{"product_id":"snapshots-an-album-of-essay-and-image-hardcover","title":"Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDinah Lenney\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf pictures are worth a thousand words, what kinds of words might they inspire? What stories would they tell and would they be joyful or sad, elegant or savage?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnapshots\u003c\/i\u003e features 36 such meditations from a diverse group of writers, each of whom draws on a photograph from their personal archive to inspire a short essay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntimate and powerful, these reflections exhibit a range of sensibilities and experiences, offering unique insight into the lives and interests of both established and emerging authors. Expressing a dynamic array of styles, relationships, landscapes, and preoccupations, \u003ci\u003eSnapshots \u003c\/i\u003eis an album for our life and times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book includes pieces from the writers below: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Emilie Pascale Beck - Suzanne Berne - Aimee Bender - Sven Birkerts - Kate Carroll De Gutes - Stuart Dybek - Alex Espinoza - Lynell George - Amy Gerstler - Tod Goldberg - Hannah Howard - Vanessa Hua - Pico Iyer - Wayne Koestenbaum - Major Jackson - Leslie Jamison - Dinah Lenney - Alex Marzano-Lesnevich - Aimee Liu - Sonja Livingston - Attica Locke - Dinty W. Moore - Mara Naselli - Naomi Shihab Nye - Ivy Pochoda - Adriana E. Ramirez - Sejal Shah - Brandon Shimoda - Jessica Silvester - Aisha Sabatini Sloan - Susan Straight - Grace Talusan - Abigail Thomas - Clifford Thompson - David L. Ulin - Diana Wagman\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDinah Lenney \u003c\/b\u003ehas served as core faculty for the Bennington Writing Seminars and in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. A longtime nonfiction editor at \u003ci\u003eLARB\u003c\/i\u003e, she herself has published several books in the genre, including \u003ci\u003eCoffee \u003c\/i\u003e(as part of the Bloomsbury Object Lessons series), \u003ci\u003eThe Object Parade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBigger than Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and co-edited \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounters: A Collection of Literary Nonfiction \u003c\/i\u003ewith the late Judith Kitchen. Dinah's essays and reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e among many other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773076635936,"sku":"9781350397057","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/edc7fe065b5b8bf2ca48bba0f3f8c2b1.webp?v=1780419036","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/snapshots-an-album-of-essay-and-image-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}