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The Shell Game: Writers Play with Borrowed FormsWithin the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a new type of form is quietly emerging, what Brenda Miller calls "hermit crab essays." The Shell Game is an anthology of these intriguing essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources: a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. Like their zoological namesake, these essays do not simply wear their borrowed "shells" but inhabit them so perfectly that the borrowed structures
Within the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a new type of form is quietly emerging, what Brenda Miller calls "hermit crab essays." The Shell Game is an anthology of these intriguing essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources: a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. Like their zoological namesake, these essays do not simply wear their borrowed "shells" but inhabit them so perfectly that the borrowed structures are wholly integral rather than contrived, both shaping the work and illuminating and exemplifying its subject. The Shell Game contains a carefully chosen selection of beautifully written, thought-provoking hybrid essays tackling a broad range of subjects, including the secrets of the human genome, the intractable pain of growing up black in America, and the gorgeous glow residing at the edges of the autism spectrum. Surprising, delightful, and lyric, these essays are destined to become classics of this new and increasingly popular hybrid form.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 04/01/2018
ISBN: 9780803296763
Pages: 276
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d
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Color: Silver, Memory Storage Capacity: 128 GB, Set name: Wi-Fi + Cellular
I've never had an Apple product before, the charging is slow, I love it because it's very light and durable I got it on sale So the value is very good. It's very thin also which I do like that and the collars are very bright and clear... I did drop it but from a low distance in the durability is great. Never damaged it a bit
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Color: Silver, Memory Storage Capacity: 128 GB, Set name: Wi-Fi
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Color: Blue, Memory Storage Capacity: 128 GB, Set name: Wi-Fi + Cellular
Item as described, mint condition, works great came with charger block and fast shipping only issue I had is with shipping carrier. FEDEX stinks showed arrival as Monday, was delivered 1/21 10:45 am yet their system showed package was in Louisville, Tn at this time later in the evening I checked again showed delivered. No package by my door from FedEx had to go to their website to find picture where the left it. Was found at entrance to my complex on top of mailboxes where anyone could have of taken it…
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Color: Silver, Memory Storage Capacity: 512 GB, Set name: Wi-Fi + Cellular, Color: Silver, Memory Storage Capacity: 512 GB, Set name: Wi-Fi + Cellular
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