The House That Made Me: Writers Reflect on the Places and People that Defined Them [Paperback]

Home—the place where we were born, where we learned our first lessons, where family was defined. The very notion evokes powerful feelings, feelings as individual as our fingerprints, as enduring as the universe and as inescapable as gravity. In this candid, evocative collection of essays, a diverse group of acclaimed authors reflects on the diverse homes, neighborhoods, and experiences that helped shape them—using Google Earth software to revisit the location in the process. Moving and life-affirming, this poignant anthology gives fresh insight into the concept of Home. This anthology includes 19 essays by an array of diverse award-winning authors, including: • Tim Johnston, author ofDescentand winner of the O. Henry Prize, the New Letters Award for Writers, and the Gival Press Short Story Award • Laura Miller, culture columnist atSlateand co-founder of Salon.com • Porochista Khakpour, author ofThe Last Illusionand recipient of the 2012 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship in Creative Writing (Prose) • Lee Upton, author ofThe Tao of Humiliation, named one of “Best Books of 2014” by Kirkus Reviews • Pamela Erens, author of the critically acclaimed novelThe Virgins• Jeffery Renard Allen, author ofSong of the Shankand winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and the Whiting Writer's AwardOriginally from northeastern Pennsylvania, Grant Jarrett lived in Manhattan for twenty years before moving to Marin County, CA, where he now works as a writer, ghostwriter, editor, musician, and occasional songwriter. His publishing credits include numerous magazine articles, essays, short stories, andMore Towels, his coming-of-age memoir about life on the road. His debut novel,Ways of Leaving, won the Best New Fiction category in the 2014 International Book Awards.The House That Made Me, his 2016 anthology about the meaning of lƒ›