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23) Arguably: essays
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Essayist Christopher Hitchens ruminates on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men, the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard, the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad, the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and how politics justifies itself by culture--and how the latter prompts the former.
24) White
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Combining personal reflection and social observation, Bret Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction is an incendiary polemic about this young century's failings, e-driven and otherwise, and at once an example, definition, and defense of what 'freedom of speech' truly means. Bret Easton Ellis has wrestled with the double-edged sword of fame and notoriety for more than thirty years now, since Less Than Zero catapulted him into the limelight in 1985,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
x, 317 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Baker's second nonfiction collection, ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. Baker moves from political controversy to the intimacy of his own life, from forgotten heroes of pacifism to airplane wings, telephones, paper mills, David Remnick, Joseph Pulitzer, the OED, and the manufacture of the Venetian gondola. He writes about kite string and about the moment he met his wife, and he surveys...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
©2014.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 208 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate who died tragically five days after graduation details the struggle that we all face as we figure out what we want to be and how we can positively impact the world.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
11 CDs (810 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of talks, essays, introductions to beloved books, and book reviews by Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the foremost public literary intellectuals.
"Starred Review. What she says of poetry-'Its primary job is simply to find the words that give it its right, true shape'-might well be said of all the shapely pieces in this generous, edifying, and invaluable collection."--Booklist
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 304 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A treasury of essays, articles, and reviews by the late author includes pieces that explore such topics as religious fundamentalism, Russian literature, and the possibility of an African-American president.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
149 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In a volume he describes as 'a series of covert and no-so-covert autobiographical pieces,' Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsession, with examples as diverse as western films, comic books, the music of Talking Heads and Pink Floyd, and the New York City subway. Along the way, he shows how each of these "voyages out from himself" have led him home--home to his father's life as a painter, and to the source of his beginnings as a writer. This...
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xviii, 615 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a blossoming of creative nonfiction. In this extraordinary collection, Phillip Lopate gathers essays by forty-seven of America's best contemporary writers, mingling long-established eminences with newer voices and making room for a wide variety of perspectives and styles. The Contemporary American Essay is a monument to a remarkably adaptable form and a treat for anyone who loves fantastic...
34) Read harder
Publisher
Believer Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
294 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This volume collects the finest essays from the second half of the Believer's decade-long (and counting) run. The Believer, the McSweeney's-published four-time nominee for the National Magazine Award, is beloved for tackling everything from pop culture to ancient literature with the same sagacity and wit, and this collection cements that reputation with pieces as wildly diverse as the magazine itself. Featured articles include Nick Hornby on his...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the universally acclaimed, best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Here are six pieces written in 1968 from the "Points West" Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers; a session with Gamblers Anonymous;...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 415 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Judith Thurman, a prolific staff writer at The New Yorker for more than two decades, has gathered a selection of her essays and profiles in A Left-Handed Woman. They consider our culture in all its guises: literature, history, politics, gender, fashion, and art, though their paramount subject is the human condition." --
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
182 pages : maps ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, non-straight people are telling other versions, and white people and men and particularly white men are trying to hang onto the old versions and their own centrality. In Whose Story Is This? Rebecca Solnit appraises what's emerging and why it matters and what the obstacles are.
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