{"product_id":"putting-myself-together-writing-1974-hardcover","title":"Putting Myself Together: Writing 1974- - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamaica Kincaid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy ignorance was on my side. I wasn't afraid. I didn't know what to be afraid of. I did one thing, I did another. I did what I now call crashing about. One day I started to write.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of Jamaica Kincaid's nonfiction writing, including early pieces from publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e, proves what her admirers have always known: from the start, she has been a consummate stylist, and she has always been herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \"Jamaica Kincaid's New York,\" which narrates her move to the city from Antigua at the age of sixteen and a half, to the classic \"Biography of a Dress,\" her cultural criticism, and her original thinking about the meaning of the garden, Kincaid writes about the world as she finds it, imparting her own quizzical, rapier-sharp response to whatever crosses her path. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePutting Myself Together \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant, trenchant, hilarious self-portrait of the artist and a testament to how this inimitable, self-created mind and spirit, endowed with wit, humor, and fearlessness, has become one of our greatest, most original writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamaica Kincaid\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. John's, Antigua. Her books include \u003ci\u003eAt the Bottom of the River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Annie John\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Autobiography of My Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMr. Potter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSee Now Then\u003c\/i\u003e, and, with Kara Walker, \u003ci\u003eAn Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.16 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51888761012512,"sku":"9780374613235","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/kT8ZZ-f8Hw9780374613235.webp?v=1781921800","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/putting-myself-together-writing-1974-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}