Essays
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Mailer’s Last Days: New and Selected Remembrances of a Life in Literature
$22.00 Add to cartThis book of essays by Norman Mailer’s biographer, Dr. J. Michael Lennon, collect personal and literary reminiscences, insights, and investigations from the last half century. Through the rising actio… [more below]
- Author: Lennon, J. Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1736494651
- Language: English
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Signs and Images: Writings on Art, Cinema and Photography
$20.00 Read moreA major collection of essays and interviews from an iconic 20th-century philosopher in five volumes, now all available together in paperback.
Roland Barthes was a restless, protean thinker. A constan- Series: French List
- Author: Barthes, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1803092742
- Language: English
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Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin
$17.95 Read moreLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
A new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Crit- Author: Orner, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222040
- Language: English
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Writers and Their Teachers
$28.00 Read moreBy turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. Nobel laureate J. M. Co
- Author: Salwak, Dale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1350272264
- Language: English
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Norman Mailer. Moonfire. the Epic Journey of Apollo 11
$29.17 Add to cartIt has been called the single most historic event of the 20th century: On July 20, 1969, after a decade of tests and training, supported by a staff of 400,000 engineers and scientists, and with a budg
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Mailer, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: May 29 2015
- ISBN10: 3836556227
- Language: English
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These Precious Days: Essays
$28.99 Read moreThe beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays.
“The elegance of Patchett’s prose is seductive and invitin
- Author: Patchett, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0063118033
- Language: English
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Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
$26.00 Read moreA profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form.
“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanity–and witness t- Series: Berlin Family Lectures
- Author: Cole, Teju
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 27 2021
- ISBN10: 022664135X
- Language: English
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Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays
$17.95 Read moreRanging from Ta-Nehisi Coates’s case for reparations to Toni Morrison’s revolutionary humanism to D’Angelo’s simmering blend of R&B and racial justice, Jesse McCarthy’s bracing essays investigate with
- Author: McCarthy, Jesse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1324091479
- Language: English
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Sidewalks
$16.95 Read moreGrantland Book of the Year
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, A Year of Favorites, Jason Diamond
Book Riot, 2014’s Must-Read Books from Indie Presses“Valeria Luiselli is a writer of formidable talent, destined to be an
- Author: Luiselli, Valeria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 13 2014
- ISBN10: 1566893569
- Language: English
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Personal Writings
$18.00 Read moreThe Nobel Prize winner’s most influential and enduring personal writings, newly curated and introduced by acclaimed Camus scholar Alice Kaplan.
Albert Camus (1913-1960) is unsurpassed among writers fo- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0525567216
- Language: English
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Bee Reaved
$17.95 Add to cartA new collection of essays from Dodie Bellamy on disenfranchisement, vulgarity, American working-class life, aesthetic values, and profound embarrassment.
So. Much. Information. When does one expand?- Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
- Author: Bellamy, Dodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 163590157X
- Language: English
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Everything I Never Wanted to Know
$19.95 Read more“A dauntless and harrowing indictment of patriarchal violence.” –Publishers Weekly
In Everything I Never Wanted to Know, Christine Hume confronts the stigma and vulnerability of women’s bodies in the- Series: 21st Century Essays
- Author: Hume, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 23 2023
- ISBN10: 081425862X
- Language: English
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Un B?rbaro En Par?s: Textos Sobre La Cultura Francesa / A Barbarian in Paris. Wr Itings about French Culture
$19.95 Read moreEL LIBRO QUE CELEBRA LA ENTRADA DEL PREMIO NOBEL MARIO VARGAS LLOSA EN LA ACADEMIA FRANCESA
«La literatura francesa fue la mejor y sigue siéndolo. La más osada, la más libre, […] la que se … [more below]- Author: Llosa, Mario Vargas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 6073826214
- Language: Spanish
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Nobel Lectures: From the Literature Laureates, 1986 to 2006
$17.95 Add to cartFrom the political to the aesthetic, Nobel Lectures collects the words of a quarter century of literature laureates, offering a glimpse into the inspirations, motivations, and passionately held belief… [more below]
- Author: The New Press
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 293
- Publish Date: September 30 2008
- ISBN10: 1595584099
- Language: English
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The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
$18.95 Read moreEssays on music, art, pop culture, literature, and politics by the renowned essayist and observer of contemporary life, now collected together for the first time.
The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth H- Author: Hardwick, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1681376237
- Language: English
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To Go Into the Words
$34.95 Read moreTo Go Into the Words is the latest book of critical prose from renowned poet and scholar of Jewish literature Norman Finkelstein. Through a rigorous examination of poets such as William Bronk, Helen A
- Series: Poets on Poetry
- Author: Finkelstein, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0472039415
- Language: English
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Little Labors
$16.95 Add to cartSei Shonagon’s Pillow Book–a key inspiration for Rivka Galchen’s new book–contains a list of “Things That Make One Nervous.” And wouldn’t the blessed event top almost anyone’s list?
Little Labors is
- Author: Galchen, Rivka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 17 2016
- ISBN10: 0811225585
- Language: English
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Satyajit Ray Miscellany: On Life, Cinema, People & Much More
$19.95 Read moreSatyajit Ray (1921-1992), one of the doyens of world cinema, gave a unique aesthetic expression to Indian cinema, music, art and literature. His writings, especially, autobiographical works, thoughts … [more below]
- Series: The Penguin Ray Library
- Author: Satyajit, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0143448994
- Language: English
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Forward from This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2008
$17.00 Add to cartSince 1976, when he was an 18-year-old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts’ writing has been winning awards, including the Pulitzer and five National Headliner Awards. This book collects his best newspaper c… [more below]
- Author: Pitts Jr, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 349
- Publish Date: August 04 2009
- ISBN10: 1932841326
- Language: English
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Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches, 1937-1958
$16.00 Read moreThe Nobel Prize winner’s most influential and enduring lectures and speeches, newly translated by Quintin Hoare, in what is the first English language publication of this collection.
Albert Camus (19- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0525567232
- Language: English
