num_pages: 358
description: Charles DAmbrosios essay collection Orphans spawned something of a cult following. In the decade since the tiny limited-edition volume sold out its print run its devotees have pressed it upon their friends students and colleagues only to find themselves begging for their copys safe return. For anyone familiar with DAmbrosios writing this enthusiasm should come as no surprise. His work is exacting and emotionally generous often as funny as it is devastating. Loitering gathers those eleven original essays with new and previously uncollected work so that a broader audience might discover one of our great living essayists. No matter his subject  Native American whaling a Pentecostal hell house Mary Kay Letourneau the work of J. D. Salinger or most often his own family  DAmbrosio approaches each piece with a singular voice and point of view; each essay while unique and surprising is unmistakably his own.
language: English
title: Loitering: New & Collected Essays
publisher: Tin House Books