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Snapshots : An Album of Essay and Image / edited by Dinah Lenney.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American essays--21st century.
- American essays.
- Ekphrastic poetry.
- Photographs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- Featuring micro-essays inspired by a photograph from their personal archives, this collection offers a snapshot into the lives and interests of a diverse group of writers exploring the relationship between image and word.
- Contents:
- Introduction: a picture is worth a thousand words Prologue: Emerson Motorworks: Rochester, Vermont, MAJOR JACKSON 1. WAY BACK WHEN Vigilante, SONJA LIVINGSTON Girl By Default, KATE CARROLL DE GUTES Goodbye to Everything and Everybody, NAOMI SHIHAB NYE 2. FAMILY PORTRAITS Freedom, GRACE TALUSAN Axed, AIMEE LIU Serpentine, SEJAL SHAH On the Street with the Three Red Brick Houses, CLIFFORD THOMPSON The Celebration, SUZANNE BERNE 3. MIRROR, MIRROR This is the Start of a Wednesday, HANNAH HOWARD The Distance, ALEX MARZANO-LESNEVICH MacIntosh, ATTICA LOCKE Torn Self-Portrait with Striped Shirt, WAYNE KOESTENBAUM My Shadow Self, PICO IYER 4. WISH YOU WERE HERE Garden, IVY POCHODA Power Lines, MARA NASELLI The Feast of San Silverio, JESSICA SILVESTER Off Map, LYNELL GEORGE Backcountry, STUART DYBEK 5. BEFORE AND AFTER Richard and Gabrielle Straight, SUSAN STRAIGHT Fifty, SVEN BIRKERTS Finita, ADRIANA E. RAMIREZ Trick or Treat, DIANA WAGMAN Capitola, TOD GOLDBERG How to Safely Transport Your Wurlitzer, EMILIE PASCALE BECK Easton, Maryland, LESLIE JAMISON 6. ELEGIES Tan Guapos, ALEX ESPINOZA Memento, VANESSA HUA Envy, AMY GERSTLER Yamato, BRANDON SHIMODA 7. VIEWFINDERS Guitar with Burning Candle, AIMEE BENDER What's in the Background, AISHA SABATINI SLOAN Categories, DINAH LENNEY Girl with Corn, DINTY W. MOORE Wild Turkey, DAVID L. ULIN Postscript: Piggies, ABIGAIL THOMAS Alphabetical table of contents Appendix: List Of Themes Appendix: List Of Writing Prompts Appendix: A Very Abbreviated List of Recommended Reading Contributor Bios Photo Credits
- ISBN:
- 9781350397088
- 1350397083
- 9781350397095
- 1350397091
- 9781350397071
- 1350397075
- OCLC:
- 1470854953
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