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The wrong way to save your life : essays / Megan Stielstra. by Stielstra, Megan. Harper Perennial, 2017. Call #: 814.6 S855w Subjects Stielstra, Megan.   Women storytellers -- United States -- Biography.   Fear.   Essays -- 21st century.   Essayists -- United States. ISBN:  9780062429209 (pbk.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  viii, 293 pages ; 21 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290). Contents:  I am still fighting with my big and small fears -- ten, or The little girl character -- Here is my heart -- F -- Stand here to save lives -- twenty, or Good Lord, it's me, Jane -- Como questo -- the buildup to and takeaway from -- This essay is done -- thirty, or Come here fear -- Course of one's life -- The blogger's wife -- What belongs to us -- forty, or Optimist -- Real and imaginary ghosts -- We say and do kind things -- The wrong way to save your life -- Appendix: Tools or weapons, depending on your translation. Summary:  A powerful collection of personal essays on fear, creativity, art, faith, academia, the Internet, and justice. In this intellectually daring, viscerally intimate collection, Megan Stielstra interrogates her own fear in stories both personal and universal as she searches for a better way to live. The titular piece answers the question of what has value in our lives - which is no longer rhetorical when the Chicago apartment above her family's bursts into flames. The essay "Here is my heart" details her close relationship with her father, a big-game hunter in Alaska who continues to climb mountains despite his heart problems, leading the author to dissect deer hearts in a poetic examination of mortality. Whether imagining the implications of open-carry laws on college campuses, recounting the story of losing her first home during the recession, or shining a light on the complexities of postpartum depression tangled with the fierce joys of motherhood, Stielstra's work informs, impels, and embraces us all. Megan Stielstra teaches creative nonfiction at Northwestern University. Genre:  Essays. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 814.6 S855w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 814.6 S855w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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