The Thing About Love Is...

by Adria Bernardi and Janice Tuck Lively

The Thing About Love Is... an anthology of short fiction, poetry and drama created to challenge readers with new insights into what it takes to love and be loved. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967310903
• ISBN13: 9780967310909
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Polyphony Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Armed for Battle

It's difficult to find an anthology that has as much stopping power as this one. Reading it, I was impressed not only by the diversity of the authorial voices, but also by their veracity. Each story, poem and play seems to have come straight from the gut. What's more, the contributing writers help to remove our blinders; particularly when it comes to matters of the heart. Love, they argue, is nothing less than a battlefield on which each of us daily chances victory or defeat.Those seeking to enter the contest fully armed would do well to buy this book.

A Good Book To Curl Up With

Anthologies are not my usual choice of reading material, but as this was recommended to me, I decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. While I could not relate to some of the pieces here, I enjoyed the underlying topic immensely. The poetry, drama, and short stories were a good blend. The Thing About Love Is... an enjoyable and fast read, but has a peculiar lingering effect that required that I return to it for further exploration. It's a perfect book to read from the relative comfort and safety of your best chair, where you know that you can dip into the joy and angst of love and for once, walk away unscathed.

Good Things in a Pretty Package

It's rare to find a collection of stories, poems and plays that keeps a reader as thoroughly involved as this one. Good writers that they are, the contributors to this anthology succeed in reminding us that love is a complex emotion, and that those who are touched by it can just as easily be redeemed as they can be destroyed. As with any anthology, some pieces remain in memory longer than others, yet all are worthy of one's attention. What's more, the journey from first page to last enriches both heart and mind. So much so that this reader awaits the Press's next release with happy anticipation.

An enticing collection of lively, sad, sexy, and moving work

Love in America is more complicated and energetic than a three-ring circus. Everyone's involved in it, but we each see just a little piece of the elephant. Polyphony Press has done us all a service by collecting a group of sad, sexy, funny and moving stories, poems and plays about love that keep us riveted from beginning to bitter end. The Press is off to a great start and we should all wish it well. I look forward to its future offerings.