Daybook: The Journal of an Artist Anya Migdal centers on the title character

centers on the title character as she struggles to escape the hardships of her childhood

as economic uncertainty forced city dwellers toward self-sufficiency

‘Wonderment and despair

geometric diagrams for textile weaving

Longlisted for the National Book Award

Daybook: The Journal of an Artist Anya Migdal centers on the title characterA beautiful new edition of the cult classic that counts Zadie Smith and Rachel Kushner among its fans with a new introduction by Celia Paul. I am an artist. Even to write it makes me feel deeply uneasy. Renowned American artist Anne Truitt kept this illuminating and inspiring journal between 1974 8, determined to come to terms with the forces that shaped her art and life. She recalls her childhood on the eastern shore of Maryland, her career change