{"product_id":"dreaming-in-clay-on-the-coast-of-mississippi-love-and-art-at-shearwater-paperback","title":"Dreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi: Love and Art at Shearwater - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaria Estrella Iglesias\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost a century ago, Annette McConnell Anderson, a New Orleans society woman, vowed that her three sons would become artists. Turning her back on bourgeois life and abetted by her skeptical husband---a grain merchant---she bought twenty-eight acres of woodland on the Mississippi Sound. Beside a sleepy bayou, in the shade of towering pines and magnolias, she opened an art colony, one of the first of its kind in the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBacked by his mother's passion for art, her oldest son Peter Anderson founded Shearwater Pottery. Yearning \"to make Shearwater synonymous with perfection,\" he drew the entire family into his adventure. His brothers, \"Mac\" and Walter, made strange, wonderful pieces, though Walter Anderson eventually left the pottery studio to search for his own artistic path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn by the exquisite work of Shearwater Pottery, the authors discover that painting, poetry, and storytelling---much of it by strong, unforgettable women---are still an essential part of the family's daily life. Intimate diaries, letters, and poems lead the reader into a stormy, passionate, sometimes heartbreaking past. Meticulously researched and compassionately written, \u003cem\u003eDreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi\u003c\/em\u003e gathers one family's eternal legacy of wisdom and beauty, the healing power of art, the consolations of writing and of memory, and the spiritual treasures given us by the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Shearwater Pottery and the Anderson family's artful enterprise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e, head of the Department of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese at the University of Illinois-Chicago, is author (with Maria Estrella Iglesias) of \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Clay on the Coast of Mississippi: Love and Art at Shearwater\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHispanic Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e (Madrid). \u003cb\u003eMaria Estrella Iglesias\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at Harvard University and the University of Illinois-Chicago. Her collection of American art pottery was featured on Home and Garden TV and her jewelry on \u003ci\u003eSundays with Liz Walker\u003c\/i\u003e (Boston CBS4) and \u003ci\u003eChronicle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9 x 6.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457809596669,"sku":"9781604734591","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/MlNoQkZVa3dTYWRUaTR5WWc2YVR3Zz09.webp?v=1777248354","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/dreaming-in-clay-on-the-coast-of-mississippi-love-and-art-at-shearwater-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}