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Trying to be / John Haskell.

Van Pelt Library PS3608.A79 T79 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Haskell, John, 1958- Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology).
Short stories, American--20th century.
Short stories, American.
Genre:
short stories.
Short stories.
Essays.
Physical Description:
118 pages : photographs ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama : FC2, The University of Alabama Press, [2025]
Summary:
"Trying to Be: A Collection by John Haskell is a collection of nine stories that are based on people from movies or actual life, filtered through the mind of a narrator who is trying to find a way to be. Mixing lyrical language and straightforward prose, these stories (which are also essays) attempt to shine some thought on the world we've been given, on the human body, on friendship, on history, on identify and family and love"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Bacon / Velasquez
Blow me away
My Ulrike Complex
Trio A
A good jester
When a woman
Role models
Five mile high
Year zero
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116).
Other Format:
Online version Haskell, John, 1958 - Trying to be
ISBN:
9781573662147
1573662143
OCLC:
1522759950

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