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“A surprisingly maximalist portrait of a life.” ―New York Times Book Review

The 52 micro-memoirs in genre-defying Heating & Cooling offer bright glimpses into a richly lived life, combining the compression of poetry with the truth-telling of nonfiction into one heartfelt, celebratory book. Alternatingly wistful and wry, ranging from childhood recollections to quirky cultural observations, these micro-memoirs build on one another to shape a life from unexpectedly illuminating moments.

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"Imagine the hundred things you enjoy doing most in the world. Reading Beth Ann Fennelly’s Heating & Cooling is more fun than 95 of them."
― Richard Russo

"Varying in length from a single sentence to several pages, the essays in [Heating & Cooling] are told with wry self-awareness and compassion."
― Poets & Writers

"Consistently entertaining…always poised, eloquent, and full of moments of tenderness."
― Electric Literature

"Wise, irreverent, funny.…Everyone should read this book."
― Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Whether you call these pieces poetry or memoir, they showcase Fennelly’s signature freshness and candor.… This collection will invite you into the delicate balance between the challenging, sometimes squalid, human condition and the beauty and sadness of the transcendent."
― The Rumpus

"A rich, varied, and refreshingly unpredictable portrait of a woman in her prime.… Readers, you are in for a hootenanny of a wild ride. This is Fennelly at her most laid-bare, wickedly funny, and irrepressibly poetic best."
― The Kenyon Review

"Part of the fun of reading Heating & Cooling is watching Fennelly play with language, making every word count, all while digging into the heart of things.… This tiny book packs many mighty punches as Fennelly takes on Catholicism, cancer, marriage, motherhood, and mortality."
― Clarion Ledger

"[Fennelly] has an eye for the absurd, for those telling, little moments that make up a life and build memories. Some are humorous, some are moving. Others are heartbreaking."
― Florida Weekly

"Fennelly packs a lot into each short piece, with some lighter in subject matter and others with a sudden punch-in-the-gut feel, weighted with existential exploration. Potent despite their brevity."
― Library Journal (starred review)

"An author of bold perception, powerful femininity, and candid vulnerability. This deceptively slim, convention-defying collection delivers unerringly generous rewards."
― Booklist

About the Author

Beth Ann Fennelly is the author of three poetry collections, Unmentionables, Tender Hooks, and Open House; two memoirs, Heating & Cooling and Great with Child; and a novel, The Tilted World, coauthored with her husband, Tom Franklin. She teaches at the University of Mississippi, and is also the state’s Poet Laureate. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (September 25, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393356485
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393356489
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.4 x 8.1 inches
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Beth Ann Fennelly, Poet Laureate of Mississippi, teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Mississippi, where she was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She’s won grants and awards from the N.E.A., the United States Artists, a Pushcart, and a Fulbright to Brazil. Fennelly has published three poetry books: Open House, Tender Hooks, and Unmentionables, a book of nonfiction, Great with Child, and The Tilted World, a novel she co-authored with her husband, Tom Franklin. Her newest book is Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs (W.W. Norton, Oct. ’17) Fennelly and Franklin live in Oxford with their three children.

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Customers find the book insightful and entertaining. They describe the writing as witty, clever, and joyful. The book is described as a quick, enjoyable read that is easy to understand. Readers appreciate the heartfelt and poignant writing style that invokes various emotions. The visual style is described as charming and vivid, capturing the author's emotional journey through imagery and emotion.

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Customers find the essays compelling and entertaining. They describe the book as stirring, magnificent, insightful, and delightful. Readers mention the memoir is beautifully crafted and profound.

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"I loved this book. A true genre-breaker, Heating and Cooling is both poetry and prose and unbelievably powerful...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing quality. They find it witty, clever, and heartfelt. The book is described as humorous, poetic, and memorable.

"...It’s funny, sad, and wonderful." Read more

"...Title is a tease. Book is not about HVAC. 2) Cover is outrageously funny: a Popsicle stick with one bite remaining to be scarfed up...." Read more

"...She's witty, somber and uncompromisingly real...." Read more

"...of micro-memoirs several times and each time I found her to be joyous in her writing. She is in love with words...." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read and enjoyable. They describe it as a well-written chapbook that allows them to dip into memorable moments.

"The range of emotion captured in the shortest of memoirs is the most memorable...." Read more

"...However, I didn't love it. The short stories were enjoyable...." Read more

"...She is in love with words. She has the skill to script a memorable experience that engages me. What a great ride!..." Read more

"The author's writing works beautifully in this chapbook "medium." Loved the writing, ideas, thoughts. Pithy and playful. Would recommend." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's entertainment value. They find it entertaining, funny, and addictive. The writing is described as engaging, compelling, and memorable. Readers describe the book as quirky, refreshing, and fun.

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"This collection proved funny, irreverent, and deeply personal with beau coup laugh-out-loud vignettes...." Read more

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Customers find the book heartfelt, poignant, and evocative. They describe it as funny, witty, and filled with love and whimsy. The essays are engaging, entertaining, and memorable.

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"Great essays that invoked a variety of emotions. I liked the funny ones the best but there are many heart felt ones that made me think...." Read more

"...The micro-memoirs contained in this book are filled with love and whimsy and many of them are quite poetic in nature...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's visual style. They find it charming, with the author skillfully incorporating imagery and emotion into each word. The book is described as vivid, clever, emotional, and real. Readers appreciate the glimpses into daily life like marriage and parenthood.

"...Fennelly artfully incorporates so much imagery and emotion into each word that a whole lifetime is captured in a single of her 52 micro-memoirs...." Read more

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"...Fennelly is a brilliant writer and I love her style. This book was assigned for my Creative Nonfiction class, and I'm happy that it was!..." Read more

"Like dessert for my soul. Such a beautiful collection! I read 2 (maybe 3) a day as a treat to end my day." Read more

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  • Jim Irwin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling and entertaining, in small bits
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024
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    The title says it all, really. Fennelly writes about a bunch of things and people in her life, and the pieces might be a few pages or just a single sentence. They are unexpectedly compelling and entertaining; she has the ability to hone in on what can truly hook the reader about a person, a place, a situation. A few of these little pieces are breathtaking in their insight - maybe the brevity is what makes it hit so hard. Her skill in this is probably because she is a poet – as a matter of fact the poet laureate of Mississippi.
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  • Christa Gregg
    4.0 out of 5 stars Quick; Thoughtful read
    Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2020
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    The range of emotion captured in the shortest of memoirs is the most memorable. The ability of two sentences to stop me and make me ponder and feel deeply is not to be missed. It’s funny, sad, and wonderful.
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  • Rosie Walker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift for a friend who likes "wry self-awareness"
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024
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    What I like about Heating & Cooling. 1) Title is a tease. Book is not about HVAC. 2) Cover is outrageously funny: a Popsicle stick with one bite remaining to be scarfed up. 3) As the back cover indicates, "All essays are told with wry self-awareness ..." 4) The essays are the kind that make me think "I could have written that" before I answer myself: "No, I could not have written that."
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  • Kathleen Ziegler
    5.0 out of 5 stars A true genre-breaker
    Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017
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    I loved this book. A true genre-breaker, Heating and Cooling is both poetry and prose and unbelievably powerful. Like the cover hints, this is delectable food that you can't stop devouring from the moment you open it up. Fennelly artfully incorporates so much imagery and emotion into each word that a whole lifetime is captured in a single of her 52 micro-memoirs. She's witty, somber and uncompromisingly real. You will know her intimately through her stories -- as a writer, a lover, a sister and daughter, a mother and a wife. And I challenge anyone to look at safety scissors or cysts in the same way again.
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  • Lori S
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good, Solid Read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018
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    I enjoyed this book, I really did. However, I didn't love it. The short stories were enjoyable. I think the challenge for me was that they jumped all over the place and I couldn't pull out a theme or a story.
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  • Jewel Sample, award-winning author of Flying Hugs and Kisses
    5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, Entertaining, Evocative and Memorable
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2018
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    Fennelly shares 52 flashes of memory that has extraordinary meaning to her and forms a word picture of who she is as an American human being. While reading I imagined Fennelly digging deep to show the underlying mystery, drama, humor, frustration, and love that made her take pause, breathe in the moment of memory and make meaning out of it, then honor that slice of life by placing it on the blank page for me to see.
    I have read this collection of micro-memoirs several times and each time I found her to be joyous in her writing. She is in love with words. She has the skill to script a memorable experience that engages me. What a great ride! That’s a good thing, otherwise, she may as well be knitting or bartending.
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  • Janine Donoho aka J. M. Donoho & Jessie Jayne Smith
    4.0 out of 5 stars Surprise! They're flash essays.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2019
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    This collection proved funny, irreverent, and deeply personal with beau coup laugh-out-loud vignettes. As with many honest writers, she burnishes our commonality, then brings us back around to what makes us all unique. Thank you, Beth Ann Fennelly, for sharing your flash essays.
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  • BioTeacher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written, highly entertaining and funny!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2017
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    Each page is a surprising and lovely glimpse into daily life of marriage, parenthood, and work from the eyes of this remarkable author. I have never read a book of micro-memoirs before and I loved it! I could not put it down - whether it was the subject matter or the writing style, it was a beautiful read. My teenage daughter happened to pick it up as well and was pulled right in; it is a rare occasion that my daughter and I enjoy the same book. I look forward to future books from this author.
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  • Carol Rourke
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great service
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2021
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    Book was in good condition and as described. It arrived promptly, within the timescale stated. Very happy with my purchase, would recommend this seller.
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  • Helen Barnes
    4.0 out of 5 stars Vivid fragments from life
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2020
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    Recommended at a recent writing workshop. I was initially sceptical, some of it seemed very slight. But much more than the sum of its parts.
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  • Lisa Payne
    3.0 out of 5 stars Memoir for the flash fiction age
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2017
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    I liked the book. I wanted to love it the way I love some of Beth Ann Fennelly's longer essays, but I didn't. I'm interested in the idea of micro-memoir, but this felt like when your favourite biscuit is made in a small size. It hits all the flavour notes, but doesn't completely satisfy.
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