Description
In the manner of Calvino's Invisible Cities, Wendy S. Walters's essays deftly explore the psyches of cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, Portsmouth, and Washington, D.C. In Cleveland, she interviews an African-American playwright who draws great reviews, but can't muster an audience. An on-air telephone chat between a DJ and his listeners drives a discussion of race and nutrition in Chicago Radio. In Manhattanville the author, out for a walk with her biracial son, is mistaken for his nanny. Each essay explores societal questions--how eras of immense growth can leave us unable to prosper from that growth, how places intended for safety become fraught with danger, and how race and gender bias threaten our communities. Walters's haunting utterances are beautifully precise estimations of a place and its people.
Author: Wendy S. Walters
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 08/11/2015
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781941411049
ISBN10: 1941411045
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Essays
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
About the Author
Wendy S. Walters: Wendy S. Walters is the author of two books of poems, Troy, Michigan and Longer I Wait, More You Love Me. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Bookforum, The Iowa Review, and others. She is Associate Professor of creative writing at The New School University in New York.