If pictures are worth a thousand words, what kinds of words might they inspire? What stories would they tell and would they be joyful or sad, elegant or savage?Snapshotsfeatures 36 such meditations from a diverse group of writers, each of whom draws on a photograph from their personal archive to inspire a short essay.Intimate and powerful, these reflections exhibit a range of sensibilities and experiences, offering unique insight into the lives and interests of both established and emerging authors. Expressing a dynamic array of styles, relationships, landscapes, and preoccupations,Snapshotsis an album for our life and times.The book includes pieces from the writers below:- Emilie Pascale Beck – Suzanne Berne – Aimee Bender – Sven Birkerts – Kate Carroll De Gutes – Stuart Dybek – Alex Espinoza – Lynell George – Amy Gerstler – Tod Goldberg – Hannah Howard – Vanessa Hua – Pico Iyer – Wayne Koestenbaum – Major Jackson – Leslie Jamison – Dinah Lenney – Alex Marzano-Lesnevich – Aimee Liu – Sonja Livingston – Attica Locke – Dinty W. Moore – Mara Naselli – Naomi Shihab Nye – Ivy Pochoda – Adriana E. Ramirez – Sejal Shah – Brandon Shimoda – Jessica Silvester – Aisha Sabatini Sloan – Susan Straight – Grace Talusan – Abigail Thomas – Clifford Thompson – David L. Ulin – Diana Wagman