{"product_id":"things-that-are-amy-leach-9781571313515","title":"Things That Are: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the cosmic to the quotidian, this collection of essays by Amy Leach asks us to reconsider our kinship with the wild world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut collection of a writer whose accolades precede her: a Whiting Award, a Rona Jaffe Award, a \u003cem\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e selection, and a Pushcart Prize, all received before her first book-length publication. This book represents a major break-out of an entirely new brand of nonfiction writer, in a mode like that of Ander Monson, John D'Agata, and Eula Biss, but a new sort of beast entirely its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThings That Are \u003c\/em\u003etakes jellyfish, fainting goats, and imperturbable caterpillars as just a few of its many inspirations. In a series of essays that progress from the tiniest earth dwellers to the most far flung celestial bodies--considering the similarity of gods to donkeys, the inexorability of love and vines, the relations of exploding stars to exploding sea cucumbers--Amy Leach rekindles a vital communion with the wild world, dormant for far too long. \u003cem\u003eThings That Are \u003c\/em\u003eis not specifically of the animal, the human, or the phenomenal; it is a book of wonder, one the reader cannot help but leave with their perceptions both expanded and confounded in delightful ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Leach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571313516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571313515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Amy Leach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049751507199,"sku":"9781571313515","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_371a8729-a905-4da5-bebb-125ace012620.jpg?v=1685003255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/things-that-are-amy-leach-9781571313515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}