Bibliograph

The lonely stories, 22 celebrated writers on the joys & struggles of being alone, edited by Natalie Eve Garrett

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Label

The lonely stories, 22 celebrated writers on the joys & struggles of being alone, edited by Natalie Eve Garrett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lonely stories

Oclc number

1310708328

Responsibility statement

edited by Natalie Eve Garrett

Sub title

22 celebrated writers on the joys & struggles of being alone

Summary

Thoughtful and affirming, this collection of essays about the joys and struggles of being alone illuminates an experience that is rarely openly discussed

Table Of Contents

Brief important moments where I was the only person on Earth / Megan Giddings -- Javelinas / Claire Dederer -- Ward / Imani Perry -- Mother-wit / Jeffery Renard Allen -- At the horizon / Maggie Shipstead -- Exodus, 2020 / Emily Raboteau -- Maine man / Lev Grossman -- Alone time / Lena Dunham -- To speak is to blunder, but I venture / Yiyun Li -- Am I still here? / Anthony Doerr -- Strange and difficult joy / Helena Fitzgerald -- 75 x 2 / Maile Meloy -- Body secret / Aja Gabel -- Perpetual foreigner / Jean Kwok -- Woman who walked alone / Amy Shearn -- Part and apart / Peter Ho Davies -- Letting go / Maya Shanbhag Lang -- Trading stories / Jhumpa Lahiri -- On witness and respair / Jesmyn Ward -- Reliquary: a quartet / lidia Yuknavitch -- Ugly corner / Dina Nayeri -- Notes from the midpoint of a celibate year / Melissa Febos

Target audience

adult

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