Essays
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The White Album
$18.00 Add to cartFirst published in 1979, Joan Didion’s The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s.
Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era–including Charles Manson, the- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 10, 2009
- ISBN10: 0374532079
- Language: English
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A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
$28.00 Add to cartLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
The highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, which has now sold over one million copies wor
- Author: Nguyen, Viet Thanh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0802160506
- Language: English
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
$18.00 Add to cartCelebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion’s first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. First published in 1968, the collecti
- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 28, 2008
- ISBN10: 0374531382
- Language: English
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Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business
$30.00 Read moreFrom beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between.
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- Author: Gay, Roxane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0063341468
- Language: English
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Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
$30.00 Add to cartChristian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work.
Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, a- Author: Wiman, Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0374603456
- Language: English
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The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
$28.00 Add to cart**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Boston Globe, Garden & Gun, Electric Literature, and St. Louis Public Radio**
The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy is- Author: Gay, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1643753096
- Language: English
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The Legible Element: essays
$19.99 Add to cart“Imagine finding that message in a bottle you always dreamed about.” So writes Paul Yoon, author of Snow Hunters, about poet and essayist Ralph Sneeden’s new book The Legible Element.
Although a memoi
- Author: Sneeden, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: July 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1958094285
- Language: English
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Revelation at the Food Bank
$21.95 Add to cartThese powerful essays share critical moments of a writer’s life: scenes from sixty years of passionate married love; suicides faced and suicide contemplated; trauma at the DMV; a night lost searching … [more below]
- Author: Gerber, Merrill Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: December 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 1952386705
- Language: English
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A Strange Life: Selected Essays of Louisa May Alcott
$21.95 Read moreCollected together for the very first time, witty and wide-ranging essays from the celebrated author of Little Women.
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Wo- Author: Alcott, Louisa May
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1912559439
- Language: English
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Ron Carlson Writes a Story: Tips from a Master of the Craft
$17.99 Add to cart“A master of the short story” discusses every aspect of the writing process, from story structure to staying focused, in this candid essay collection (Booklist).
Ron Carlson’s short stories have been- Author: Carlson, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: January 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1504079620
- Language: English
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Intimations: Six Essays
$12.00 Add to cart“[Smith’s] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America’s social systems.” —TIME,
- Author: Smith, Zadie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 059329761X
- Language: English
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Upstream: Selected Essays
$27.00 Add to cartOne of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year
The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. “There’s hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn’t f- Author: Oliver, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11, 2016
- ISBN10: 1594206708
- Language: English
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On Community
$15.95 Add to cartShortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction – Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature – One of CBC Books‘ Canadian Nonfiction
- Series: Field Notes #8
- Author: Plett, Casey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1771965770
- Language: English
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The Book
$25.00 Read moreFollowing the acclaimed Dunce, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle’s latest prose publication The Book.
True to its bold title, The Book affirms Mary Ruefle’s legacy as (dubb… [more below]
- Author: Ruefle, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1950268845
- Language: English
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The Moth Presents: A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding on and Letting Go
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An inspiring and entertaining collection of unforgettable true stories about finding unexpected beauty in life’s transitions–from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Gilbert, Qu
- Series: Moth Presents
- Author: The Moth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593139038
- Language: English
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Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Winner of the 2022 Southern Book Prize
An Indie Next Selection for September 2021
A Book Marks Best Reviewed Essay Collection of 20- Author: Renkl, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1571311858
- Language: English
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Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry
$29.95 Read moreA collection of essays that offers an intimate view of Larry McMurtry, America’s preeminent western novelist, through the eyes of a pantheon of writers he helped shape through his work over the course
- Author: Getschow, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1477327878
- Language: English
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Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
$18.99 Add to cart““Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America.”” –Publishers Weekly
“[These contributions] touch on so many differen
- Author: Grande, Reyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063095785
- Language: English
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
$28.00 Add to cart“Sister Outsider, a collection of essays and speeches by the pioneering feminist Audre Lorde, is one of my all-time-favorite books. It’s always great to have an intersectional tome on hand.” –Amanda
- Series: Penguin Vitae
- Author: Lorde, Audre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 25, 2020
- ISBN10: 0143134442
- Language: English
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On Thinking for Yourself: Instinct, Education, Dissension
$12.95 Read more“A great addition to the ongoing discourse around the value of perspective-taking, perfect for those hoping to elevate the approach to conversations about difficult subjects.” —Shelf Awareness
Seven e- Series: Atlantic Editions
- Author: Flanagan, Caitlin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1638931402
- Language: English
