA, an independent literary press publishing poetry, short fiction, and essays.
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