| Description |
xvii, 252 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Brief important moments where I was the only person on Earth / Megan Giddings -- Javelinas / Claire Dederer -- Ward / Imani Perry -- Mother-wit / Jeffrey Renard Allen -- At the horizon / Maggie Shipstead -- Exodus, 2020 / Emily Raboteau -- Maine man / Lev Grossman -- Alone time / Lena Dunham -- To speak is to blunder, but I venture / Yiyun Li -- Am I still here? / Anthony Doerr -- A strange and difficult joy / Helena Fitzgerald -- 75 x 2 / Maile Meloy -- The body secret / Aja Gabel -- The perpetual foreigner / Jean Kwok -- The woman who walked alone / Amy Shearn -- Part and apart / Peter Ho Davies -- Letting go / Maya Shanbhag Lang -- Trading stories / Jhumpa Lahiri -- On witness and respair / Jesmyn Ward -- Reliquary: a quartet / Lidia Yuknavitch -- Notes from the midpoint of a celibate year / Melissa Febos. |
| Summary |
Thoughtful and affirming, this collection of essays about the joys and struggles of being alone illuminates an experience that is rarely openly discussed. |
| Subject |
Loneliness.
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Solitude.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Garrett, Natalie Eve, editor.
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Giddings, Megan, contributor.
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Dederer, Claire, 1967- contributor.
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Perry, Imani, 1972- contributor.
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Allen, Jeffrey Renard, contributor.
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Shipstead, Maggie, contributor.
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Raboteau, Emily, contributor.
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Grossamn, Lev, contributor.
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Dunham, Lena, 1986- contributor.
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Li, Yiyun, 1972- contributor.
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Doerr, Anthony, 1973- contributor.
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Fitzgerald, Helena, contributor.
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Meloy, Maile, contributor.
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Gabel, Aja, contributor.
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Kwok, Jean, contributor.
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Shearn, Amy, contributor.
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Davies, Peter Ho, 1966- contributor.
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Lang, Maya, contributor.
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Lahiri, Jhumpa, contributor.
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Ward, Jesmyn, contributor.
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Yuknavitch, Lidia, contributor.
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Nayeri, Dina, contributor.
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Febos, Melissa, contributor.
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| ISBN |
9781948226608 (paperback) |
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194822660X (paperback) |
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