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The narrow door : a memoir of friendship / Paul Lisicky.
Van Pelt Library PS3562.I773 Z46 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lisicky, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lisicky, Paul.
- Lisicky, Paul--Friends and associates.
- Lisicky, Paul--Marriage.
- Gess, Denise--Friends and associates.
- Gess, Denise.
- Doty, Mark--Marriage.
- Doty, Mark.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Marriage.
- Friends and associates.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "In The Narrow Door, Paul Lisicky creates a compelling collage of scenes and images drawn from two long-term relationships, one with a woman novelist and the other with his ex-husband, a poet. The contours of these relationships shift constantly. Denise and Paul, stretched by the demands of their writing lives, drift apart, and Paul's romance begins to falter. And the world around them is frail: environmental catastrophes like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti, and local disturbances make an unsettling backdrop to the pressing concerns of Denise's cancer diagnosis and Paul's impending breakup. Lisicky's compassionate heart and resilience seem all the stronger in the face of such searing losses. His survival--hard-won, unsentimental, authentic--proves that in turning toward loss, we embrace life."--Page [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- Volcano 3
- Rehearsal 11
- Imitation Jane Bowles 15
- A World Out There 18
- Dig 22
- Animal 32
- Sometimes Relationships That Didn't Happen Are Worse Than the Ones That Did 43
- Famous Writers 54
- Monster 62
- Furious 67
- Wave 76
- Artist Colony 80
- A Fire in the Road 93
- Oiled, Sooted, Smeared 105
- High Maintenance 113
- Windstorm 120
- Romance and Betrayal and Fucking 129
- Mystery Beast 138
- Tree House 153
- It Is Hard Work to Be Dead 162
- Damage 172
- Bye 181
- The Freedom of Failure 187
- The Narrow Door 196
- Pasture of Darkness 214.
- ISBN:
- 9781555977283
- 1555977286
- OCLC:
- 908628820
- Publisher Number:
- 40025733625
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