The kiss : intimacies from writers

Addonizio, Kim, 1954- (contributor.). Ali, Kazim, 1971- (contributor.). Barizo, J. Mae, (contributor.). Bosselaar, Laure-Anne, 1943- (contributor.). Brown, Kurt, (contributor.). Brown, Nickole, (contributor.). Busch, Benjamin, 1968- (contributor.). Castner, Brian, (contributor.). Chang, Tina, (contributor.). Church, Steven, (contributor.). Dalva, Adam, 1986- (contributor.). Doty, Mark, (contributor.). Dubus, Andre, III, 1959- (contributor.). Dungy, Camille T., 1972- (contributor.). Espada, Martín, 1957- (contributor.). Essinger, David, (contributor.). Fallon, Siobhan, (contributor.). Fennelly, Beth Ann, 1971- (contributor.). Flynn, Nick, 1960- (contributor.). Hahn, Kimiko, 1955- (contributor.). Hammon, Cameron Dezen, (contributor.). Hayes, Terrance, (contributor.). Iyer, Pico, (contributor.). Jackson, Major, 1968- (contributor.). Johnson, Lacy M., 1978- (contributor.). Kiefer, Christian, 1971- (contributor.). Komatsu, Matthew, (contributor.). Kusnetz, Ilyse, 1966-2016 (contributor.). Limón, Ada, (contributor.). Makkai, Rebecca, (contributor.). Mauk, John, (contributor.). Merrill, Christopher, (contributor.). Metres, Philip, 1970- (contributor.). Miles, Kathryn, 1974- (contributor.). Moore, Dinty W., 1955- (contributor.). Moore, Honor, 1945- (contributor.). Nezhukumatathil, Aimee, (contributor.). Nguyen, Beth, (contributor.). Obreht, Téa, (contributor.). Radtke, Kristen, (contributor.). Roberts, Suzanne, (contributor.). Robinson, Roxana, (contributor.). Schafer, John C., (contributor.). Sheehan, Dan, (contributor.). Sleigh, Tom, (contributor.). Smith, Patricia, 1955- (contributor.). Sukrungruang, Ira, (contributor.). Turner, Brian, 1967- (editor.). Wolfe, Christopher Paul, (contributor.). Wolpé, Sholeh, (contributor.).

Summary: "In this wide-ranging collection of essays, stories, graphic memoir, and cross-genre work, writers explore the deeply human act of kissing."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393635263
ISBN: 0393635260
Physical Description: xv, 222 pages ; 22 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219).

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / by Brian Turner -- Last kiss / by Nick Flynn -- Notes on the invisible kiss / by Aimee Nezhukumatathil -- Kiss at dawn / by Pico Iyer -- Interlude / by Kim Addonizio -- Kiss I would have spent on you / by Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Kurt Brown -- Bazooka Smackdown / by Patricia Smith -- Summons / by Mark Doty -- Secret kiss / by Ilyse Kusnetz -- Where scars reside / by Major Jackson -- A symphony in rain / by Kazim Ali -- Kiss, kiss, kiss / by Camille T. Dungy -- Light years / by Rebecca Makkai -- Kissing Joe F -- / by Philip Metres -- Half fable / by Terrance Hayes -- Evolution of a kiss / by Nickole Brown -- Kissing Melissa / by Benjamin Busch -- Kiss, kiss / by Ira Sukrungruang -- Trigger / by Lacy M. Johnson -- A letter to my wife on her 40th birthday / by Brian Castner -- Falling / by Andre Dubus III -- Ride / Siobhan Fallon -- Hollywood, ending. / by Schafer John c -- A small harvest of kisses / Guy de Maupassant, Marcel Danesi, Diane Ackerman, Roxane Gay, U.S. Army's Journal for Homeland Defense Civil Support and Security Cooperation in North America, Aimee Bender, Junot Díaz, F. Scott Fitzgerald, J.M. Barrie, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Durrant, Cormac McCarthy, Marlon James, Gabriel García Márquez, George Saunders, Toni Morrison, Markus Zusak, Brad Watson, HIlary Lawon, Steve Martin -- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang / by Téa Obreht and Dan Sheehan -- Contagion / by Roxana Robinson -- Kiss / by Honor Moore -- Genesis / by Christopher Merrill -- A motion of pleasure / J. Mae Barizo -- Kiss, bounce, grace / by Steven Church -- Fruit / by Cameron Dezen Hammon -- Fire the angel / by Martín Espada -- Leaning in / by Dinty W. Moore -- Revolutionary kiss / by Tina Chang -- Heavy load / by Adam Dalva -- Maude / by Kimiko Hahn -- Judas kiss / by Tom Sleigh -- Smuggler / by Ada Limón -- A kiss for the dying / by Suzanne Roberts -- A man without fear / by Sholeh Wolpé -- Winter Solstice / by Bich Minh Nguyen -- Greatest show on Earth / by Kristen Radtke -- Skeery the blue / by Christian Kiefer -- A reckoning of kisses / by Beth Ann Fennelly -- Late-night sessions with a black liberal progressive / by Christopher Paul Wolfe -- Aylan Kurdi, age three / by Matthew Komatsu -- Bat vision / by John Mauk -- Ein kuss im krieg / by Dave Essinger -- Kisses we never give / by Kathryn Miles -- On writing the intimate / with Nickole Brown, Benjamin Busch, Camille T. Dungy, Pico Iyer, Major Jackson, Philip Metres, and Sholeh Wolpé.