Awake with Asashoryu and Other Essays

184-page paperback / 5" x 8" / ISBN 9781589881662 / Publication Date: 7/5/22 "The essayist Elisabeth McKetta is a wonderful storyteller who takes us generously into her life, which always seems initially off-balance, full of falls, disappointments, and reversals, and yet, in the end, joyous. Her collection is humane, amusing, touching, and very satisfying."―Phillip Lopate, author of To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction"Captivating and evocative and original."―Grace Dane Mazur, author of The Garden PartyAt the heart of every essay in Elisabeth Sharp McKetta’s lively collection is the same question: How does one grow up without losing oneself? McKetta braids deceptively simple stories of her own life with the rich undercurrent of familiar childhood tales to reveal things both personal and universal and as close to the truth as possible.Whether she is spending sleepless nights watching the sumo wrestler Asashoryu with her father, settling into a new life in a fishing haml