Loitering: New and Collected Essays (First Edition)

D'Ambrosio, Charles

ISBN 10: 1935639870 / ISBN 13: 9781935639879

Published by Tin House Books, 2014

About this Item

Portland: Tin House Books, 2014. First edition. Trade paperback original. Bound in French flaps. Fine in wrappers, as issued. A tight clean copy. Octavo, 362 pages. A career-spanning collection of essays, combining pieces from the acclaimed 2005 collection "Orphans" with additional work written over the following decade. D'Ambrosio, known for his precise and penetrating prose, reflects on subjects ranging from suicide notes and whaling towns to Salinger and the semicolon. This was his third book overall and marked his return to publishing after a hiatus following "Orphans.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Loitering: New and Collected Essays (First Edition)
• Publisher: Tin House Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935639870
• ISBN 13: 9781935639879
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Charles D'Ambrosio's essay collection Orphans spawned something of a cult following. In the decade since the tiny limited-edition volume sold out its print run, its devotees have pressed it upon their friends, students, and colleagues, only to find themselves begging for their copy's safe return. For anyone familiar with D'Ambrosio's writing, this enthusiasm should come as no surprise. His work is exacting and emotionally generous, often as funny as it is devastating. Loitering gathers those eleven original essays with new and previously uncollected work, so that a broader audience might discover one of our great living essayists. No matter his subject--Native American whaling, a Pentecostal "hell house," Mary Kay Letourneau, the work of J.D. Salinger, or, most often, his own family--D'Ambrosio approaches each piece with a singular voice and point of view; each essay, while unique and surprising, is unmistakably his own.

About the Author

Charles D'Ambrosio is the author of two collections of short stories, The Point and The Dead Fish Museum, which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the essay collection Orphans. He's been the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award and a Lannan Fellowship, among other honors. His work has appeared frequently in The New Yorker, as well as in Tin House, The Paris Review, Zoetrope All-Story, and A Public Space. He teaches fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.