IDIOPHONE

Leaping from ballet to quiltmaking, from the The Nutcracker to an Annie-B Parson interview, Idiophone is a strikingly original medit ation on risk-taking and provocation in art and a unabashedly honest, funny, and intimate consideration of art-making in the context of motherhood, and motherhood in the context of addiction. Amy Fusselmans compact, beautifully digressive essay feels both surpris ing and effortless, fueled by broad-ranging curiosity, and, fundamentally, joy.