{"product_id":"letter-to-a-stranger-essays-to-the-ones-who-haunt-us-9781643751245","title":"Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A celebration of the adventure that is other people.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAriel Levy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rules Do Not Apply\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lauren Groff, Elizabeth Kolbert, Pam Houston, Pico Iyer, T Kira Madden, Gregory Pardlo, Maggie Shipstead, and Peter Orner are among the 65 writers who grapple with this mystery: \u003ci\u003eHow can an ephemeral encounter leave an eternal mark?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Colleen Kinder put out a call for authors to \"write a letter to a stranger who haunts you,\" she opened the floodgates. The responses--intimate and addictive, all in the form of letters, all written in the second person--began pouring in. These short, insightful essays by today's best literary minds are organized around such themes as Grati­tude, Wonder, and Farewell, and guide us both across the globe and through the mysteries of human connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bestselling author Leslie Jamison, who provides the foreword, reveals she has been haunted for years by a traveling magician she met in Nicaragua. Journalist Ted Conover writes his missive to a stranger he met on a New Yorker assignment in Rwanda. From the story of Vanessa Hua's shoe shopper in China to the tale of Michelle Tea's encounter in a Texas tattoo parlor, these pieces are replete with observations about how to live and what to seek, and how a stranger's loaded glance, shared smile, or question posed can alter the course of our lives. Moving and unforgettable, \u003ci\u003eLetter to a Stranger \u003c\/i\u003eis an irresistible read for any literary traveler and the perfect gift for anyone who is haunted by a person they met once but will remember forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colleen Kinder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.51w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643751245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKinder, Colleen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eColleen Kinder\u003c\/b\u003e is an essayist and editor whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, Salon.com, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught writing at Yale University, the Chautauqua Institution, and Semester at Sea. A Fulbright Scholar, Kinder received her MFA at the University of Iowa and is the author of \u003ci\u003eDelaying the Real World\u003c\/i\u003e and the cofounder of the online magazine \u003ci\u003eOff Assignment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39827915112563,"sku":"9781643751245","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_676bedd4-6176-458f-82f8-9c614f210c7a.jpg?v=1644579463","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/letter-to-a-stranger-essays-to-the-ones-who-haunt-us-9781643751245","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}