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Bluets
Bluets
by Maggie Nelson
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Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . . A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets... (read more)

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace
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In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean... (read more)

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Sister Outsider: Essays & Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays & Speeches
by Audre Lorde
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Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism... (read more)

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My Misspent Youth
My Misspent Youth
by Meghan Daum
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An essayist in the tradition of Joan Didion, Meghan Daum is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers of her generation, widely recognized for her fresh, provocative approach with which she unearths the hidden fault lines in the American landscape... (read more)

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The Writer Who Stayed
The Writer Who Stayed
by William Zinsser
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Adapted from "Zinsser on Friday," The American Scholar's National Magazine Award–Winning Essay Series For nineteen months William Zinsser, author of the best-selling On Writing Well and many other books, wrote a weekly column for the... (read more)

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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner
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This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.     John Gardner was almost as famous as a... (read more)

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We Learn Nothing: Essays
We Learn Nothing: Essays
by Tim Kreider
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In We Learn Nothing, satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition, asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesnt change you? Why do... (read more)

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Who Is Mark Twain?
Who Is Mark Twain?
by Mark Twain
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"You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, for I don't want any absurd 'literary remains' and 'unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted." He was joking, of course. But... (read more)

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Bringing It To the Table: on Farming and Food (09 Edition)
Bringing It To the Table: on Farming and Food (09 Edition)
by Wendell Berry
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One of the most prolific and celebrated authors on the subjects of sustainable agriculture and mindful eating, Wendell Berry has influenced the likes of Wes Jackson, Barbara Kingsolver, Gene Logsdon, Barry Lopez, and Michael Pollan, to name a few. Fans... (read more)

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The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays)
The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays)
by Edwidge Danticat
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more)

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Pulphead: Essays
Pulphead: Essays
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
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I love collections of essays. I almost always have one (or two or three) in a pile on my bedside table. But not since I first read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace have I loved a book of essays as much as I loved... (read more)

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Arguably: Essays
Arguably: Essays
by Christopher Hitchens
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"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us... (read more)

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Self-Reliance, and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
Self-Reliance, and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Self-Reliance and Other Essays contains selections from both Emerson's First and Second Series, plus the Harvard Divinity School Address. This little gem of a book offers a fine sampling of the transcendental idealism and reliance on the individual... (read more)

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Johnson's Life of London: The People Who Made the City That Made the World
Johnson's Life of London: The People Who Made the City That Made the World
by Boris Johnson
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The exhilarating story of how London came to be one of the most exciting and influential places on earth—from the city’s colorful, witty, and well-known mayor. Once a swampland that the Romans could hardly be bothered to conquer, over the... (read more)

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Irons in the Fire
Irons in the Fire
by John Mcphee
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This acclaimed collection of essays begins with the title essay and a trip to Nevada, where, in the company of a brand inspector, John McPhee discovers that cattle rustling is not just history. John McPhee is the author of more than 25 books, including... (read more)

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Great Speckled Bird: Confessions of a Village Preacher
Great Speckled Bird: Confessions of a Village Preacher
by Rob Mccall
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Following the Maine seasons as he did in Small Misty Mountain (Pushcart Press, 2006), McCall elegantly suggests the return to what he calls "The Old Faith" found in villages and in the hearts of spiritual people all over the globe who want little to do... (read more)

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The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way
The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way
by Alice Walker
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In her newest collection of wide-ranging meditations on our intertwined personal, spiritual, and political destinies, Alice Walker writes that “we are beyond a rigid category of color, sex, or spirituality if we are truly alive.” For the... (read more)

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Selected Writings of Walter Pater
Selected Writings of Walter Pater
by Harold Bloom
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Harold Bloom's selection of Pater's writings brings together in one volume the most important sections and passages from The Renaissance, Imaginary Portraits, Appreciations, Plato and Platonism, Greek Studies, and Sketches and Reviews, as well as The... (read more)

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Burning Down the House : Essays on Fiction (Rev 09 Edition)
Burning Down the House : Essays on Fiction (Rev 09 Edition)
by Charles Baxter
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Graywolf reissues one of its most successful essay collections with two new essays and a new foreword by Charles BaxterAs much a rumination on the state of literature as a technical manual for aspiring writers, Burning Down the House has been enjoyed by... (read more)

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Southern Frontier Humor: New Approaches
Southern Frontier Humor: New Approaches
by Ed (edt) Piacentino
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New approaches and new considerations of authors beyond Mark Twain and into the present... (read more)

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