Make It Scream, Make It Burn - by Leslie Jamison (Paperback)

Make It Scream, Make It Burn is a thought-provoking and deeply personal collection of essays from Leslie Jamison that delve into the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession.

With virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism, Jamison explores a wide range of subjects, including 52 Blue, an eerie past-life memories of children, devoted citizens of an online world called Second Life, and an entire museum dedicated to the relics of broken relationships.

Through these examinations, Jamison also reckons with more personal matters - elusive men, ruptured romances, marriage, and maternity - in essays about eloping in Las Vegas, becoming a stepmother, and giving birth.

With the same nuance and rigor she brings to her subjects, Jamison interrogates her own life in these essays, resulting in a reminder of the joy and sustenance that can be found in the unlikeliest of circumstances.