First published 2017
This collection gathers diverse voices examining the profound relationship between physical spaces and human experience. Contributors including Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Coover, and Joanna Scott offer stories, essays, and poems that investigate how the places we inhabit influence our memories and perceptions. The anthology spans a range of architectural forms, from simple huts to towering high-rises, from intimate childhood bedrooms to sacred churches. Each piece considers both the literal and symbolic significance of our built environments. The writers examine how roofs shelter us, how walls simultaneously protect and isolate, and how humans have claimed caves and castles as homes across time. Brandon Hobson joins this distinguished group of thirty contributors who blend literary craft with architectural consciousness. The collection demonstrates how our sense of place operates beneath conscious awareness, shaping who we become through the spaces we occupy and traverse.
Genres: literary-fiction, non-fiction, architecture
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
430 pages · Kindle Edition · Conjunctions