Reading the Signs and Other Itinerant Essays

Benz, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1736494627 / ISBN 13: 9781736494622

Verlag: Etruscan Press, 2022

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These essays travel near andfar to explore landscapes of personal and cultural significance and thecommunities that inhabit them.

 

At a time when wereexamine how policies of yesteryear shape equities in the present,award-winning writer Stephen Benz challenges readers to delve beyondwhitewashed versions of history and reassess our treatment of native people andthe environment with fresh, critical eyes. From westward expansion and ManifestDestiny to the Cold War and the Global War on Terror, Reading the Signsprods myths and provides missing context around events touched by the Americanimpulse to grab land and harvest resources—both within and beyond our shores.These essays challenge us to search for missing layers of truth and decidewhich versions of history should prevail.

 

With a wanderingspirit and an inquisitive mind, Benz ventures around town, across country, andoverseas in search of forgotten, overlooked, or misunderstood stories. Fromrock concerts and courthouses to farm towns, battlegrounds, historical sites,and quirky museums, these “itinerant essays” revel in discovering “new wondersevery mile.”

 

Along with Topographies (Etruscan Press) and two books oftravel essays—Guatemalan Journey (University of Texas Press) and GreenDreams: Travels in Central America (Lonely Planet)—Stephen Benz haspublished essays in Creative Nonfiction, River Teeth, TriQuarterly, NewEngland Review, and other journals. Three of his essays have been selectedfor Best American Travel Writing (2003, 2015, 2019). His poems haveappeared in journals such as Nimrod, Shenandoah, and Confrontationas well as in a full-length collection, Americana Motel, published byMain Street Rag Press. Benz now teaches professional writing at the Universityof New Mexico.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Along with two books of travel essays—Guatemalan Journey (University of Texas Press) and Green Dreams: Travels in Central America (Lonely Planet)—Stephen Benz has published essays in Creative Nonfiction, River Teeth, TriQuarterly, New England Review, and other journals. Three of his essays have been selected for Best American Travel Writing (2003, 2015, 2019). His poems have appeared in journals such as Nimrod, Shenandoah, and Confrontation as well as in a full-length collection, Americana Motel, published by Main Street Rag Press. Topographies, a collection of essays, appeared in 2019 from Etruscan Press. Formerly a writer for Tropic, the Sunday magazine of the Miami Herald, Benz now teaches professional writing at the University of New Mexico.

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Titel: Reading the Signs and Other Itinerant Essays
Verlag: Etruscan Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: As New