A harp in the stars : an anthology of lyric essays / edited by Randon Billings Noble.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Noble, Randon Billings, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American essays--21st century.

American essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

Summary:

Randon Billings Noble has collected a range of lyric essays in a variety of forms that showcase the essay's openness to experimentation, reliance on authentic voice, and potential to explore complex subject matter..

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction

Gyre

Immortal Wound

Vide

Satellite

Woven

Re: Sometime aft er 5:00 p.m. on a Wednesday in the Middle of Autumn

Searching for Gwen

This Is the Room Where

The Boys of New Delhi: An Essay in Four Hurts

The Wait(ress)

Beasts of the Fields

In My Brother's Shadow

Mash-Up: A Family Album

Nevermore

Classified

Prophecy

Scars, Silence, and Dian Fossey

Nausea

Manual

Elementary Primer

The Punch

Intersectional Landscapes

My Mother's Mother

Apocalypse Logic

The Sound of Things Breaking

Self-Portrait in Apologies

Fragment: Strength

Body Wash: Instructions on Surviving Homelessness

Informed Consent

Thanks, but No

Frida's Circle

A Catalog of Faith

Practical Magic: A Beginner's Grimoire

Depends on Who You Ask

Against Fidelity

Loss Collection

I'm No Sidney Poitier

Why I Let Him Touch My Hair

Thanatophobia

Of a Confession, Sketched from Ten Vignettes

The Heart as a Torn Muscle

On Beauty Interrupted

Late Bloom

The Last Cricket

Craft Essays

Success in Circuit: Lyric Essay as Labyrinth

Finding Your Voice

Lying in the Lyric

Chance Operations

On the EEO Genre Sheet

What's Missing Here? (A Meta Lyric Essay)

Meditations

Source Acknowledgments

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-280).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496229212

1496229215

OCLC:

1262553460