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A solemn pleasure : to imagine, witness, and write
- Title
- A solemn pleasure : to imagine, witness, and write / by Melissa Pritchard ; foreword by Bret Anthony Johnston.
- Author
- Pritchard, Melissa
- Publication
- New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 15-3852 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Johnston, Bret Anthony
- Description
- 205 pages; 19 cm.
- Summary
- "In A Solemn Pleasure, Melissa Pritchard presents an undeniable case for both the power of language and the nurturing constancy of the writing life. This is nonfiction vividly engaged with the world, encompassing the author's journeys into the deeply interior imaginative life required to write fiction, a search for the lost legacy of American literature as embodied by Walt Whitman, reports from Afghanistan while embedded with a young female GI, tales of travels with Ethiopian tribes, and the heartrending story of her informally adopted son William, a former Sudanese child slave. Pritchard's passion for writing and storytelling educates, honors, and inspires"--
- Series Statement
- The art of the essay
- Subjects
- Call Number
- JFD 15-3852
- ISBN
- 9781934137963 (paperback)
- 1934137960 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2015006170
- OCLC
- 904194404
- Author
- Pritchard, Melissa, author.
- Title
- A solemn pleasure : to imagine, witness, and write / by Melissa Pritchard ; foreword by Bret Anthony Johnston.
- Publisher
- New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The art of the essay
- Added Author
- Johnston, Bret Anthony, writer of introduction.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-3852