Loitering

New and Collected Essays

Author  Charles D'Ambrosio
Loitering

New York Times Notable Books

Winner of the Washing State Book Prize

Finalist for the 2015 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay



Charles D’Ambrosio’s essay collection Orphans spawned something of a cult following. In the decade since the tiny limited-edition volume sold out its print run, its devotees have pressed it upon their friends, students, and colleagues, only to find themselves begging for their copy’s safe return. For anyone familiar with D’Ambrosio’s writing, this enthusiasm should come as no surprise. His work is exacting and emotionally generous, often as funny as it is devastating. Loitering gathers those eleven original essays with new and previously uncollected work, so that a broader audience might discover one of our great living essayists. No matter his subject—Native American whaling, a Pentecostal “hell house,”…

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November 11, 2014
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