{"product_id":"nearer-arthur-saltzman-9781932559729","title":"Nearer","description":"Lyrical, witty, and elegiac, the twenty-five essays in NEARER show the imagination at work and play amid the ambiguities, consternations, and beauties of the world. They range in subject matter from confrontations with magnitude (God, death, and the physical universe) to examinations of the compact, coiled insistences to be found in the ordinary and the local-what John Updike refers to as \"the small answer of a texture.\" There are meditations on the appeals and the pitfalls of celebrity, the strange and complex nature of memorials, the threat of creeping fraudulence in personal and professional life, the place and possibility of faith, and the damage that settling for \"whatever\" can do. \"Getting Known,\" \"My Animal Instincts,\" and \"In So Many Words\" have been named Notable Essays in the Best American Essays series. About the Author In addition to NEARER, Arthur Saltzman's previous books include the collection of essays OBJECTS AND EMPATHY (2001, winner of the First Series Creative Nonfiction Award) and six critical studies of literature and writers. Recognitions for his writing include the 2005 Columbia Nonfiction Award, the 2003 Victor J. Emmett Memorial Essay Award (from MIDWEST QUARTERLY), the 2002 NEBRASKA REVIEW Creative Nonfiction Award, and the inaugural Ames Memorial Essay Award (from LITERAL LATTE). He is currently a Professor of English at Missouri Southern State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Saltzman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1932559728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781932559729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Parlor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 1","brand":"Arthur Saltzman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860478554367,"sku":"9781932559729","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a938675-7e03-41ba-a56d-733f97481692.jpg?v=1709136182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nearer-arthur-saltzman-9781932559729","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}