American essays - 20th century
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series: A Library of America Paperback Classic
$12.95 Read moreA compilation of the best essays written by the father of transcendentalism, with selections from Emerson’s lectures on history, art, politics, and more
In the words of Harold Bloom, “Emerson’s prose- Series: Library of America
- Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 05 2010
- ISBN10: 1598530844
- Language: English
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For the Time Being
$18.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and one of the most compelling writers of our time comes a “beautifully written and delightfully strange” (Daily… [more below]
- Author: Dillard, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 08 2000
- ISBN10: 0375703470
- Language: English
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Kahlil Gibran’s Little Book of Life
$15.95 Add to cartFor the past eighty years, the beautiful words of the Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran have graced everything from greeting cards and wedding invitations to inspirational wall hangings and corpora
- Author: Gibran, Kahlil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 157174830X
- Language: English
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What I Stand On: The Collected Essays of Wendell Berry 1969-2017: (A Library of America Boxed Set)
$75.00 Add to cartThe indispensable writings of our foremost voice on the current ecological and cultural crisis, more relevant now than ever, in a special two-volume edition prepared in consultation with the author.
W- Author: Berry, Wendell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1702
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1598536109
- Language: English
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Just Before Dark
$18.99 Add to cartJim Harrison’s essays and articles have been selected from twenty-five years of work, from venues as diverse as PLAYBOY, THE NATION, OUTSIDE, and the AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW. They explore the passions
- Author: Harrison, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 061800193X
- Language: English
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In Short: A Collection of Brief Creative Nonfiction
$16.95 Read moreSomething is going on out there. Almost simultaneously, many of our finest writers are experimenting with a new nonfiction form: brief pieces that are literary and personal rather than informational,
- Author: Jones, Mary Paumier
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 17 1996
- ISBN10: 0393314928
- Language: English
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Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present
$25.00 Add to cartFrom memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism, this indispensable anthology brings together works from all genres of creative nonfiction, with pieces by fifty contemporary writers i… [more below]
- Author: Williford, Lex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 11 2007
- ISBN10: 1416531742
- Language: English
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The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015
$28.00 Add to cartThe first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters, The Search for the Genuine is a sparkling, definitive collection of Jim Harrison’s essays and journalism–some nev
- Author: Harrison, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 0802157211
- Language: English
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Plainwater: Essays and Poetry
$19.00 Add to cartThe poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as “the most exciting poet writing in English today… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Carson, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 28, 2000
- ISBN10: 0375708421
- Language: English
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Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s (Loa #325): Run River / Slouching Towards Bethlehem / Play It as It Lays / A Book of Common Prayer / The White Album
$39.95 Add to cartLibrary of America launches a definitive collected edition of one of the most original and electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her five iconic books of the 1960s & 70s
Joan Didion’s i- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 980
- Publish Date: November 12, 2019
- ISBN10: 1598536451
- Language: English
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
$20.00 Add to cartBeautifully repackaged as part of the Picador Modern Classics Series, this special edition is small enough to fit in your pocket and bold enough to stand out on your bookshelf.
Celebrated, iconic, and- Series: Picador Modern Classics
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 07, 2017
- ISBN10: 1250160650
- Language: English
