{"product_id":"a-harp-in-the-stars-9781496217745","title":"A Harp in the Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRandon Billings Noble has collected a range of lyric essays in a variety of forms that showcase the essay’s openness to experimentation, reliance on authentic voice, and potential to explore complex subject matter.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This anthology is a treasure chest of daring ways to take one's voice to the page.\"—Celia Jeffries, \u003ci\u003eBrevity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Whether a product of the limbic system of the brain, where emotions and memories are processed, or of a conscious response to formal constraints, the lyric essay is highly attuned and deeply suited to making sense of things. \u003ci\u003eA Harp in the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e helps the reader make sense of things. Its neon flashes: \u003ci\u003eYou are not alone\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Alison Powell, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The contributions represent a range of experiences and each essay brings a different perception of the form of a lyric essay. . . . I highly recommend \u003ci\u003eA Harp in the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e edited by Randon Billings Noble for those interested in writing and reading lyric essays.\"—Alexa Josaphouitch, \u003ci\u003eHippocampus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ve been searching for a book like this for over twenty years. Its remarkable dazzle—a sharp, eclectic anthology combined with whip-smart craft essays—carves out a fascinating look into the bright heart of what the lyric essay can be.”—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of \u003ci\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Perhaps the best way to define the lyric essay—a notoriously borderless, slippery literary form—is to gather several dozen finely written examples that invite the reader to engage in acts of mapping and naming themselves. This anthology does just that, with the added bonuses of thought-provoking craft pieces with decidedly lyric bents and a special attention to intersections of the lyric and the personal. I can easily imagine assigning this book in any forward-thinking class, graduate or undergraduate, that involves writing or analyzing expressive prose.”—Elena Passarello, author of \u003ci\u003eLet Me Clear My Throat: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Randon Billings Noble has assembled a stellar collection of lyric essays that truly highlights the best these forms have to offer. This book will be pulled from my shelf again and again—for my own reading and as a resource for my students.”—Brenda Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Earlier Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Randon Billings Noble\u003cbr\u003e Gyre\u003cbr\u003e Diane Seuss\u003cbr\u003e Immortal Wound\u003cbr\u003e Jericho Parms\u003cbr\u003e Vide\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Minor\u003cbr\u003e Satellite\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Perry\u003cbr\u003e Woven\u003cbr\u003e Lidia Yuknavitch\u003cbr\u003e Re: Sometime after 5:00 p.m. on a Wednesday in the Middle of Autumn\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Garcia\u003cbr\u003e Searching for Gwen\u003cbr\u003e Laurie Easter\u003cbr\u003e This Is the Room Where\u003cbr\u003e Nels P. Highberg\u003cbr\u003e The Boys of New Delhi: An Essay in Four Hurts\u003cbr\u003e Sayantani Dasgupta\u003cbr\u003e The Wait(ress)\u003cbr\u003e Amy Roost\u003cbr\u003e Beasts of the Fields\u003cbr\u003e Aimée Baker\u003cbr\u003e In My Brother’s Shadow\u003cbr\u003e Talea Anderson\u003cbr\u003e Mash-Up: A Family Album\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Viren\u003cbr\u003e Nevermore\u003cbr\u003e Katie Manning\u003cbr\u003e Classified\u003cbr\u003e Susanna Donato\u003cbr\u003e Prophecy\u003cbr\u003e Eric Tran\u003cbr\u003e Scars, Silence, and Dian Fossey\u003cbr\u003e Angie Chuang\u003cbr\u003e Nausea\u003cbr\u003e Layla Benitez-James\u003cbr\u003e Manual\u003cbr\u003e Amy Bowers\u003cbr\u003e Elementary Primer\u003cbr\u003e Michael Dowdy\u003cbr\u003e The Punch\u003cbr\u003e Christopher Linforth\u003cbr\u003e Intersectional Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e Kristina Gaddy\u003cbr\u003e My Mother’s Mother\u003cbr\u003e Davon Loeb\u003cbr\u003e Apocalypse Logic\u003cbr\u003e Elissa Washuta\u003cbr\u003e The Sound of Things Breaking\u003cbr\u003e Ru Freeman\u003cbr\u003e Self-Portrait in Apologies\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Einstein\u003cbr\u003e Fragment: Strength\u003cbr\u003e Casandra López\u003cbr\u003e Body Wash: Instructions on Surviving Homelessness\u003cbr\u003e Dorothy Bendel\u003cbr\u003e Informed Consent\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth K. Brown\u003cbr\u003e Thanks, but No\u003cbr\u003e Emily Brisse\u003cbr\u003e Frida’s Circle\u003cbr\u003e Dinty W. Moore\u003cbr\u003e A Catalog of Faith\u003cbr\u003e Kelsey Inouye\u003cbr\u003e Practical Magic: A Beginner’s Grimoire\u003cbr\u003e Rowan McCandless\u003cbr\u003e Depends on Who You Ask\u003cbr\u003e Sandra Beasley\u003cbr\u003e Against Fidelity\u003cbr\u003e Leslie Jill Patterson\u003cbr\u003e Loss Collection\u003cbr\u003e Lia Purpura\u003cbr\u003e I’m No Sidney Poitier\u003cbr\u003e Curtis Smith\u003cbr\u003e Why I Let Him Touch My Hair\u003cbr\u003e Tyrese L. Coleman\u003cbr\u003e Thanatophobia\u003cbr\u003e Christen Noel Kauffman\u003cbr\u003e Of a Confession, Sketched from Ten Vignettes\u003cbr\u003e LaTanya McQueen\u003cbr\u003e The Heart as a Torn Muscle\u003cbr\u003e Randon Billings Noble\u003cbr\u003e On Beauty Interrupted\u003cbr\u003e Marsha McGregor\u003cbr\u003e Late Bloom\u003cbr\u003e Caitlin Myer\u003cbr\u003e The Last Cricket\u003cbr\u003e Steve Edwards\u003cbr\u003e Craft Essays\u003cbr\u003e Success in Circuit: Lyric Essay as Labyrinth\u003cbr\u003e Heidi Czerwiec\u003cbr\u003e Finding Your Voice\u003cbr\u003e Marina Blitshteyn\u003cbr\u003e Lying in the Lyric\u003cbr\u003e Chelsey Clammer\u003cbr\u003e Chance Operations\u003cbr\u003e Maya Sonenberg\u003cbr\u003e On the EEO Genre Sheet\u003cbr\u003e Jenny Boully\u003cbr\u003e What’s Missing Here\u003cbr\u003e Julie Marie Wade\u003cbr\u003e Meditations\u003cbr\u003e Source Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Contributors","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409228931415,"sku":"9781496217745","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496217745.jpg?v=1730506049","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-harp-in-the-stars-9781496217745","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}