Drawing Breath

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Essays on Writing, the Body, and Grief

By Gayle Brandeis

Summary

Drawing Breath is a collection of essays by Gayle Brandeis that examines the intimate relationship between the writing process and the physical experience of breath. From exploring how breath influences creativity to reflecting on the challenges of long-haul Covid impacting the author's voice, the essays weave together themes of mortality, grief, and a profound appreciation for language and sensory life.
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This book will resonate with readers interested in the intersections of art, bodily experience, and the creative process, as well as those seeking reflective literary nonfiction on health and mortality.

Description

In Drawing Breath, PEN/Bellwether Prize-winning writer Gayle Brandeis' essays explore both the writing life and the embodied life, along with the potent intersection between the two.

From the title essay investigating the connection between writing and breath to the final essay, which delves into Brandeis' experience with long-haul Covid and its impact on her creative voice, this collection is infused with the urgency of mortality.

It thrums with grief, authenticity, and a deep love for both language and the world of the senses.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798985652710

Publisher: Overcup Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 February 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Overcup Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 299g

Pages: 220

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Gayle Brandeis Non-Fiction

About the Author

Gayle Brandeis is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperOne) and the novels The Book of Dead Birds (HarperCollins), which won the Bellwether Prize for Fiction of Social Engagement (judged by Toni Morrison, Maxine Hong Kingston, and contest founder Barbara Kingsolver), Self Storage (Ballantine), Delta Girls (Ballantine), and My Life with the Lincolns (Henry Holt), which received a Silver Nautilus Book Award and was chosen as a state wide read in Wisconsin. Her most recent books include the poetry collection, The Selfless Bliss of the Body.