{"product_id":"lost-orchard-ii-nonfiction-from-the-kirkland-college-community-paperback","title":"Lost Orchard II: Nonfiction from the Kirkland College Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsabel Weinger Nielsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost Orchard: Prose and Poetry from the Kirkland College Community (SUNY Press, 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efeatured a diverse collection of poems, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand one-act plays by the Kirkland community. The work was well-received, and requests\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor a Lost Orchard II now come to fruition, with work exploring the impact of the short-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elived Kirkland College and the authors who came out of that innovative institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost Orchard II: Nonfiction from the Kirkland College Community brings together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eessays on subjects as wide-ranging as aging, loss, parenting, feminism, place, the Kirkland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexperience, and interviews with members of the Kirkland College Community. Kirkland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollege in Clinton, New York, was the last private women's college created in the United\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStates before it was assumed by its coordinate college, Hamilton College. Kirkland fostered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindependent learning and creativity, with academic disciplines such as American studies, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evisual arts, dance, and history of science. It also offered one of the first undergraduate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreative writing majors at a four-year college. Preserving Kirkland's daring educational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexperience, this collection echoes the second wave of the feminist era at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough short-lived, Kirkland had an outsized impact upon Hamilton College, its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealumnae, and undergraduate writing programs across the country. Many Kirkland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealumnae, who graduated from 1971 to 1978, have gone on to careers in professional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriting,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463150846130,"sku":"9781950251018","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f9ca9ce3949292b77dacd1542249485c.webp?v=1778982367","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/lost-orchard-ii-nonfiction-from-the-kirkland-college-community-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}