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Fabrication : Essays on making things and making meaning

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I agree with Michael Feldman's take on this book: fascinating! The author takes you into the world of how things are and were being made at the end of the twentieth century in the American Midwest: dolls, insulin, gyroscopes, caskets, steel, veneer, cookies, globes, glass, and cars. In the process she fabricates essays of lyrical beauty, a fitting tribute to the well-made objects she explores.

This is one of my favorite books. I actually bought this copy for someone else, but I'll leave a review anyway. This book is all about making things, mostly as done by companies from the American Midwest. The stories are all interesting, but the writing itself is the best part of this book. It is so evocative and engaging, you can feel the same excitement and wonder that the author felt when working on the book initially. The very first section, called "How the Universe is Made", is one of my favorite pieces of writing of all time. It's too bad this book has not had a wider audience, I would love for Oprah to discover it.