Alone together : love, grief, and comfort in the time of COVID-19 / edited by Jennifer Haupt ; [illustrations, Ailsa Weisnewski ; foreword by Garth Stein].
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TextPublisher: [Chicago, Illinois] : Central Avenue Publishing, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: viii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781771682282
- 1771682280
- Love, grief, and comfort in the time of Covid-19
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Main Library | NonFiction | 614.46 A454 | Available | 33111010437255 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Could there be a timelier gift to quarantined readers...? I doubt it." -- The Washington Post
"A heartening gathering of writers joining forces for community support." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Connects writers, readers, and booksellers in a wonderfully imaginative way. It's a really good book for a really good cause" -- Bestselling author James Patterson
ALONE TOGETHER: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come.
All contributing authors and business partners are donating their share to The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc), a nonprofit organization that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen the bookselling community.
The roster of diverse voices includes Faith Adiele, Kwame Alexander, Jenna Blum, Andre Dubus III, Jamie Ford, Nikki Giovanni, Pam Houston, Jean Kwok, Major Jackson, Devi S. Laskar, Caroline Leavitt, Ada Limón, Dani Shapiro, David Sheff, Garth Stein, Luis Alberto Urrea, Steve Yarbrough, and Lidia Yuknavitch.
The overarching theme is how this age of isolation and uncertainty is changing us as individuals and a society.
" Alone Together showcases the human desire to grieve, explore, comfort, connect, and simply sit with the world as it weathers the pandemic. Jennifer Haupt's timely and moving anthology also benefits the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, making it a project that is noble in both word and deed." -- Ann Patchett, Bestselling author, bookseller, and Co-Ambassador for The Book Industry Charitable Foundation
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / by Garth Stein -- Introduction / by Jennifer Haupt -- What now? -- Grieve -- Comfort -- Connect -- And do not stop.
Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come. All net profits will be donated to The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen the bookselling community. Ms. Haupt rallied a diverse roster of more than 90 authors to contribute their work to Alone Together, free of charge, including Kwame Alexander, Jenna Blum, Andre Dubus III, Jamie Ford, Nikki Giovanni, Pam Houston, Jean Kwok, Major Jackson, Caroline Leavitt, Ada Limón, Dani Shapiro, David Sheff, Garth Stein, Luis Alberto Urrea, Steve Yarbrough, and Lidia Yuknavitch. The overarching theme is how this age of isolation and uncertainty holds the possibility of changing us as individuals and a society.
A collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during the stressful time of isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. A diverse roster of more than ninety authors discuss the overarching theme is how this age of isolation and uncertainty holds the possibility of changing us as individuals and a society. Valuable from a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come.