{"product_id":"fierce-and-delicate-rene-k-nicholson-9781952271014","title":"Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ren e Nicholson's professional training in ballet had both moments of magnificence and moments of torment, from fittings of elaborate platter tutus to strange language barriers and unrealistic expectations of the body. In \u003ci\u003eFierce and Delicate\u003c\/i\u003e, she looks back on the often confused and driven self she had been shaped into--always away from home, with friends who were also rivals, influenced by teachers in ways sometimes productive and at other times bordering on sadistic--and finds beauty in the small roles she performed. When, inevitably, Nicholson moved on from dancing, severed from her first love by illness, she discovered that she retained the lyricism and narrative of ballet itself as she negotiated life with rheumatoid arthritis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An intentionally fractured memoir-in-essays, \u003ci\u003eFierce and Delicate\u003c\/i\u003e navigates the traditional geographies of South Florida, northern Michigan, New York City, Milwaukee, West Virginia, and also geographies of the body--long, supple limbs; knee replacements; remembered bodies and actual. It is a book about the world of professional dance and also about living with chronic disease, about being shattered yet realizing the power to assemble oneself again, in a new way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ren馥 K. Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952271010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952271014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2021 pg. 1","brand":"Ren馥 K. Nicholson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994552860927,"sku":"9781952271014","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1d8de18-1b77-474a-84f9-913b0f9cd9eb.jpg?v=1683330835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fierce-and-delicate-rene-k-nicholson-9781952271014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}