An essay by Amy Fusselman

July 3, 2018 • 5 x 7.75 • 132 pages • 978-1-56689-513-2

Recovery, motherhood, queerness—Idiophone is a striking meditation on risk-taking in art, from a distinctively feminist angle.

Leaping from ballet to quiltmaking, from the The Nutcracker to an Annie-B Parson interview, Idiophone is a strikingly original meditation on risk-taking and provocation in art and a unabashedly honest, funny, and intimate consideration of art-making in the context of motherhood, and motherhood in the context of addiction. Amy Fusselman’s compact, beautifully digressive essay feels both surprising and effortless, fueled by broad-ranging curiosity, and, fundamentally, joy.

About the Author

Amy Fusselman is the author of three previous books of nonfiction. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and three children.

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