The Word Pretty

The Word Pretty - Paperback

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The Word Pretty - Paperback

The Word Pretty - Paperback

by Elisa Gabbert
$18.95
$18.95

Book Overview

In The Word Pretty, Elisa Gabbert brings together humor and observational intelligence to create a roving and curious series of lyrical essays on writing, reading, and living. Combining elements of criticism, meditation, and personal essay, this book reveals a poet's attention turned to subjects from translation to aphorism, from unreliable memory to beauty and the male gaze.
ISBN9781939568267
Author Elisa Gabbert
PublisherBlack Ocean
GenreBiography and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages158
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Elisa Gabbert

Elisa Gabbert is the author of the poetry collections, L'Heure Bleue, The Self Unstable, and The French Exit. Her debut collection of essays, The Word Pretty, was published in 2018. The Self Unstable was chosen by the New Yorker as one of the best books of 2013. Gabbert's work has appeared in the New Yorker, Boston Review, The Paris Review Daily, Pacific Standard, Guernica, The Awl, Electric Literature, The Harvard Review, and many other venues. She lives in Denver.

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