Tewksbury Public Library

Two, photographs by Melissa Ann Pinney ; introduction and edited by Ann Patchett ; with contributions by Billy Collins, Edwidge Danticat, Elizabeth Gilbert, Allan Gurganis, Jane Hamilton, Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth McCracken, Maile Meloy, Susan Orlean, Richard Russo

eng

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Two

883146509

photographs by Melissa Ann Pinney ; introduction and edited by Ann Patchett ; with contributions by Billy Collins, Edwidge Danticat, Elizabeth Gilbert, Allan Gurganis, Jane Hamilton, Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth McCracken, Maile Meloy, Susan Orlean, Richard Russo

A collection of captivating and thought-provoking photographs by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney that contemplate the essence of duality in our relationships and in the world that surrounds us. Pinney, whose work is in the permanent collections of dozens of American museums, including the Metropolitan, MoMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Getty, aims her lens at pairs--mostly, but not always human--that display or imply elusive connections of mind, of spirit, or of simply the act of being

Preface / Melissa Ann Pinney -- Two : an introduction / Ann Patchett -- Two hands and two feet / Edwidge Danticat -- The pair / Barbara Kingslover -- Two creatures / Billy Collins -- Strategy / Richard Russo -- Two heads on a pike / Elizabeth Gilbert -- Beauty and Tookie / Susan Orlean -- Then one vanishes / Allan Gurganus -- 70 x 2 / Maile Meloy -- The dollies / Elizabeth McCracken -- Aren't we a pair / Jane Hamilton

2