{"product_id":"fierce-and-delicate-essays-on-dance-and-illness-paperback","title":"Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRenée K. Nicholson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemoir about ballet and illness from a creative writing teacher whose career as a ballerina was stopped by rheumatoid arthritis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ren e Nicholson's professional training in ballet had both moments of magnificence and moments of torment, from fittings of elaborate platter tutus to strange language barriers and unrealistic expectations of the body. In \u003ci\u003eFierce and Delicate\u003c\/i\u003e, she looks back on the often confused and driven self she had been shaped into--always away from home, with friends who were also rivals, influenced by teachers in ways sometimes productive and at other times bordering on sadistic--and finds beauty in the small roles she performed. When, inevitably, Nicholson moved on from dancing, severed from her first love by illness, she discovered that she retained the lyricism and narrative of ballet itself as she negotiated life with rheumatoid arthritis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An intentionally fractured memoir-in-essays, \u003ci\u003eFierce and Delicate\u003c\/i\u003e navigates the traditional geographies of South Florida, northern Michigan, New York City, Milwaukee, West Virginia, and also geographies of the body--long, supple limbs; knee replacements; remembered bodies and actual. It is a book about the world of professional dance and also about living with chronic disease, about being shattered yet realizing the power to assemble oneself again, in a new way.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenée Nicholson's professional training in ballet had both moments of magnificence and moments of torment, from fittings of elaborate platter tutus to strange language barriers and unrealistic expectations of the body. In \u003ci\u003eFierce and Delicate\u003c\/i\u003e, she looks back on the often confused and driven self she had been shaped into--always away from home, with friends who were also rivals, influenced by teachers in ways sometimes productive and at other times bordering on sadistic--and finds beauty in the small roles she performed. When, inevitably, Nicholson moved on from dancing, severed from her first love by illness, she discovered that she retained the lyricism and narrative of ballet itself as she negotiated life with rheumatoid arthritis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An intentionally fractured memoir-in-essays, \u003ci\u003eFierce and Delicate\u003c\/i\u003e navigates the traditional geographies of South Florida, northern Michigan, New York City, Milwaukee, West Virginia, and also geographies of the body--long, supple limbs; knee replacements; remembered bodies and actual. It is a book about the world of professional dance and also about living with chronic disease, about being shattered yet realizing the power to assemble oneself again, in a new way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenée K. Nicholson is the author of two poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eRoundabout Directions to Lincoln Center\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePost Script\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eBodies of Truth: Stories of Illness, Disability, and Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves as director of the humanities center at West Virginia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699592564799,"sku":"9781952271014","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/400c9e3fe4806ee1f28c735923b4f5ef.webp?v=1765013808","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fierce-and-delicate-essays-on-dance-and-illness-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}