Getting Personal - by Phillip Lopate (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the master of the form, Phillip Lopate, a selection of essays that together trace the arc of his life and career<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From the man who is practically synonymous with the form of the modern personal essay comes a delightful collection of prose, poems, and never-before-published pieces that span his career as an essayist, novelist, poet, film critic, father, son, and husband. Organized in six parts (Childhood; Youth; Early Marriage and Bachelorhood; Teaching and Work; Fiction; Politics, Religion, Movies, Books, Cities; The Style of Middle Age) <i>Getting Personal</i> tells two stories: the development of Lopate's career as a writer and the story of his life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Lopate's frank and nervy essays are as vivid in their characters, story lines, and emotional intensity as fiction, but because they are, instead, idiosyncratic inquiries into the mysteries of real-life conundrums, they offer a gratifying intimacy."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Currently the John Cranford Adams Chair of the English Department at Hofstra University, <b>Phillip Lopate</b> is the author of five works of nonfiction, two novels, and two books of poems, as well as serving as editor of the bestselling collections <i>Writing New York</i> and <i>The Art of the Personal Essay</i>. The recipient of two Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts grants, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
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