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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2018-06-05
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9781250170194
- Book Title
- Tonight I'm Someone Else : Essays
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Literary, Essays
- Item Weight
- 6.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
1250170192
ISBN-13
9781250170194
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239601217
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tonight I'm Someone Else : Essays
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Literary, Essays
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
6.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-053407
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Elle's 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel "Many book lovers would jump on board any train Miranda July and Maggie Nelson are on; this essay collection, which explores the body, desire, and Grand Theft Auto , is their latest recommendation." --Elle.com Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Elle's 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Hodson's writing style...offers a clear and strong point of view...This is overall a unique collection about being an artist and a woman in a world that doesn't always value either." -- Booklist "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel "Many book lovers would jump on board any train Miranda July and Maggie Nelson are on; this essay collection, which explores the body, desire, and Grand Theft Auto , is their latest recommendation." --Elle.com Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, Early praise: "There is dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration and a way that Hodson owns the behavior she writes about that is immensely appealing. She is both eloquent and tough, wistful and dismissive at times. I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." -Amy Hempel "Chelsea Hodson has written a powerful, strange, vital book-a complex mind dissecting a complex point in time. Awful Form is bleak but generous, scary but fair, canny but vulnerable." -Patrick deWitt Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook):"Bracingly good-wild and chiseled, both. . . .Hodson's bold experiments and assertions feel refreshing and welcome. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision. Hodson says she is now working on a collection of essays; I can't wait." -Maggie Nelson "Wonderful-small and sharp as a dagger." -Molly Crabapple, The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, Praise for Tonight I'm Somone Else : "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, BuzzFeed's 10 Summer Book Releases To Pre-Order The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Elle's 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Chicago Tribune's 25 Hot Books for Summer NYLON'S Great Books to Read This Summer "Reading Hodson's work feels risky; it's breathtaking, both in its inherent exhilaration and also, often, because it's funny. . .But it also makes you feel connected to things, as if you are forging new relationships to the things and people in the world around you, uncovering new understandings about permanence, about intuition, about love and sex and lies and secrets and truth, about life." -- NYLON "I'm so blown away by Chelsea Hodson that I almost don't know what to say. TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE is thoughtful, insightful, and so affecting that it's painful. Every sentence will stay with you for a long, long time. Read this book. " --HelloGiggles "Many book lovers would jump on board any train Miranda July and Maggie Nelson are on; this essay collection, which explores the body, desire, and Grand Theft Auto , is their latest recommendation." --Elle.com "Hodson's writing style...offers a clear and strong point of view...This is overall a unique collection about being an artist and a woman in a world that doesn't always value either." -- Booklist "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, BuzzFeed's 10 Summer Book Releases To Pre-Order The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Elle's 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Chicago Tribune's 25 Hot Books for Summer NYLON'S Great Books to Read This Summer Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Reading Hodson's work feels risky; it's breathtaking, both in its inherent exhilaration and also, often, because it's funny. . .But it also makes you feel connected to things, as if you are forging new relationships to the things and people in the world around you, uncovering new understandings about permanence, about intuition, about love and sex and lies and secrets and truth, about life." --Kristin Iversen, NYLON "Many book lovers would jump on board any train Miranda July and Maggie Nelson are on; this essay collection, which explores the body, desire, and Grand Theft Auto , is their latest recommendation." --Elle.com "Hodson's writing style...offers a clear and strong point of view...This is overall a unique collection about being an artist and a woman in a world that doesn't always value either." -- Booklist "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, "There is dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel "Chelsea Hodson has written a powerful, strange, vital book--a complex mind dissecting a complex point in time. . . .bleak but generous, scary but fair, canny but vulnerable." --Patrick deWitt Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, BuzzFeed's 10 Summer Book Releases To Pre-Order The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Elle's 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Chicago Tribune's 25 Hot Books for Summer NYLON'S Great Books to Read This Summer Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Many book lovers would jump on board any train Miranda July and Maggie Nelson are on; this essay collection, which explores the body, desire, and Grand Theft Auto , is their latest recommendation." --Elle.com "Hodson's writing style...offers a clear and strong point of view...This is overall a unique collection about being an artist and a woman in a world that doesn't always value either." -- Booklist "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, Praise for Tonight I'm Somone Else : "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "This books has a dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Praise for Tonight I'm Somone Else : "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, "There is dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, BuzzFeed's 10 Summer Book Releases To Pre-Order The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Elle's 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Chicago Tribune's 25 Hot Books for Summer Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Many book lovers would jump on board any train Miranda July and Maggie Nelson are on; this essay collection, which explores the body, desire, and Grand Theft Auto , is their latest recommendation." --Elle.com "Hodson's writing style...offers a clear and strong point of view...This is overall a unique collection about being an artist and a woman in a world that doesn't always value either." -- Booklist "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple, BuzzFeed's 10 Summer Book Releases To Pre-Order The Millions: Most Anticipated in The Great 2018 Book Preview AV Club: The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Elle's 30 Best Books to Read This Summer Praise for Tonight I'm Someone Else : "Many book lovers would jump on board any train Miranda July and Maggie Nelson are on; this essay collection, which explores the body, desire, and Grand Theft Auto , is their latest recommendation." --Elle.com "Hodson's writing style...offers a clear and strong point of view...This is overall a unique collection about being an artist and a woman in a world that doesn't always value either." -- Booklist "The author's word choices capture entire worlds and emotional landscapes... Hodson's language magnetizes and begs for attention... keeping the pages turning. A simultaneously bewildering and compelling body of work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hodson's essays have such a sexy drama to them--and ultimately it's the romance of just getting through life; the passion that comes from being a wholly alert woman and living to tell about it. I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July "Chelsea Hodson tests herself against her desires, grapples with their consequences, and presents a surgically precise account of what they were to her. These essays are bewitching -- despite their discipline and rigor, you can smell the blood." -- Sarah Manguso, author of 300 Arguments and The Two Kinds of Decay "Chelsea Hodson is my favorite essayist. Her work is like the desert: clean and mysterious and full of skeletons. I'll make a prediction: TONIGHT I'M SOMEONE ELSE will go down as a classic." -- Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book "Her essays are a specialized artform where poetry meets philosophy. They reflect on the gruesome side of being a woman in the excellent tradition of Joan Didion and Sylvia Plath. I highly recommend Chelsea Hodson's book to all readers." -- Atticus Lish, author of Preparation for the Next Life "This book has dark humor, recklessness, exhilaration. . . .I felt I was reading a writer who would tell harder truths than many other writers, and she turns this nerve against herself to good effect." --Amy Hempel Praise for Pity the Animal (a chapbook): "Wild and chiseled, both. . . .Pity The Animal has its own youthful, American verve, as well as its own dedication to parataxis and precision." --Maggie Nelson "Wonderful--small and sharp as a dagger." --Molly Crabapple
Dewey Decimal
814.6
Table Of Content
Red Letters from a Red Planet 1 Simple Woman 17 Near Miss 35 The New Love 41 The End of Longing 55 Pity the Animal 65 The Id Speaks, Mid-Decision 89 I'm Only a Thousand Miles Away 95 Swollen and Victorious 111 Artist Statement 123 Halfway Out the Door 133 Second Row 143 Leaving Me 151 The Id Speaks, Mid-Transformation 165 Small Crimes 171 When I Turn 179 Notes 193 Acknowledgments 195
Synopsis
"I had a real romance with this book." --Miranda July A highly anticipated collection, from the writer Maggie Nelson has called, "bracingly good...refreshing and welcome," that explores the myriad ways in which desire and commodification intersect. From graffiti gangs and Grand Theft Auto to sugar daddies, Schopenhauer, and a deadly game of Russian roulette, in these essays, Chelsea Hodson probes her own desires to examine where the physical and the proprietary collide. She asks what our privacy, our intimacy, and our own bodies are worth in the increasingly digital world of liking, linking, and sharing. Starting with Hodson's own work experience, which ranges from the mundane to the bizarre--including modeling and working on a NASA Mars mission-- Hodson expands outward, looking at the ways in which the human will submits, whether in the marketplace or in a relationship. Both tender and jarring, this collection is relevant to anyone who's ever searched for what the self is worth. Hodson's accumulation within each piece is purposeful, and her prose vivid, clear, and sometimes even shocking, as she explores the wonderful and strange forms of desire. Tonight I'm Someone Else is a fresh, poetic debut from an exciting emerging voice, in which Hodson asks, "How much can a body endure?" And the resounding answer: "Almost everything."
LC Classification Number
PS3608.O4747A6 2018
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- m***m (2267)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI’m thrilled with my recent purchase . The website was user-friendly, and the product descriptions were accurate. Customer service was prompt and helpful, answering all my questions. My order arrived quickly, well-packaged, and the product exceeded my expectations in quality. I’m impressed with the attention to detail and the overall experience. I’ll definitely shop here again and highly recommend from this seller to others. Thank you for a fantastic experience!
- a***n (42)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (92)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.
Seller feedback (509,207)
- m***m (2267)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI’m thrilled with my recent purchase . The website was user-friendly, and the product descriptions were accurate. Customer service was prompt and helpful, answering all my questions. My order arrived quickly, well-packaged, and the product exceeded my expectations in quality. I’m impressed with the attention to detail and the overall experience. I’ll definitely shop here again and highly recommend from this seller to others. Thank you for a fantastic experience!
- a***n (42)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (92)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.