{"product_id":"drawing-us-in-isbn-9780807066072","title":"Drawing Us In","description":"With Contributions by Dorothy Allison, John Berger, Mark Doty, Mary Gordon, bell hooks, Alfred Kazin, August Wilson, and others\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the contributors to \u003ci\u003eDrawing Us In,\u003c\/i\u003e visual art makes us see what we haven't seen before; it surprises, transforms, and comforts us. Dorothy Allison explains how a painting in a Baptist church taught her as a child that art connects people from disparate backgrounds. Alfred Kazin reflects on his wanderings around New York's museums as a teenager. Mary Gordon finds that Bonnard's still lifes put in perspective her mother's struggle with illness and aging. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor anyone who has felt moved by the visual, this collection offers a delightful range of views on how and why art matters in our psychic, social, and political lives.A hearty rejuvenation of the experience of visual art in our lives. \u003ci\u003e-DoubleTake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What matters is this: that, despite being dissected and loved, the particular artwork under review retains its mystery while further deepening the mystery we call the collective experience of living.\" -Hilton Als, from the Foreword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A delight to read. . . . It is the kind of book that lingers with the reader because the essayists are so easy to identify with and because they summarize timeless art-related concerns. As has been said of many films, 'I laughed, I cried.'\" -Susan Olcott, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilton Als \u003c\/b\u003eis a well-known theater critic, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize recipient, and theater critic for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. In 2000, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship and has since written for several publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVibe, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. His published works include \u003ci\u003eThe Women \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhite Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. Als is an associate professor of writing at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, and he lives in New York City.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302378655973,"sku":"NP9780807066072","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807066072.jpg?v=1767725680","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/drawing-us-in-isbn-9780807066072","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}