Neck Deep and Other Predicaments: Essays
by Ander Monson
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"In this nonfiction debut, Monson uses unexpectedly nonliterary forms - the index, the Harvard Outline, the mathematical proof - to delve into an equally surprising mix of obsessions: disc golf, the history of mining in northern Michigan, car washes, snow, topology, and more. He remembers the telegram, a disappearing form, and reflects on his outsider experience at an exclusive Detroit-area boarding school in the form of a criminal history."--Jacket.Tags
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Monson's conventional essays are intelligent, very well written and often funny in an understated way, despite the "offbeat" topics (frisbee golf, automated car washes, telegrams, etc.). But I ended up having to skip the more "experimental" essays, as they were cute and too clever by half.
For the most part these essays of Monson's were so very good. The only reason I couldn't give this book five stars is I had to skip some because of their layouts. But the seven of twelve I did read were fantastic, amazing even, and I highly recommend this book to essay lovers. I write about it in more interesting detail here:
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I am really amazed by this guy's writing. Can't wait to read all his books.
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Ander Monson is the author of Neck Deep and Other Predicaments, winner of the Graywolf Press Non-fiction Prize; the novel Other Electricities; and the poetry collections Vacationland and The Available World. He lives in Arizona and edits the magazine DIAGRAM.
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