Sleepaway: writings on summer camp

R$ 115,90

Sinopse

Margaret Atwood tells of a girl swallowed up by the woods and lost forever. Mark Oppenheimer experiences leftist utopia in a nature camp. David Sedaris avoids having a bowel movement for a month. ZZ Packer teaches a lesson in black and white to the girls of Brownie Troop 909. These are among the stories and essays in this anthology featuring eighteen diverse writers remembering with nostalgia--as well as dread--the childhood days of summer camp. Ah, camp, where a bullied young girl with limp hair and three names will do anything to meet the demands of being popular; where Woody Guthrie is no longer a folk icon, but rather a cabin for young nudists; and where, in that Kumbaya solitude, homesickness, independence, and the need for healthy revenge all stick like s'mores to the heart and soul. Featuring stories, essays, and cartoons by: James AtlasMargaret AtwoodKevin CantyTerry GallowayLev GrossmanCynthia KaplanJosh LambertAndrea LeeUrsula K. LeGuinThisbe NissenMark OppenheimerZZ PackerSteven RinehartDavid Sedaris About the AuthorEric Simonoff has been a literary agent with Janklow & Nesbit Associates for 13 years. He attended Joseph & Betty Harlam Camp for ten straight summers when he was a youth. This is his first book.

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Autor: Eric Simonoff