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Title: Violation: Collected Essays
Author: TISDALE SALLIE
Format: PAPERBACK
Imprint: HAWTHORN PRESS
Price: $34.00
Publishing status: Active
Most Anticipated, Too: The Great 2016 Nonfiction Book PreviewThe Millions Sallie Tisdale is the author of seven books on such varied subjects as medical technology, her pioneer ancestors, and Buddhist women teachers. Her many essays have appeared in “Harper’s, Conjunctions, The New Yorker, Antioch Review, The Threepenny Review,” and many other journals. This first collection of work spans 30 years and includes an introduction and brief epilogues to each essay. Tisdale’s questing curiosity pursues subjects from the biology of flies to the experience of working in an abortion clinic, why it is so difficult to play sports with men, and whether it’s possible for writers to tell the truth. She restlessly returns to themes of the body, the family, and how we try to explain ourselves to each other. She is unwilling to settle for easy answers, and she finds the ambiguity and wonder underneath ordinary events. The collection includes a recent essay never before published, about the mystery of how we present
ISBN: 9780990437086
Weight: 454g
Dimension: 229mm X 140mm
Pages: 352