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Sometimes I think about it: essays

By Stephen , Elliott

Book information

Publisher
Graywolf Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781555977757, 9781555979683, 1555977758
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2099182 bytes)
Pages
195 pages ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Essays;Nonfiction

Description

In country -- A place in the world -- The business of America is business.;"In Sometimes I think about it, Stephen Elliott gathers personal essays, reportage, and profiles written over fifteen years to tell a powerful story about outsiders and underdogs. Moving from the self to the civic, Elliott describes a childhood characterized by violence and homelessness, and his growing interest in cross-dressing and masochism, before stepping out into the broader world. The essays that follow range from a family devastated by a rock slide in Southern California to a young man caught in the prison-industrial complex, from pop music to pornography to publishing. With great sympathy, Elliott tells the compelling stories of those who are broken and seek to be whole"--Back cover. In country -- A place in the world -- The business of America is business.

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