Description
"Jenny is the future of nonfiction in America. What an absurdly arrogant statement to make. I make it anyway. Watch."--John D'Agata
"Yes, Aristotle, there can be pleasure without 'complete and unified action with a beginning, middle, and end.' Jenny Boully has done it."--Mary Jo Bang
A book with only beginnings and endings, all invented. Jenny Boully opens and closes more than fifty topics ranging from physics and astronomy to literary theory and love. A brilliant statement on interruption, impermanence, and imperfection.
Jenny Boully is the author of The Body: An Essayand one love affair]*. Born in Thailand, she currently divides her time between Texas and Brooklyn.
Author: Jenny Boully
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781932511550
ISBN10: 1932511555
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Poetry | American | General
About the Author
Boully is the author of The Body: An Essay (Slope Editions, 2002) and [one love affair]* (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2006). Born in Thailand, she studied at Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD Candidate at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She divides her time between Brooklyn and Texas.