Body

by Sharon Sloan Fiffer (Editor), Steve Fiffer (Editor)

In an intriguing collection of essays, eighteen distinguished American writers examine diverse aspects of the human body and its meaning, in works by Jane Smiley, Lynda Barry, Esmeralda Santiago, Mona Simpson, Thomas Lynch, Kyoko Mori, Rosario Ferre, Michael Knight, and others.

Genres: Nonfiction

203 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Bruce · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of essays, some very funny, some very profound. I read this years ago for a college class on Creative Non-Fiction. But it was worth the reread.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

All of the stories were interesting and I enjoyed the different voices. The only one that really caught in my mind was one in which a man thinks about how a woman can terminate her motherhood through an abortion, but a man never gets the choice to terminate his fatherhood. Interesting perspective.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Multiple stories by multiple authors, each about a body part."