{"product_id":"lost-orchard-ii-nonfiction-from-the-kirkland-college-community-9781950251018","title":"Lost Orchard II: Nonfiction from the Kirkland College Community","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14647706\"\u003eIsabel Weinger Nielsen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National League of American Pen Women, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950251018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950251012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National League of American Pen Women, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51145146269983,"sku":"9781950251018","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_e9a3ab70-b478-4da4-94ee-0efe928c66e1.jpg?v=1755709996","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/lost-orchard-ii-nonfiction-from-the-kirkland-college-community-9781950251018","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}