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
- 168 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
- Prologue
- 1 Way Back When
- SONJA LIVINGSTON
- KATE CARROLL DE GUTES
- NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
- 2 Family Portraits
- GRACE TALUSAN
- AIMEE LIU
- SEJAL SHAH
- CLIFFORD THOMPSON
- SUZANNE BERNE
- 3 Mirror, Mirror
- HANNAH HOWARD
- ALEX MARZANO-LESNEVICH
- ATTICA LOCKE
- WAYNE KOESTENBAUM
- PICO IYER
- 4 Wish You Were Here
- IVY POCHODA
- MARA NASELLI
- JESSICA SILVESTER
- LYNELL GEORGE
- STUART DYBEK
- 5 Before and After
- SUSAN STRAIGHT
- SVEN BIRKERTS
- ADRIANA E. RAMIREZ
- DIANA WAGMAN
- TOD GOLDBERG
- EMILIE PASCALE BECK
- LESLIE JAMISON
- 6 Elegies
- ALEX ESPINOZA
- VANESSA HUA
- AMY GERSTLER
- BRANDON SHIMODA
- 7 Viewfinders
- AIMEE BENDER
- AISHA SABATINI SLOAN
- DINAH LENNEY
- DINTY W. MOORE
- DAVID L. ULIN
- Postscript
- 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
- Copyright
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