My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
Paperback
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
'Fascinating and intimate' OBSERVER'Lucid, distilled, honest' MAGGIE NELSON'Gorgeous, symphonic, tender' CARMEN MARIA MACHADOHow do you tell the real story of someone misremembered - an icon and idol - alongside your own?Jenn Shapland's celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America's most beloved writers, alongside a genre-defying examination of identity, queerness, memory and love. Interweaving her own story with McCullers', Shapland shows us how the writers we love and the stories we tell about ourselves make us who we are.'A moving record of love at the margins' NEW YORKER'A call to arms to reappraise past lives' THE TIMESBuy now!
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- ISBN: 9780349015682
- Author: Jenn Shapland
- Pub date: 23.08.22
- RRP: $27.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Jenn Shapland
Jenn Shapland is a writer and archivist living in New Mexico. Her first book, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Lambda Literary award. Her essays have won a Pushcart Prize, a Rabkin Foundation Award for art journalism, and a Howard Foundation Fellowship. She has a PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently writing a collection of essays called Thin Skin.
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