Seek You: A Journey Through American LonelinessFrom the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This—a timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society. There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is everywhere, from the most major of metropolises to the smallest of towns. In Seek You, Kristen Radtke's wide-ranging exploration of our inner lives and public selves, Radtke digs into the ways in which we attempt to feel closer to one another, and the distance that remains. Through the lenses of gender and violence, technology and art, Radtke ushers us through a history of loneliness and longing, and shares what feels impossible to share. Ranging from the invention of the laugh-track to the rise of Instagram, the bootstrap-pulling cowboy to the brutal experiments of Harry Harlow, Radtke investigates why we engage with each other, and what we risk when we turn away. With her distinctive, emotionally-charged drawings and deeply empathetic prose, Kristen Radtke masterfully shines a light on some of our most vulnerable and sublime moments, and asks how we might keep the spaces between us from splitting entirely. |
Contents
Section 1 | 50 |
Section 2 | 64 |
Section 3 | 65 |
Section 4 | 83 |
Section 5 | 99 |
Section 6 | 104 |
Section 7 | 106 |
Section 8 | 107 |
Section 12 | 207 |
Section 13 | 232 |
Section 14 | 248 |
Section 15 | 276 |
Section 16 | 313 |
Section 17 | 325 |
Section 18 | 326 |
Section 19 | 327 |
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AMERICAN ANIMALS ASKED BABY BACK BASED BECOME BODY BOOK BUILD BUILT CALLED CHILDREN CLOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTION CREATE CUDDLE DEAD DEATH DEVELOPING DIDN'T DIED DRAWINGS EARLY EVERYTHING EXPERIENCES FACE FAMILY FEAR FEEL FELT FIND followers FORM FOUND FRIEND HARLOW HARRY HEARD HELD HELP HOME HUMAN IMAGINE INSIDE ISOLATION IT'S JOHN KEEP KIDS KIND KNEW KNOW LATE LAUGH LEFT LESS LETTERS LINE LITTLE LIVES LONELINESS LONELY LONER LONG LOOKED LOVE MARGARET MEAN MONKEYS MONTHS MOTHER MOVE NEED NEVER NIGHT OFFER ONCE PARENTS PERHAPS PERSON PLACE PLAY POINT POST PSYCHOLOGIST PULL RADIO RAISED REACH READ REAL RELATIONSHIPS REMAIN RESEARCH RESPONDED ROOM SCHOOL SEEMED SELFIE SEPARATION SHERRY TURKLE SHOOTER SHOOTING SHOW SOCIAL SOMEONE SOMETIMES SOUNDS SPACE SPENT STORIES STRANGERS STUDY TAKE TALK TELLING THANK THINGS THINK TOLD TOOK TOUCH TURN UNIVERSITY VEGAS views WALKED WANT WATCHED WIRE WISCONSIN WOMAN WOMEN WORLD WRITING YORK YOUNG
Bibliographic information
| Title | Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Pantheon Graphic Library |
| Author | Kristen Radtke |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2021 |
| ISBN | 1524748064, 9781524748067 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › › Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction / General Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Social Science / Sociology / Urban |
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