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Peninsula: Essays and Memoirs from Michigan
Peninsula Essays and Memoirs from Michigan Author:Michael Steinberg (Editor) A collection of thirty-seven contemporary personal essays and memoirs about Michigan. In that regard, it is a regional anthology -- a multi-voiced, multifaceted evocation of place -- and yet, each piece stands apart as a personal recollection, sometimes funny, sometimes moving. What inevitably ties these essays together is the deep association t... more »he writers have with Michigan.
The selections are wide-ranging and diverse. There are pieces that look out on nature and the outdoors; there are essays about living in more metropolitan areas; there are expatriate pieces, and there are essays and memoirs that mine memory and imagination and reflect the writer's inner landscape and geography. This anthology gives a sense of the variety, flavor, and distinctiveness of Michigan's character as well as exploring the varying styles and unique personal histories of each contributing writer.« less