Sleepaway: Writings on Summer Camp

Margaret Atwood tells of a girl swallowed up by the woods and lost forever. Mark Oppenheimer experiences leftist utopia in a nature camp. David Sedaris avoids having a bowel movement for a month. ZZ Packer teaches a lesson in black and white to the girls of Brownie Troop 909. These are among the stories and essays in this anthology featuring eighteen diverse writers remembering with nostalgia--as well as dread--the childhood days of summer camp. Ah, camp, where a bullied young girl with limp hair and three names will do anything to meet the demands of being popular; where Woody Guthrie is no longer a folk icon, but rather a cabin for young nudists; and where, in that Kumbaya solitude, homesickness, independence, and the need for healthy revenge all stick like s'mores to the heart and soul. Featuring stories, essays, and cartoons by: James Atlas Margaret Atwood Kevin Canty Terry Galloway Lev Grossman Cynthia Kaplan Josh Lambert Andrea Lee Ursula K. LeGuin Thisbe Nissen Mark Oppenheimer ZZ Packer Steven Rinehart David Sedaris