I know I should be using goodreads or pinterest or some other such thing to praise this book, but I don't feel like it this afternoon.
It was recommended to me by a dear friend, and it's become a crucial part of a composition course I teach. Edited by Molly Peacock, The Private I: Privacy in a Public World is a collection of essays about privacy by fiction writers, poets, and memoir writers. Graywolf Press published it (of course). Amazon will sell it to you, but so will Powells.com.
This is truly a wonderful book. I'm especially keen on Janna Malamud Smith's definitions and examples of solitude, anonymity, reserve and intimacy. Here's to preserving all four states of privacy in this increasingly public world!
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