Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays - Paperback

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Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays - Paperback

Name: Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays - Paperback
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SKU: 9780374605896
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by Elisa Gabbert

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by Elisa Gabbert (Author)

Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of The Unreality of Memory.

Who are we when we read? When we journal? Are we more ourselves alone or with friends? Right now or in memory? How does time transform us and the art we love?

In sixteen dazzling, expansive essays, the acclaimed essayist and poet Elisa Gabbert explores a life lived alongside books of all kinds: dog-eared and destroyed, cherished and discarded, classic and cliched, familiar and profoundly new. She turns her witty, searching mind to the writers she admires, from Plath to Proust, and the themes that bind them--chance, freedom, envy, ambition, nostalgia, and happiness. She takes us to the strange edges of art and culture, from hair metal to surf movies to party fiction. Any Person Is the Only Self is a love letter to literature and to life, inviting us to think alongside one of our most thrilling and versatile critics.

Author Biography

Elisa Gabbert is the author of Normal Distance, The Unreality of Memory, and several other collections of poetry, essays, and criticism. She writes the On Poetry column for The New York Times, and her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic, The Believer, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and other publications.

Number of Pages: 240

Dimensions: 0.65 x 8.26 x 5.55 IN

Publication Date: June 11, 2024

ISBN	9780374605896
Author	Elisa Gabbert
Publisher	Fsg Originals
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	June 2024
Language	ENG- English
Pages	240
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print