Title:
The lonely stories : 22 celebrated writers on the joys & struggles of being alone / edited by Natalie Eve Garrett.
ISBN:
9781948226608
Publication Information:
New York : Catapult, [2022]
©2022
Physical Description:
xvii, 252 pages ; 21 cm
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.
Summary:
Thoughtful and affirming, this collection of essays about the joys and struggles of being alone illuminates an experience that is rarely openly discussed.
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OCLC Number:
on1310708328
Availability:
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