Kyle Boelte is an American essayist and author. He was born in a small town in Western Kansas and grew up near Denver, Colorado.[1]
Kyle Boelte | |
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| Born | Kansas, US |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Notable works | The Beautiful Unseen |
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| www | |
Boelte's book The Beautiful Unseen: Variations on Fog and Forgetting is about his brother's suicide, when they were both teenagers, as well as San Francisco fog.[2] The book received positive reviews in The San Francisco Chronicle ("one of the most haunting books ever written about the fragility of memory"),[2] The Los Angeles Review of Books ("Boelte’s sure-footed prose makes The Beautiful Unseen a lovely journey"),[3] and Booklist ("Boelte conveys the deep, abiding sense of loss such tragedies inflict, yet softly, tenderly communicates the conflicting sensations of confronting memories, both lost and found").[4] Its major themes include the impermanence of memory and the importance of nature, including wilderness, in our lives.[5]
Boelte's essays have been published in Zyzzyva,[6] High Country News,[7] and Full Stop.[8] He was a finalist for the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction in 2013.[9] His essay "Reluctant Citizens" was included in "The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016" and was cited as a Notable Essay in "The Best American Essays 2016".
Bibliography edit
Kyle Boelte (2015) The Beautiful Unseen: Variations on Fog and Forgetting. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 978-1619024588
References edit
- ^ The Los Angeles Review of Books Author Page for Kyle Boelte Archived 2015-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b 'The Beautiful Unseen,’ by Kyle Boelte, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/11/2015
- ^ Fog Chaser, The Los Angeles Review of Books, 2/09/2015
- ^ Booklist Review, Booklist Online, 2/01/2015
- ^ How Nature Teaches Us to Grieve, Sierra, January/February 2015
- ^ Reluctant Citizens, Zyzzyva, Volume 31, #1, Spring 2015
- ^ Half-Blind Valley, High Country News, 2/02/2015
- ^ Tie Your Own Rope, Full Stop, 1/13/2015
- ^ Announcing 2013 Contest Winners Archived 2014-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Bellingham Review, 6/07/2015