$30.00 when purchased online
Target Online store #3991
About this item
Highlights
- My ignorance was on my side.
- About the Author: Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John's, Antigua.
- 336 Pages
- Literary Collections, Essays
Description
About the Book
"A collection of the inimitable writer's essays, stories, and articles from her early days at The Village Voice through her time at The New Yorker "-- Provided by publisher.Book Synopsis
My ignorance was on my side. I wasn't afraid. I didn't know what to be afraid of. I did one thing, I did another. I did what I now call crashing about. One day I started to write.
This collection of Jamaica Kincaid's nonfiction writing, including early pieces from publications such as The New Yorker, The Village Voice, and Ms., proves what her admirers have always known: from the start, she has been a consummate stylist, and she has always been herself. From "Jamaica Kincaid's New York," which narrates her move to the city from Antigua at the age of sixteen and a half, to the classic "Biography of a Dress," her cultural criticism, and her original thinking about the meaning of the garden, Kincaid writes about the world as she finds it, imparting her own quizzical, rapier-sharp response to whatever crosses her path. Putting Myself Together is a brilliant, trenchant, hilarious self-portrait of the artist and a testament to how this inimitable, self-created mind and spirit, endowed with wit, humor, and fearlessness, has become one of our greatest, most original writers.Review Quotes
"Kincaid's cutting prose shines, and the collection makes for a marvelous account of the author's life and career. This is a triumph." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Putting Myself Together traces the shifts in Jamaica Kincaid's preoccupations--from the intricacies of social dynamics to the verdant dynamics of a garden bed." --Maggie Lange, W MagazineAbout the Author
Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John's, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, Mr. Potter, My Brother, See Now Then, and, with Kara Walker, An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children. She lives in Vermont.Dimensions (Overall): 9.16 Inches (H) x 6.33 Inches (W) x 1.14 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jamaica Kincaid
Language: English
Street Date: August 5, 2025
TCIN: 93212823
UPC: 9780374613235
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-1409
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it.
Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 1.14 inches length x 6.33 inches width x 9.16 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.15 pounds
We regret that this item cannot be shipped to PO Boxes.
This item cannot be shipped to the following locations: American Samoa (see also separate entry under AS), Guam (see also separate entry under GU), Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico (see also separate entry under PR), United States Minor Outlying Islands, Virgin Islands, U.S., APO/FPO
Return details
This item can be returned to any Target store or Target.com.
This item must be returned within 90 days of the date it was purchased in store, shipped, delivered by a Shipt shopper, or made ready for pickup.
See the return policy for complete information.
Guests also viewed
$19.99 - $20.12
MSRP $19.99 - $30.00
Discover more options
$9.17
MSRP $13.00
$10.60
MSRP $19.00
$13.94
MSRP $15.00
$14.50
MSRP $17.00