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It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays

Tom McAllister

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Description:In this meditative and lyrical collection, Tom McAllister challenges himself to write a short essay for every year he’s been alive. With each piece strictly limited to a maximum of 1,500 words, these 42 essays move fluidly through time, taking poetic leaps and ending up in places the reader does not expect. Funny, insightful, and open-hearted, It All Felt Impossible aims to tell the story of McAllister’s life through brief glimpses, anecdotes, and fragments that radiate outward and grapple with his place in the culture at large. In the span of these essays, McAllister witnesses a monorail crash at a zoo, survives a tornado, plays youth sports for tyrannical coaches, grieves for dead parents, learns how to ride a bike as an adult, works long shifts making cheesesteaks, and more. Each annualoffering is a search for meaning and connection, chronicled by an engaging and honest voice. A testament to the power of creative constraints and finding innovative ways to tell one’s story, It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays is a compelling document of an idiosyncratic human existence that volleys so skillfully between the mundane and the profound that readers will find themselves marveling at these essays long after they have read them.“These are my favorite kinds of essays: honest, concise, funny, self-aware, and engaged with the world. Whether Tom McAllister is writing about dogs, jobs, marriage, death, friendship, sports, or anything else, It All Felt Impossible combines the brisk pace of a good memoir with the inquiry, insight, and breadth of the best essay collections. The result is one of the freshest and most engaging books I’ve read in years.”—Justin St. Germain, author of Son of a Gun: A MemoirWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays. To get started finding It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 180

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Rose Metal Press

Release: 2025

ISBN: 1941628354

Description: In this meditative and lyrical collection, Tom McAllister challenges himself to write a short essay for every year he’s been alive. With each piece strictly limited to a maximum of 1,500 words, these 42 essays move fluidly through time, taking poetic leaps and ending up in places the reader does not expect. Funny, insightful, and open-hearted, It All Felt Impossible aims to tell the story of McAllister’s life through brief glimpses, anecdotes, and fragments that radiate outward and grapple with his place in the culture at large. In the span of these essays, McAllister witnesses a monorail crash at a zoo, survives a tornado, plays youth sports for tyrannical coaches, grieves for dead parents, learns how to ride a bike as an adult, works long shifts making cheesesteaks, and more. Each annualoffering is a search for meaning and connection, chronicled by an engaging and honest voice. A testament to the power of creative constraints and finding innovative ways to tell one’s story, It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays is a compelling document of an idiosyncratic human existence that volleys so skillfully between the mundane and the profound that readers will find themselves marveling at these essays long after they have read them.“These are my favorite kinds of essays: honest, concise, funny, self-aware, and engaged with the world. Whether Tom McAllister is writing about dogs, jobs, marriage, death, friendship, sports, or anything else, It All Felt Impossible combines the brisk pace of a good memoir with the inquiry, insight, and breadth of the best essay collections. The result is one of the freshest and most engaging books I’ve read in years.”—Justin St. Germain, author of Son of a Gun: A MemoirWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays. To get started finding It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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