Letter to a stranger

essays to the ones who haunt us

Letter to a stranger

essays to the ones who haunt us
edited by Colleen Kinder ; foreword by Leslie Jamison
Book - 2022

"An anthology of short, intimate second-person essays by a diverse range of writers, each honoring a fleeting encounter with a stranger met while traveling that left a profound and lasting impact; with a foreword by bestselling author Leslie Jamison"--

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kinder, Colleen (Editor), Jamison, Leslie, 1983- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 0 |t Foreword /  |r by Leslie Jamison --  |t Introduction /  |r by Colleen Kinder --  |t Symmetry --  |t To the Traveling Magician, GRANADA, NICARAGUA /  |r Leslie Jamison --  |t To the Woman Who Found Me Crying Outside the Senate, WASHINGTON, DC /  |r Rachel Swearingen --  |t To the Father Paused Under the Tree, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA /  |r Anjali Sachdeva --  |t To My Lost Trishaw Driver, MANDALAY, MYANMAR /  |r Pico Iyer --  |t To the Child on the Plane, THE CASCADES, OREGON /  |r Lia Purpura --  |t To My Arctic Vardoger, PYRAMIDEN, NORWAY /  |r Alexander Lumans --  |t To the Girl in the Tattoo Parlor, DALLAS, TEXAS /  |r Michelle Tea --  |t To the Face in the Subway Glass, BERLIN, GERMANY /  |r Annie Schweikert --  |t Mystery --  |t To the Loner at High Altitude, TRES CRUCES, PERU /  |r Elizabeth Kolbert --  |t To the First Responder After the Storm, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA /  |r David Parker Jr. --  |t To the Boy Who Climbed onto My Hammock, MAZUNTE, MEXICO /  |r Emily Matchar --  |t To the Man I Believe Was Good, PALERMO, ITALY /  |r Lauren Groff --  |t To the Man Who Saw Cobras Dance, AUROVILLE, INDIA /  |r Meera Subramanian --  |t To the Woman Who Wanted to Go Shoe Shopping, XI'AN, CHINA /  |r Vanessa Hua --  |t To the Chatty Man Who Pierced the Quiet, CANAAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE /  |r Peter Orner --  |t To the Boo Radley of My Childhood, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA /  |r Madelaine Lucas --  |t To the Grandfather I Hardly Knew, SICILY, ITALY /  |r Peter Turchi --  |t To My Grandmother, c/o the Mush Hole, TSI KANATÁHERE /  |r Amber Meadow Adams --  |t Chemistry --  |t To the Girl at the Riverbend, BAKER RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE /  |r Howard Axelrod --  |t To the Stranger in My Family, BETHESDA, MARYLAND /  |r Kiki Petrosino --  |t To the Man Who Spoke with His Hands, SOUTH CHINA SEA /  |r Ying Reinhardt --  |t To the Taxi Driver Who Looped Back to Get Me, PARIS, FRANCE /  |r Irina Reyn --  |t To the Woman Whose Shoulder I Slept On, NEW YORK CITY TO BOSTON /  |r Naomi Gordon-Loebl --  |t To the Source Who Kept Changing Costume, DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA /  |r Keija Parssinen --  |t To Father of the Baby with the Brain Freeze, TUCSON, ARIZONA /  |r Margo Steines --  |t To the Inescapable Teacher, PARAKOU, BENIN /  |r Erica Cavanagh --  |t To the Gambler I Met in Jury Duty, CHINATOWN, NEW YORK CITY /  |r Jenessa Abrams --  |t To the Stranger from the Silver Hour, ROCAMADOUR, FRANCE /  |r Colleen Kinder --  |t Gratitude --  |t To the Pharmacist on Futong West Street, BEIJING, CHINA /  |r Monet Patrice Thomas --  |t To the Woman Who Spared Me an Orange, OAXACA, MEXICO /  |r Sarah Menkedick --  |t To the Driver I Followed, INTERSTATE 40, NORTH CAROLINA /  |r Matthew Olzmann --  |t To the Man Who Sold Me Shoddy Film, HARAR, ETHIOPIA /  |r Meron Hadero --  |t To Sandals Man, AN AIRPORT TERMINAL, CENTRAL CHINA /  |r Craig Mod --  |t To the Driver Who Was Not Godfrey, KAMPALA, UGANDA /  |r Raksha Vasudevan --  |t To the Waiter Who Left Me a Tip, BEYOĞLU DISTRICT, ISTANBUL, TURKEY /  |r Michael Agresta --  |t To the Doctor I Never Thanked, TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK /  |r Aria Beth Sloss --  |t To the Woman Who Walked Beside Me, YONKERS, NEW YORK /  |r Sarah Perry --  |t To the Drunk Mr. Flunchy, AVIGNON, FRANCE /  |r Gregory Pardlo --  |t Wonder --  |t To the Seller of Breadcrumbs, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA /  |r Cutter Wood --  |t To the Woman on the Park Bench, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY /  |r Aviya Kushner --  |t To My Steadfast Danish Soldier, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK /  |r Julie Lunde --  |t To the Young German Horsewoman, Chosen to Help with Řttir, OBYGGDASETUR ISLANDS, ICELAND /  |r Pam Houston --  |t To the Lady of the Platform, NEW YORK, NEW YORK /  |r Jacquelyn Mitchard --  |t To the Italian Whose Name I Lost, FLORENCE, ITALY /  |r Julia Glass --  |t To the Traveler Who Hid Cash in Her Underwear, RWANDA-TANZANIA BORDER /  |r Ted Conover --  |t To the Lady of the Blackberries, HAPPY CAMP, CALIFORNIA /  |r Kelly Ramsey --  |t Remorse --  |t To the Logari Who Asked About the Sun, LOGAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN /  |r Jamil Jan Kochai --  |t To the Roomful of Travelers Watching Reality TV, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA /  |r Anna Vodicka --  |t To Mario, 26-Year-Old Bestie to My 78-Year-Old Mom, SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON /  |r Faith Adiele --  |t To the Son of the Victim, SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA /  |r Sophie Haigney --  |t To the Woman with the Restraining Order, HOODSPORT, WASHINGTON /  |r Meg Charlton --  |t To the Woman We Met Before the Flood, PAI, THAILAND /  |r Maggie Shipstead --  |t To the Servant Girl Who Shared My Toys, KARACHI, PAKISTAN /  |r Sheba Karim --  |t To the Keeper of the Fawn, CHISAGO CITY, MINNESOTA /  |r Sally Franson --  |t To the Woman Harboring a Gringo, SAN ISIDRO DEL GENERAL, COSTA RICA /  |r Jesse Donaldson --  |t Farewell --  |t To the Poet Who Disappeared, OKINAWA, JAPAN /  |r Akemi Johnson --  |t To the Woman in the Earrings, PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS /  |r T Kira Madden --  |t To the Protagonist of a Too-Short Story, US ROUTE 17, NEW YORK /  |r Carlynn Houghton --  |t To the Follower of Cheikh Bamba, DAKAR, SENEGAL /  |r Emmanuel Iduma --  |t To the Father of the Lost Chilean Son, CHILEAN BASE, ANTARCTICA /  |r Carin Clevidence --  |t To the Man Who Had a Wife, COSHOCTON, OHIO /  |r Rachel Yoder --  |t To the One Who Was Supposed to Get Away, KO PHA NGAN, THAILAND /  |r Lavinia Spalding --  |t To the Stranger My Doctor Heard All About, PORTLAND, OREGON /  |r Robin Romm --  |t To the Deliveryman Who Gave Me a Lift, CARACAS, VENEZUELA /  |r Lucas Mann --  |t To the Girl I Didn't Love on the Last Bus Home, GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA /  |r Jeremy B. Jones. 
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