Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Coffee--it's the thing that gets us through, and over, and around. The thing--the beverage, the break, the ritual--we choose to slow ourselves down or speed ourselves up. The excuse to pause; the reason to meet; the charge we who drink it allow ourselves in lieu of something stronger or scarier. Coffee goes to lifestyle, and character, and sensibility: where do we buy it, how do we brew it, how strong can we take it, how often, how hot, how cold? How does coffee remind us, stir us, comfort us? But Coffee is about more than coffee: it's a personal history and a promise to self; in her confrontation with the hours (with time--big picture, little picture), Dinah Lenney faces head-on the challenges of growing older and carrying on. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.Author: Dinah Lenney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 04/16/2020
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 6.40h x 4.60w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781501344350
ISBN10: 1501344358
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Philosophy | Aesthetics
About the Author
Dinah Lenney is a member of the core faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars, and the author or editor of four books, including The Object Parade (2014). Her essays and reviews have been published in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post among other publications.