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    Body of Work
    Body of Work
    Body of Work
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    Body of Work

    By Andrei Guruianu

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    Throughout thirteen stories, Body of Work chronicles the physical and emotional toll of characters consumed by the all-too-human need for a connection. Their world is achingly common — beauty and regret, obsession and self-doubt, the seductive charm of loneliness. Often fragmented, whimsical, always on the verge of melancholy, the collection is a sepia-toned portrait of nostalgia — each story like an artifact of our impermanence, an embrace of all that we have lost, of all that we might lose and love again someday.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFomite
    Release dateMar 23, 2020
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    Andrei Guruianu

    Andrei Guruianu is a Senior Language Lecturer in the Expository Writing Program at New York University where he has taught introductory and advanced level composition courses since 2011. His critical and creative works often explore such topics as memory and forgetting, the role of art and of the artist, and the ability of place to shape personal and collective histories. He holds an MA in Journalism from Iona College and a PhD in English from Binghamton University.

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