The Kiss: Intimacies from Writers

The Kiss: Intimacies from Writers
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9780393635270
ISBN-13 : 0393635279
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Book Synopsis The Kiss: Intimacies from Writers by : Brian Turner

Download or read book The Kiss: Intimacies from Writers written by Brian Turner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kisses from Nick Flynn, Rebecca Makkai, Pico Iyer, Ilyse Kusnetz, Andre Dubus III, Christian Kiefer, Camille T. Dungy, Major Jackson, Bich Minh Nguyen, Terrance Hayes, Ada Limón, Honor Moore, Téa Obreht and Dan Sheehan, Kazim Ali, Beth Ann Fennelly, and others In this wide-ranging collection of essays, stories, graphic memoir, and cross-genre work, writers explore the deeply human act of kissing, and share their thoughts on a specific kiss—the unexpected and unforgettable, the sublime and the ambiguous, the devastating and the regenerative. Selections from beloved authors “tantalize with such grace that they linger sweetly in your mind for days” (New York Times Book Review), as they explore the messy and complicated intimacies that exist in our actual lives, as well as in the complicated landscape of the imagination. This is a book meant to be read from cover to cover, just as much as it’s meant to be dipped into—with each kiss pulling us closer to the moments in our lives that matter most.


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