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From an important new American article writer comes this powerful collection of personal essays on dread, creativity, art, trust, academia, the Internet, and justice. With this poignant and inciting collection of literary essays, Megan Stielstra tells stories to defend against fears both personal and universal as she grapples toward a better way to live. In her titular part, "THE WRONG MANNER to Save Your Life", she answers the question of what has value in our lives - a question no longer rhetorical when the apartment above her family's goes up in flames. "HERE'S My Heart" sheds light on Megan's close romantic relationship with her daddy, whose ongoing insistence on climbing mountains despite a series of heart episodes leads the writer to dissect deer hearts in a poetic try to interrogate her own thoughts about mortality. Whether she's imagining the implications of open-carry regulations on college campuses, recounting the storyline of going underwater on the home loan of her first home, or uncovering the unexpected pains and joys of matrimony and motherhood, Stielstra's work informs, impels, enlightens, and embraces us all. The result is something beautiful - this account and her courage, and, possibly, our own. Intellectually brutal and viscerally romantic, Megan Stielstra's tone of voice is witty, smart, warm, and most importantly achingly human.
