A review by kjboldon
Idiophone by Amy Fusselman
5.0
"This is a problem:
your writing is not short stories,
it is not a novel
it is nonfiction but it is not the kind of nonfiction we are used to,
it doesnt sound like poetry.
Just put it in a box, would you?
Just put it in a box so we can contain it?"
Fusselman's book length lyric essay defies easy categorization. It's about the origin of the Nutcracker ballet, being a mother and daughter, and an alcoholic. It's a dazzling, spinning whirl among these topics.
your writing is not short stories,
it is not a novel
it is nonfiction but it is not the kind of nonfiction we are used to,
it doesnt sound like poetry.
Just put it in a box, would you?
Just put it in a box so we can contain it?"
Fusselman's book length lyric essay defies easy categorization. It's about the origin of the Nutcracker ballet, being a mother and daughter, and an alcoholic. It's a dazzling, spinning whirl among these topics.