Advice from the Lights is a brilliant and candid exploration of gender
and identity and a series of looks at a formative past. It’s part
nostalgia, part confusion and part an ongoing wondering: How do any of
us achieve adulthood? And why would we want to, if we had the choice?
This collection is woven from and interrupted by extraordinary
sequences, including Stephanie’s poems about Stephen’s female
self, politics, location and parenthood. Taken all together, this is
Stephen Burt’s most personal and most accomplished collection, an
essential work that asks who we are, how we become ourselves, and why
we make art. The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read , a
partnership with Arts Midwest, broadens our understanding of our
world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a
good book. The Big Read is presented in Los Angeles by the Department
of Cultural Affairs.
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