Winnowing
$52.33
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2026
Summary
In Winnowing, Suzanne Matson examines our personal, cultural, and environmental relationship with material objects. Matson alternates between reflective essays on the nature of ownership and her own “Winnowing Log,” a day-by-day account of her attempts to reduce the items in her home. Sorting through the emotional value of mementos, the gendered dimensions of housekeeping, and the environmental cost of both mass production and disposal, she physically, mentally, and spiritually light…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781478039181 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1478039183 |
| Author: | Suzanne Matson |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Imprint: | Duke University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Practices |
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“Winnowing is beautifully done, personal and real, and especially appealing for the way it integrates theory with a light touch. I appreciate the way it moves across many pleasures and dilemmas of having and letting go.”—Elizabeth Chin, author of My Life with Things
About The Author
Suzanne Matson
Suzanne Matson is Professor of English at Boston College and the author of several novels and books of poetry, including Ultraviolet, The Tree-Sitter, and A Trick of Nature.
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