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Lovers of the imprinted book, arise! Thirty of today's top writers are here to let you know you're not together. In Bound to Previous, an incredible array of authors involves the passionate defense of the imprinted book with spirited, never-before-published essays celebrating the hardcover or paperback they hold most dear - not necessarily due to its contents, but due to its significance as a one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable subject. Whether concentrating on the circumstances behind how a particular book was purchased, or how it is becoming forever "bound up" with a specific person, time, or place, each piece accumulated here confirms - poignantly, delightfully, irrefutably - that each book tells a tale far beyond the main one found within its internet pages. In addition to a foreword by Ray Bradbury, Bound to Previous features original contributions by:Chris Abani, Rabih Alameddine, Anthony Doerr, Louis Ferrante, Nick Flynn, Karen Happiness Fowler, Julia Cup, Karen Green, David Hajdu, Terrence Holt, Jim Knipfel, Shahriar Mandanipour, Sarah Manguso, Sean Manning, Joyce Maynard, Philipp Meyer, Jonathan A long way, Sigrid Nunez, Ed Area, Victoria Patterson, Francine Prose, Michael Ruhlman, Elissa Schappell, Christine Schutt, Jim Shepard, Susan Upright, J. Courtney Sullivan, Anthony Swofford, Danielle Trussoni, and Xu Xiaobin.
