Like A Song: Essays

LIKE A SONG presents six essays by Michelle Herman, each connected through music and ranging from community choruses and musical theater to the science of singing, as well as subjects Michelle is well-known for: friendship, family and home. Michelle Herman is the author of the novels MISSING and DOG, the collection of novellas A NEW AND GLORIOUS LIFE, and two previous essay collections - THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING and STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES (longlisted for the 2014 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay), as well as a book for children, A GIRL'S GUIDE TO LIFE. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she has lived in Columbus, Ohio, for many years, where she directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Ohio State.