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Preface Melissa Ann Pinney -- Two : an introduction Ann Patchett -- Two hands and two feet Edwidge Danticat -- The pair Barbara Kingslover -- Two creatures Billy Collins -- Strategy Richard Russo -- Two heads on a pike Elizabeth Gilbert -- Beauty and Tookie Susan Orlean -- Then one vanishes Allan Gurganus -- 70 x 2 Maile Meloy -- The dollies Elizabeth McCracken -- Aren't we a pair Jane Hamilton
A collection of captivating and thought-provoking photographs by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney that contemplate the essence of duality in our relationships and in the world that surrounds us. Pinney, whose work is in the permanent collections of dozens of American museums, including the Metropolitan, MoMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Getty, aims her lens at pairs--mostly, but not always human--that display or imply elusive connections of mind, of spirit, or of simply the act of being