The reckonings : essays / Lacy M. Johnson.
The reckonings : essays / Lacy M. Johnson.
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, [2018]
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G 2019/1137
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 319 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The reckonings -- Girlhood in a semibarbarous age -- The precarious -- On mercy -- Speak truth to power -- What we pay -- Against whiteness -- Goliath -- The fallout -- Art in the age of apocalypses -- The flood -- Make way for joy.
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, [2018]
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"In 2014, Lacy Johnson was giving a reading from The Other Side, her "instant classic" (Kirkus Reviews) memoir of kidnapping and rape, when a woman asked her what she would like to happen to her rapist. This collection, a meditative extension of that answer, draws from philosophy, art, literature, mythology, anthropology, film, and other fields, as...
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Full title
The reckonings : essays / Lacy M. Johnson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-315).
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©2018
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G 2019/1137
Record Identifier
74VKVyWeDvJX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyWeDvJX
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ISBN
9781501159015
9781501159008 hardcover
1501159003 hardcover
1501159011
DDC
814.6
MMS ID
991024233712402626
