{"product_id":"things-that-are-essays-1571313516-used","title":"Things That Are: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1571313516\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Leach, Amy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the cosmic to the quotidian, this collection of essays by Amy Leach asks us to reconsider our kinship with the wild world.The debut collection of a writer whose accolades precede her: a Whiting Award, a Rona Jaffe Award, a Best American Essays selection, and a Pushcart Prize, all received before her first book-length publication. This book represents a major break-out of an entirely new brand of nonfiction writer, in a mode like that of Ander Monson, John DAgata, and Eula Biss, but a new sort of beast entirely its own.Things That Are takes jellyfish, fainting goats, and imperturbable caterpillars as just a few of its many inspirations. In a series of essays that progress from the tiniest earth dwellers to the most far flung celestial bodies-considering the similarity of gods to donkeys, the inexorability of love and vines, the relations of exploding stars to exploding sea cucumbers-Amy Leach rekindles a vital communion with the wild world, dormant for far too long. Things That Are is not specifically of the animal, the human, or the phenomenal; it is a book of wonder, one the reader cannot help but leave with their perceptions both expanded and confounded in delightful ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eEchoes of Ander Monson, John D'Agata, and Eula Biss | A literary descendant of Lewis Carroll and Emily Dickinson | Donald Barthelme's nature documentaries reimagined | Amy Leach, a rare writer fearlessly pursuing her muse | Leach and Solnit inspire hope beyond harrowing essays | Environmental writing, far from dry, shines in Leach's collection | Dr. Seuss' magical counterpart in Leach's dazzling essays\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52340175569184,"sku":"USED1571313516","price":17.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91WskdvaT3L_0f955c9c-5d60-471e-b6cb-3b1adee37d4f.jpg?v=1789133076","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/things-that-are-essays-1571313516-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}