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A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics: family, memoir, teaching writing, drawing and talent, friendship, spiritual and political formation, community, the soul, pilgrimage, loyalty, theatre, and the enigma of healing.
An Inexact Science of the Heart: Essays
Essays on the ties and questions that shape a life
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Essays on the ties and questions that shape a life
Alfred DePew gathers essays that move across personal and communal territory: family, friendship, loyalty, teaching, artistic ability, theatre, and pilgrimage all appear alongside questions of spiritual and political formation. Memoir is one thread in a wider inquiry into how people are shaped by relationships, places, convictions, and creative practice. The collection also takes up the soul and the unresolved problem of healing, giving its wide-ranging subjects a shared concern with inward life and human connection.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in personal essays that connect memoir with family and community
- Those drawn to reflections on friendship, loyalty, spirituality, and political formation
- Writers, teachers, and artists interested in essays about teaching writing, drawing, and talent
Themes
Family and friendshipMemoir and communitySpiritual formationCreativity and teachingHealing and loyalty
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