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Item Information       Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Walters, Wendy S.     Subjects     City and town life -- United States -- 21st century.     Sex discrimination -- United States -- 21st century.     American essays -- Black authors.     American essays -- Women authors.     American essays -- 21st century.     United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Walters, Wendy S.       by title:      Multiply/divide : on...       by call number:      306.0973 W235m     Search the Web     Walters, Wendy S.     City and town life -- United States -- 21st century.     Sex discrimination -- United States -- 21st century.     American essays -- Black authors.     American essays -- Women authors.     American essays -- 21st century.     United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.     United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.       MARC Display

Multiply/divide : on the American real and surreal / Wendy S. Walters. by Walters, Wendy S. Sarabande Books, [2015] Call #: 306.0973 W235m Subjects City and town life -- United States -- 21st century.   Sex discrimination -- United States -- 21st century.   American essays -- Black authors.   American essays -- Women authors.   American essays -- 21st century.   United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.   United States -- Race relations -- 21st century. ISBN:  9781941411049 (pbk.) 1941411045 (pbk.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  vii, 204 pages ; 20 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Lonely in America -- Chicago Radio -- Cleveland -- Manhattanville Part I -- In Search of Face -- Multiply/Divide -- The Personal -- Post Logical Notes on Self-Election -- Cowboy Horizon -- Procedural -- Manhattanville Part II -- When the Sea Comes for Us-- Norway. Summary:  "I have never been particularly interested in slavery, perhaps because it is such an obvious fact of my family's history. The fact that I am descended from slaves is hard to acknowledge on a day-to-day basis, because slavery does not fit with my self-image. Perhaps this is because I am pretty certain I would not have survived it." Wendy Walters deftly explores the psyches of cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Manhattan, and Portsmouth. In "Cleveland," she interviews an African-American playwright who draws great reviews, but can't muster an audience. An on-air telephone chat between a DJ and his listeners drives a discussion of race and nutrition in "Chicago Radio." In "Manhattanville" the author, out for a walk with her biracial son, is mistaken for his nanny. There's even a fable, imagining a black takeover of Norway. All of these essays explore societal questions--how eras of immense growth can leave us unable to prosper from that growth, how places intendedfor safety become fraught with danger, and how race and gender bias threaten our communities. Wendy S. Walters grew up in Troy, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. She is the author of two books of poems, Troy, Michigan and Longer I Wait, More You Love Me. She is associate professor of creative writing at The New School University in New York"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Essays. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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