{"product_id":"things-that-are-essays-9781571313515","title":"Things That Are: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the cosmic to the quotidian, this collection of essays by Amy Leach asks us to reconsider our kinship with the wild world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe debut collection of a writer whose accolades precede her: a Whiting Award, a Rona Jaffe Award, a \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e 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 D'Agata, and Eula Biss, but a new sort of beast entirely its own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings That Are \u003c\/i\u003etakes 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. \u003ci\u003eThings That Are \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571313515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Amy Leach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660147159196,"sku":"9781571313515","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c15d3cc0-29f5-484c-9705-c659cc7f0538.jpg?v=1603896204","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/things-that-are-essays-9781571313515","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}