Isbn: 9781990048050 - strong words: the best of the landfall essay competition (2) (7 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. pp. 184.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 'Strong Words #2 showcases the long-listed entries for the 2019 and 2020 Landfall essay competitions. The contents, often poetic and psychologically insightful, gave editor Emma Neale a 'hell of an intriguingly hard time' deciding which sparkling explorations would knock off the others for the top three places in each year. This anthology gives readers a chance to sample the high-quality work entered, without the agony of having to choose the winners. Including well-known names and promising newcomers, the contents roam far and wide over a number of subjects, such as Sarah Harpur's irreverent, laugh-aloud essay about death; Siobhan Harvey's potent essay about the memories of an abusive childhood stirred up by current house renovations; and Tan Tuck Ming's essay about technology and how it mediates, enables and impacts intimate relationships. Strong Words #2 also includes the joint winners of the 2019 essay prize: Tobias Buck's 'Exit. Stage Left', which explores issues of prejudice and bias through the experience of someone 'the colour of cotton candy or pink marshmallows', and Nina Mingya Powles' work 'Tender Gardens', exploring Chinese cultural and poetic heritage and how to maintain a sense of home in a foreign land.'--Publisher's description.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 184 pages. Strong Words #2 showcases the long-listed entries for the 2019 and 2020 Landf all essay competitions. The contents, often poetic and psychologically insightfu l, gave editor Emma Neale a ?hell of an intriguingly hard time? deciding whi ch sparkling explorations would knock off the others for the top three places in each year. This anthology gives readers a chance to sample the high-quality wor k entered, without the agony of having to choose the winners. Including well-kno wn names and promising newcomers, the contents roam far and wide over a number o f subjects, such as Sarah Harpur?s irreverent, laugh-aloud essay about death; Siobhan Harvey?s potent essay about the memories of an abusive childhood stirr ed up by current house renovations; and Tan Tuck Ming?s essay about technology and how it mediates, enables, and impacts intimate relationships. Strong Words #2 also includes the joint winners of the 2019 essay prize: Tobias Buck?s ?E xit. Stage Left,? which explores issues of prejudice and bias through the expe rience of someone ?the colour of cotton candy or pink marshmallows,? and Nin a Mingya Powles? work ?Tender Gardens,? exploring Chinese cultural and poe tic heritage.…

Zustand: New.