Glass and God introduces an assured and challenging new voice: vivid

Immerwahr reveals the surprising ways empire has shaped American politics

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as well as thoughtful portraits of its inhabitants past and present

Swimming Studies Glass and God introduces anIntimate with chlorinated space; weightless yet limited; closed off to taste, sound, and most sight: this is a swimmers state. When ten year old Leanne Shapton joins a swim team, she finds an affinity for its rhythms and spends years training, making it to the Olympic trials twice. Swimming Studies reflects on her time immersed in a world of rigour and determination, routine and competition. Vivid details of a life spent largely underwater emerge: