At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life
Johnson, Fenton
ISBN 10: 0393541444 ISBN 13: 9780393541441
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2021
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Fenton Johnson’s lyrical prose and searching sensibility explore what it means to choose solitude and to celebrate the notion that solitude is a legitimate and dignified calling. He delves into the lives and works of nearly a dozen iconic solitaries he considers his kindred spirits, from Thoreau at Walden Pond and Emily Dickenson in Amherst, to the fiercely self-protective Zora Neale Hurston. The bright wakes these figures have left behind illuminate Fenton Johnson’s journey from his childhood in rural Kentucky to his solitary travels in America, France, and India. Woven into his musings about better-known solitaries are stories of friends and family he has lost and found along the way.”
About the Author: Fenton Johnson is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction. He teaches at Spalding University, contributes to Harper’s magazine, and has been featured on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. He lives in San Francisco, California, and Tucson, Arizona.
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Title: At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
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