2014
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4.10
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256
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Why do we keep playing the lottery when we know we’ll lose? How does what we laugh at—those bad jokes, wry allusions, and nasty pratfalls—tell us who we are? And what happens when, through some unforeseen mishap, we lose our identities and become Jane or John Doe? Eric LeMay explores these and other questions in fifteen innovative essays that center on the American self. From reflections on small-town life and baby-making to meditations on found art, 19th century landscape gardens, webcams, and the emergence of the AIDS pandemic, these essays celebrate the layered selves we inhabit, inherent, and sometimes invent. With humor and with reverence, In Praise of Nothing beholds what Wallace Stevens has called the “nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.”
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Author
Eric LeMay
Author · 3 books
Hi there and thanks for visiting my goodreads profile. I'm a writer working in the foothills of Appalachia, Ohio. I've got a new collection of essays coming out. It's called In Praise of Nothing. If you'd like to take a look, you can download an excerpt here. There's also a multimedia version of the book with audio and video content. You can find a sample of that material at the book's website, which includes three "playable" essays based on some familiar games: http://www.inpraiseofnothing.org Feel free to get in touch. It's a quirky collection, and I'd welcome your thoughts.
