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Awkward

A Detour

By Cappello, Mary

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"Her writing shines."-The New York Times Book Review Without awkwardness we would not know grace, stability, or balance. Yet no one before Mary Cappello has turned such a penetrating gaze on this misunderstood condition. Fearlessly exploring the ambiguous borders of identity, she mines her own life journeys-from Russia, to Italy, to the far corners of her heart and the depths of a literary or cinematic text-to decipher the powerful messages that awkwardness can transmit. Mary Cappello is the author of Night Bloom (1999) and is a professor of English at the University of Rhode Island. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

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ISBN
978-1-93413-701-7
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press


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Library Journal

Reviewed on June 18, 2007

This vivid collection from English professor Cappello (Night Bloom) is a rare and insightful series of meditations that takes readers to Russia, Italy and Australia, through the literary and cultural landscape, and into the uncomfortable corners of the human condition: "Why is there nothing more right, in terms of an image of awkwardness, than shoes on the wrong f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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