{"product_id":"opacities-sofia-samatar-9781593767662","title":"Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpacities\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about writing, publishing, and friendship. Rooted in an epistolary relationship between Sofia Samatar and a friend and fellow writer, this collection of meditations traces Samatar's attempt to rediscover the intimacy of writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a series of compressed, dynamic prose pieces, Samatar blends letters from her friend with notes on literature, turning to ﾉdouard Glissant to study the necessary opacity of identity, to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha for a model of literary kinship, and to a variety of others, including Clarice Lispector, Maurice Blanchot, and Rainer Maria Rilke, for insights on the experience and practice of writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn so doing, Samatar addresses a number of questions about the writing life: Why does publishing feel like the opposite of writing? How can a Black woman navigate interviews and writing conferences without being reduced to a symbol? Are writers located in their biographies or in their texts? And above all, how can the next book be written? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlurring the line between author and character and between correspondence and literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eOpacities\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a personal, contemplative exploration of writing where it lives, among impassioned conversations and the work of beloved writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sofia Samatar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593767668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Sofia Samatar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966093684991,"sku":"9781593767662","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3be9a24-6400-480c-8b08-ca023922d51c.jpg?v=1711158839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/opacities-sofia-samatar-9781593767662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}