{"product_id":"essays-from-the-nick-of-mark-slouka-9781555975715","title":"Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of prophetic essays from one of the sharpest practitioners of the form\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Slouka writes from a particular vantage point, one invoked by Thoreau, who wished \"to improve the nick of time . . . to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future.\" At this bewildering convergence, Slouka asks us to consider what it means to be human and what we must revive, or reject, in order to retain our humanity in the modern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected over fifteen years, these essays include fascinating explorations of the relationship between memory and history and the nature of \"tragedy\" in a media-driven culture; meditations on the transcendent \"wisdom\" of the natural world and the role of silence in an age of noise; and arguments in defense of the political value of leisure time and the importance of the humanities in an age defined by the language of science and industry. Written in Slouka's supple and unerring prose, celebratory, critical, and passionate, \u003ci\u003eEssays from the Nick of Time \u003c\/i\u003ereawakens us to the moment and place in which we find ourselves, caught between the fading presence of the past and the neon lure of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Slouka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555975712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.15h x 5.64w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/11\/2010 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2011 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2010","brand":"Mark Slouka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939598762239,"sku":"9781555975715","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f4bc7ed2-27b3-4dd3-9138-c2ba8b4bc948.jpg?v=1681442433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/essays-from-the-nick-of-mark-slouka-9781555975715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}