Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres by Marcela Sulak

Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres by Marcela Sulak

Literary Nonfiction. Hybrid Genre. Poetry. Fiction. Art. Cultural Studies. When we talk about hybrid literary genres, what do we mean? Unprecedented in both its scope and approach, FAMILY RESEMBLANCE is the first anthology to explore the answer to that question in depth, providing craft essays and examples of hybrid forms by 43 distinguished authors. In this study of eight hybrid genres--including lyric essay, epistolary, poetic memoir, prose poetry, performative, short-form nonfiction, flash fiction, and pictures made of words--the family tree of hybridity takes delightful shape, showcasing how cross-genre works blend features from multiple literary parents to create new entities, forms that feel more urgent than ever in today's increasingly heterogeneous landscape. Introductions and an afterword discuss the importance and current popularity of hybridity in literature and culture and offer methods for teaching hybrid works. Intended for both scholarly and general readers, this seminal collection sparkles with inventiveness and creative zeal--an essential guidebook to a developing field.

Contributors: Kazim Ali - Susanne Paola Antonetta - Andrea Baker - Jennifer Bartlett - Mira Bart k - Jenny Boully - Julie Carr - Katie Cortese - Nick Flynn - Sarah Gorham - Arielle Greenberg - Carol Guess - Terrance Hayes - Robin Hemley - Takashi Hiraide - Tung-Hui Hu - Mark Jarman - A. Van Jordan - Etgar Keret - Joy Ladin - Miriam Libicki - Bret Lott - Stan Mack - Sabrina Orah Mark - Brenda Miller - Ander Monson - Maggie Nelson - Amy Newman - Gregory Orr - Julio Ortega - Jena Osman - Kathleen Ossip - Pamela Painter - Craig Santos Perez - Khadijah Queen - David Shields - Mary Szybist - Sarah Vap - Patricia Vigderman - Julie Marie Wade - Diane Wakoski - Joe Wenderoth - Rachel Zucker

Jacqueline Kolosov is a professor of English at Texas Tech University, with degrees in English from the University of Chicago (BA, MA), and New York University (PhD). She has three poetry collections under her belt, including Memory of Blue (Salmon, 2014), and five YA books, including A Sweet Disorder (Hyperion, 2009) and Paris, Modigliani & Me (Luminis Books, 2015). Her essays, stories, poems, and hybrid works have appeared in magazines such as The Sewanee Review, Poetry, and Prairie Schooner, and she has received a Literary Fellowship in Prose from the National Endowment for the Arts. She was born in Chicago and now lives in West Texas with her poet husband, William Wenthe, and their daughter, as well as three intrepid dogs, a fascinating cat, and a Spanish mare who keeps her completely present.

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ISBN 13	9781941628027
ISBN 10	1941628028
Title	Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres
Author	Marcela Sulak
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Rose Metal Press
Year published	2015-11-04
Number of pages	464
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