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The Telescope in the Parlor
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James McConkey is a Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature Emeritus at Cornell University. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

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Praise for James McConkey and The Telescope in the Parlor"Elegant and deeply personal, McConkey's essays reveal a seasoned mind and a soulful spirit."--Publishers Weekly"Like his colleagues Forster and Chekhov, James McConkey combines a sharp eye, a nimble mind and a bottomless generosity. In The Telescope in the Parlor, as in all his fine and intimate essays, he is concerned with the very deepest subjects: time, memory, and what it means to be human. May this new addition to his 'Court of Memory' remind readers how vital and necessary a writer he is."--Stewart O'Nan, author of A Prayer for the Dying"James McConkey uses his own memory as a tool that unlocks everything--a telescope with a view of the entire universe. I can't think of another writer who uses that tool with as much precision, delicacy, and love."--Anne Fadiman, author of Ex Libris"McConkey makes of his own life...a thoughtful, powerful and vivid work of art."--Annie Dillard"James McConkey speaks to the reader with poignant force, illuminating ordinary life...There is no voice like his alive today."--May Sarton"The genre in which McConkey does his best writing has no name. He invented it...What McConkey does is to create meaning out of ordinary life...he'll create what is not exactly a story but a pattern in time...His books should be famous."--Noel Perrin, USA Today

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