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Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

Kristen Radtke

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#1355 of 3,809 books · #38 in General

Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2022) and the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2021).

Seek You won a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century award. There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is everywhere, from the most major of metropolises to the smallest of towns. In Seek You, Kristen Radtke's wide-ranging exploration of our inner lives and public selves, Radtke digs into the ways in which we attempt to feel closer to one another, and the distance that remains. Through the lenses of gender and violence, technology and art, Radtke ushers us through a history of loneliness and longing, and shares what feels impossible to share. Ranging from the invention of the laugh-track to the rise of Instagram, the bootstrap-pulling cowboy to the brutal experiments of Harry Harlow, Radtke investigates why we engage with each other, and what we risk when we turn away. With her distinctive, emotionally-charged drawings and deeply empathetic prose, Kristen Radtke masterfully shines a light on some of our most vulnerable and sublime moments, and asks how we might keep the spaces between us from splitting entirely.

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Publisher
Pantheon
ISBN-13
9781524748050
Topics
Loneliness and isolationAmerican society and cultureTechnology and human connection

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