Nearer: Essays

by Arthur Saltzman

Overview

Lyrical, witty, and elegiac, Nearer’s 25 essays show the imagination at work and play amid the ambiguities, consternations, and beauties of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781932559743
Publisher:	Parlor Press, LLC
Publication date:	02/10/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	363
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

In addition to THE OBLIGATIO01 General/trade OF THE HARP, Arthur Saltzman’s previous books include the collections of essays SOLVE FOR X (2007, University of South Carolina Press), NEARER (2006, Parlor Press) and OBJECTS AND EMPATHY (2001, winner of the First Series Creative Nonfiction Award), and six critical studies of literature and writers. Recognitions for his writing include the 2005 Columbia Nonfiction Award, the 2003 Victor J. Emmett Memorial Essay Award (from MIDWEST QUARTERLY), the 2002 NEBRASKA REVIEW Creative Nonfiction Award, and the inaugural Ames Memorial Essay Award (from LITERAL LATTE). He was a Professor of English at Missouri Southern State University at the time of his death in 2008.