
- 168 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
If pictures are worth a thousand words, what kinds of words might they inspire? What stories would they tell and would they be joyful or sad, elegant or savage? Snapshots features 36 such meditations from a diverse group of writers, each of whom draws on a photograph from their personal archive to inspire a short essay. Intimate and powerful, these reflections exhibit a range of sensibilities and experiences, offering unique insight into the lives and interests of both established and emerging authors. Expressing a dynamic array of styles, relationships, landscapes, and preoccupations, Snapshots is an album for our life and times. The book includes pieces from the writers below: - Emilie Pascale Beck - Suzanne Berne - Aimee Bender - Sven Birkerts - Kate Carroll De Gutes - Stuart Dybek - Alex Espinoza - Lynell George - Amy Gerstler - Tod Goldberg - Hannah Howard - Vanessa Hua - Pico Iyer - Wayne Koestenbaum - Major Jackson - Leslie Jamison - Dinah Lenney - Alex Marzano-Lesnevich - Aimee Liu - Sonja Livingston - Attica Locke - Dinty W. Moore - Mara Naselli - Naomi Shihab Nye - Ivy Pochoda - Adriana E. Ramirez - Sejal Shah - Brandon Shimoda - Jessica Silvester - Aisha Sabatini Sloan - Susan Straight - Grace Talusan - Abigail Thomas - Clifford Thompson - David L. Ulin - Diana Wagman
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
- PROLOGUE MAJOR JACKSON Emerson Motor Works Rochester, Vermont
- 1 WAY BACK WHEN
- 2 FAMILY PORTRAITS
- 3 MIRROR, MIRROR
- 4 WISH YOU WERE HERE
- 5 BEFORE AND AFTER
- 6 ELEGIES
- 7 VIEWFINDERS
- POSTSCRIPT ABIGAIL THOMAS PIGGIES
- ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
- APPENDIX: LIST OF THEMES
- APPENDIX: LIST OF WRITING PROMPTS
- APPENDIX: A VERY ABBREVIATED LIST OF RECOMMENDED READING
- CONTRIBUTOR BIOS
- PHOTO CREDITS