Never in a Hurry
Essays on People and Places
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Author
Publication
1996 - University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, USA, South Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
63,250 words, Guess
Page Count
253 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL805229M
- ISBN-139781570030826
- ISBN-101570030820
- OCLC Control Number33334295
- OCLC Control Numberneverinhurryessa00nyen
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number95041778
- LibraryThing439541
- Goodreads187139
Classifications
- DDC814/.54
- LCCPS3564.Y44 N48 1996
Description
In *Never in a Hurry* the poet Naomi Shihab Nye" resists the American tendency to "leave toward places when we barely have time enough to get there." Instead she travels the world at an observant pace, talking to strangers and introducing readers to an endearing assemblage of great-great-aunts, eccentric neighbors, Filipina faith healers, dry-cleaning proprietors, hitchhikers, and other quirky characters, some of whom she met just once. As inviting and inventive as her poems, Nye's insightful essays spill forth from the collection with the spontaneity of stories spoken across a kitchen table.
Description
From potluck suppers to junkets to exotic locales, Nye looks at the importance of strangers in our lives. This collection of autobiographical essays on a variety of subjects reflects the people & places encountered by the author, a Palestinian American married to a Swedish American who has lived most of her life in San Antonio, Texas.
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