The art of intimacy : the space between / Stacey D'Erasmo.
Material type:
TextSeries: Art of seriesPublication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2013.Description: 125 p. ; 18 cmISBN: - 1555976476 (pbk.)
- 9781555976477 (pbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | NonFiction | 808.042 D427 | Available | 33111005206251 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The first work of nonfiction by Stacey D'Erasmo, author of the New York Times Notable Books Tea and The Sky Below
"What is the nature of intimacy, of what happens in the space between us? And how do we, as writers, catch or reflect it on the page?" Stacey D'Erasmo's insightful and illuminating study examines the craft and the contradictions of creating relationships not only between two lovers but also between friends, family members, acquaintances, and enemies in fiction. She argues for a more honest, more complex portrait of the true nature of the connections and missed connections among characters and, fascinatingly, between the writer and the reader. D'Erasmo takes us deep into the structure and grammar of these intimacies as they have been portrayed by such writers as Joan Didion, Toni Morrison, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and William Maxwell, and also by visual artists and filmmakers. She asks whether writing about intimacy is like staring straight into the sun, but it is her own brilliance that dazzles in the piercing and original book, The Art of Intimacy .
Includes bibliographical references.
Trying to see -- Meeting in the If -- Meeting in the world -- Meeting in the image -- Meeting in the dark -- Why meet? -- Meeting in the white space -- Distance -- Still trying to see.
"Examines the craft of creating relationships in fiction by taking us deep into the structure and grammar of intimacy as portrayed by Didion, Morrison, Lawrence, Woolf, Maxwell, and others. ... The art of intimacy : the space between is part of The Art of series, a line of books by important authors on the craft of writing, edited by Charles Baxter. Each book examines a singular, but often assumed or neglected, issue facing the contemporary writer of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. The art of series is meant to restore the art of criticism while illuminating the art of writing."--P. [4] of cover.