Planet Claire - Suite for Cello and Sad-Eyed Lovers - A Memoir

The second installment in Ann Hood's Gracie Belle imprint challenges the traditional solemnity that characterizes nonfiction books of grief, loss, and sorrow.

About the author

JEFF PORTER is the author of Lost Sound: The Forgotten Art of Radio Storytelling, the memoir Oppenheimer Is Watching Me, and coeditor of Understanding the Essay. His essays and articles have appeared in several magazines and literary reviews, including the Antioch Review, Northwest Review, Shenandoah, Missouri Review, Hotel Amerika, Wilson Quarterly, Contemporary Literature, and the Seneca Review. He loves cameras, dogs, and guitars--though not in that order. He lives in Iowa City and teaches English at the University of Iowa.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Porter
• Publisher: Akashic Books,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781617758461
• ISBN: 978-1-61775-846-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 209 mm x 134 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Ratgeber: Partnerschaft und Ehe, Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography / Autobiography, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long Term Relationships, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement