{"product_id":"happy-vagrancy-essays-from-an-easy-chair-9781621901860","title":"Happy Vagrancy: Essays from an Easy Chair","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in Sam Pickering’s new collection sing with thoughtful observations on life, death, love, and literature. Whether attending a reunion at Sewanee, cruising the Caribbean, wander­ing the streets of Storrs, Connecticut, or rambling through Nova Scotia, Pickering is able to work a quotation, insight, or reminiscence into almost every page. His collection sparks with copious observations from other writers and books that he’s devoured through the years. One of the many joys in \u003cem\u003eHappy Vagrancy\u003c\/em\u003e is finding a new author or essay hiding in the deep foliage of Pickering’s prose. He delivers his insights with humor, wit, and a keen eye for the ordinary wonders that surround us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of the essays touch on death and the dying, and nothing escapes description and fascination whether profound or seemingly less so: the death of a dear friend or two fledgling cardinals blown from a nest in the backyard and now covered with “periwinkle at the corner of the yard.” During a walk down a country lane, the names of flowers, birds, and bugs fill the page. Even in a meadow buzzing with life, there are reminders of our mortality and brief light too soon gone—and they remind us to read, think, and live with gusto and love.","brand":"University of Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188886593879,"sku":"9781621901860","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/happy-vagrancy-essays-from-an-easy-chair-9781621901860","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}