Synopses & Reviews
"The impressive collection of writers here have contributed essays that celebrate knitting and knitters. They share their knitting triumphs and disasters as well as their life triumphs and disasters. . . . These essays will break your heart. They will have you laughing out loud."--Ann Hood, from the introduction
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"Ingenious. . . . Could it be that writers who knit are the cleverest people in the world?" Philadelphia Inquirer
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"Otherwise normal-seeming writers come out as knitters in the infinitely crafty Ann Hood's anthology Knitting Yarns. How hot is that?" Elissa Schappell
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"A seamless collection of essays that explores the agony and ecstasy of 'knitting yarns' on the needles as well as on the page. . . . is a little community of its own where its writers speak the language of knitters." Vanity Fair
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"Poignant, funny, and moving, is sure to delight knitting enthusiasts and lovers of literature alike." Minneapolis Star Tribune
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"In this lovely anthology, Sue Grafton, Barbara Kingsolver, and other authors go public with their passion for knitting."-- magazine, four stars
About the Author
Ann Hood is the editor of Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting and the best-selling author of The Knitting Circle, The Red Thread, Comfort, and, most recently, An Italian Wife, among other works. She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, a Best American Spiritual Writing Award, a Best American Food Writing Award, a Best American Travel Writing Award, and the Paul Bowles Prize for Short Fiction. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.