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Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (09 Edition) by Lydia Davis Staff Pick Normally I dislike "domestic stories." You know, those fictions that deal with slice-of-life musings or investigations into the American Life and Household. Lydia Davis tackles this terrain quite often, but the clarity of her voice, coupled with a will... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker Staff Pick The Mezzanine was the first work I read that questioned some pre-packaged notions I'd digested about the soullessness of corporate culture. Well, I'm still wary of all those fluorescent lights and motivational speeches, but Baker can make drinking-straw... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lifespan of a Fact by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal Staff Pick Though listed as a reference book, The Lifespan of a Fact is really a heated and often hilarious battle between essayist John D'Agata and his fact checker at the Believer, Jim Fingal. John's flippant responses frustrate Jim so much that he retaliates by,... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Life, a User's Manual: Fictions. Georges Perec by Georges Perec Staff Pick Georges Perec was one of the more famous members of the Oulipo, a group of writers whose acronym translates to "workshop for a potential literature." The group imposes mathematical and/or absurd constraints on the style and form of their writing. Perec... (read more) Your price: $15.50 New - Mass Market
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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Over Thirty Years of Conversations With Robert Irwin (Rev 09 Edition) by Lawrence Weschler Staff Pick This book taught me so much about the value of slowness, in art-making and in perception itself. Its subject isn't really Irwin's art products or his technical processes. Instead, Weschler brilliantly arranges the surrounding biographical and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono Staff Pick Hand this book to any Yoko-hater and watch as the corners of their mouth tremble, resisting a disarmed smile. This work (originally published in 1970) is probably, properly, "Fluxist," though it takes that project even further from the gallery than any... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Hardcover
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I Love Dick by Chris Kraus Staff Pick Is it a stalking case? A feminist performance-art project? An art scandal? A memoir? Or epistolary novel? I Love Dick, Chris Kraus's artful obsession with theorist Dick Hebdige, shatters about every category (and interpersonal boundary) out there in... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Seven Tenths by James Hamilton-paterson Staff Pick Seven-Tenths is a multifaceted ode to the "sea and its thresholds." Hamilton-Paterson takes the reader on tour with scientists and fishermen, seafaring nomads, and resort developers. He contrasts their exploits with poetic fables and a "pre-GPS" history... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Trade Paper
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Charley Harper Birds and Words by Charley Harper Staff Pick Who knew birds could be so stylish? Charlie Harper's birds look like they just flew in from some future that was dreamed up in a 1960s living room. Also, the text is charming, hilarious, and weird enough for a double take.... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis Staff Pick Normally I dislike "domestic stories." You know, those fictions that deal with slice-of-life musings or investigations into the American Life and Household. Lydia Davis tackles this terrain quite often, but the clarity of her voice, coupled with a will... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mezzanine (10 Edition) by Nicholson Baker Staff Pick The Mezzanine was the first work I read that questioned some pre-packaged notions I'd digested about the soullessness of corporate culture. Well, I'm still wary of all those fluorescent lights and motivational speeches, but Baker can make drinking-straw... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Powr Mastr, Vol. 2 by Cf Staff Pick Powr Mastrs is an experimental comic series that, in loose, penciled style, depicts the goings-on of a magical cast of characters in a magical land where the magical rules are ever-so-slowly revealed to the reader. At turns cryptic and plotty, geometric... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Powr Mastrs, Volume One by C. F. Staff Pick Powr Mastrs is an experimental comic series that, in loose, penciled style, depicts the goings-on of a magical cast of characters in a magical land where the magical rules are ever-so-slowly revealed to the reader. At turns cryptic and plotty, geometric... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Hardcover
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Everything That Rises by Lawrence Weschler Staff Pick Lawrence Weschler makes the reader do a lot of the work. This is a very good thing, as it's really fun work. He provides just enough description and imagery to reveal how "convergences" — similarities of form/theme across disparate eras/regions of... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Life : a User's Manual (Rev 08 Edition) by Georges Perec List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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