Home
American Writers Remember Rooms of Their Own
Published on 3. August 2011
256 pages
978-0-307-75881-1 (ISBN)
Description
In Home, eighteen of our finest writers evoke different rooms--from their pasts, their present, or simply their imaginations--in order to investigate the ways in which homes contain our lives. The results are touching, provocative, and sometimes hilarious. And since a portion of the editors' proceeds will go to organizations that help the homeless, Home is really where the heart is. Contributors include: Lynda Barry, Richard Bausch, Tony Earley, James Finn Garner, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Allan Gurganus, Colin Harrison, Kathryn Harrison, Gish Jen, Karen Karbo, Alex Kotlowitz, Clint McCown, Susan Power, Esmeralda Santiago, Mona Simpson, Jane Smiley, Sallie Tisdale, and Bailey White.
"Unforgettable...These pages are filled with the kind of details that etch a childhood place into the deep recesses of memory, that distinguish the sensual life of one family from another."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Unforgettable...These pages are filled with the kind of details that etch a childhood place into the deep recesses of memory, that distinguish the sensual life of one family from another."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Sharon Sloan Fiffer and her husband are writing and editing collaborators, among them Family and Home. They live in Evanston, Illinois, with their three children. Fiffer is the author of eight Jane Wheel mysteries.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: From the Sixth Stair / Sharon Sloan Fiffer
- The Porch / Richard Bausch
- The Hallway / Tony Earley
- The Living Room / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- The Dining Room / Karen Karbo
- The Kitchen / Mona Simpson
- The Basement / Sallie Tisdale
- The Master Bedroom / Colin Harrison
- The Bathroom / Jane Smiley
- The Closet / Esmeralda Santiago
- The Children's Room / Kathryn Harrison
- The Boys' Room / Alex Kotlowitz
- The Teenage Bedroom (Except It's About a Boy's Room) / Lynda Barry
- The Attic: A Family Museum / Susan Power
- The Workroom, or, There Are Other Tools Besides the Hammer / James Finn Garner
- The Garage / Gish Jen
- The Storm Door / Clint McCown
- The Garden / Bailey White
- Afterword / Allan Gurganus
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgments
