Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write

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Price
$15.99
Publisher
HarperOne
Publish Date
Pages
224
Dimensions
5.28 X 8.02 X 0.56 inches | 0.43 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780060587185

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About the Author
Gayle Brandeis is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperOne), and the novels The Book of Dead Birds (HarperCollins), which won the Bellwether Prize for Fiction of Social Engagement, Self Storage (Ballantine), Delta Girls (Ballantine), and My Life with the Lincolns (Henry Holt), which received a Silver Nautilus Book Award and was chosen as a state-wide read in Wisconsin. She has two new books in 2017: a poetry collection, The Selfless Bliss of the Body (Finishing Line Press) and a memoir, The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother's Suicide (Beacon Press). Her poetry, essays, and short fiction have been widely published and have received numerous honors, including a Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award and a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016. She currently teaches at Sierra Nevada College and the low residency MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles.
Reviews

"Fruitflesh calls for some very juicy feasting!" -- Sark, author of Succulent Wild Woman

"Anyone immersing herself in Fruitflesh is sure to find her writing liberated, and enriched by the many stimulating exercises." -- Susan Perry, Ph.D., author of Writing in Flow

"Gayle Brandeis shows us how to write sense-soaked prose and poetry that celebrates the embodiment of the life!" -- Oriah Mountain Dreamer, author of The Invitation and The Dance

"Beautifully written, with gorgeous usage of language and metaphor." -- Publishers Weekly

"Lyrical, imaginative, beautifully crafted, and deeply intelligent. Before anything else, its characters take you by the heart." -- --Barbara Kingsolver on The Book of Dead Birds

"[It] has an edgy beauty that enhances perfectly the seriousness of its contents." -- --Toni Morrison on The Book of Dead Birds

"THE BOOK OF DEAD BIRDS is a story of healing--a skillful, textured weaving of dark and light." -- --Donna M. Gershten, author of Kissing the Virgin's Mouth, on The Book of Dead Birds

"A moving and perceptive first novel." -- -- O magazine on The Book of Dead Birds