The Shell Game

Writers Play with Borrowed Forms

Kim Adrian

"The Shell Game is an anthology of magical essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources : a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. This volume contains a carefully chosen selection of beautifully written, thought-provokinghybrid essays tackling a broad range of subjects"-

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Beschrijving The Shell Game

Within the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a new type of form is quietly emerging, what Brenda Miller calls ""hermit crab essays"". The Shell Game is an anthology of these intriguing essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources: a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad.

ISBN: 9780803296763
Pagina's: 276
Verschenen: 01-01-2018
NUR: 309

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Paperback / softback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: University of Nebraska Press

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