Bibliograph

Arrangement of skin, essays, Anna Journey

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Arrangement of skin, essays, Anna Journey

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

essays

Main title

Arrangement of skin

Oclc number

953806271

Responsibility statement

Anna Journey

Sub title

essays

Summary

"Anna Journey's lyrical and layered arrangement of essays dazzles with her reflections on our shifting selves; the many 'skins' we inhabit in a life. An Arrangement of Skin is by turns beguiling, dark, carnal, and deeply personal. Journey revels in the flexibility and hybridity of the essay form, enriching her idiosyncratic anecdotes with literary and cultural meditations and electrifying the work with a poet's keen ear and canny eye. These essays swerve artfully among topics; a recollection of a personal rupture and ensuing call to a suicide hotline opens into a consideration of taxidermy and lyric time; a mother's penchant for telling macabre stories at the dinner table connects to campfire songs and the cultural importance of American roots music; and a tattoo artist named after a pirate-themed rum reminds us how we inscribe our skins and spirits through the intimate gestures of ink. This is a first collection from an essayist of the highest order."--Amazon.com

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