American essays
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Arguably: Essays
$22.99 Add to cart“Hitchens is an opportunity to be delighted or maddened–possibly both–but in any case, not to be missed…” –The New York Times
A stylish new paperback edition of ARGUABLY, a greatest hits collecti- Author: Hitchens, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 1455502782
- Language: English
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Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
$18.99 Add to cartIn David Sedaris’s world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. Sedaris’s collection of essays and stories is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves mone… [more below]
- Series: Barrel Fever #1
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0316779423
- 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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Ongoingness: The End of a Diary
$17.00 Read more” Manguso] has written the memoir we didn’t realize we needed.” —The New Yorker
In Ongoingness, Sarah Manguso continues to define the contours of the contemporary essay. In it, she confronts a meticu- Author: Manguso, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: December 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1555977650
- Language: English
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Study in Perfect
$21.95 Add to cartStudy in Perfect is an exploration of perfection. In “Moving Horizontal” a Victorian house loses its charm over time, especially when compared to a modernist contemporary filled with light. Family lif
- Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creati
- Author: Gorham, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: February 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0820351431
- Language: English
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The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
$19.99 Add to cartIn recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the Pulitzer-Prize winning a
- Author: Dillard, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0062432966
- Language: English
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Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews
$16.95 Add to cartThe wildly varied essays in Not-Knowing combine to form a posthumous manifesto of one of America’s masters of literary experiment. Here are Barthelme’s thoughts on writing (his own and others); his ob
- Author: Barthelme, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1593761732
- Language: English
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Children & Other Wild Animals: Notes on Badgers, Otters, Sons, Hawks, Daughters, Dogs, Bears, Air, Bobcats, Fishers, Mascots, Charles Darwin, Newts,
$18.95 Add to cartIn Children and Other Wild Animals, bestselling novelist Brian Doyle (Mink River, The Plover) describes encounters with astounding beings of every sort and shape. These true tales of animals and human… [more below]
- Author: Doyle, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0870717545
- Language: English
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Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
$19.00 Add to cartNamed a best book of 2017 by NPR, The Guardian, Slate, NYLON and The Globe and Mail (Canada)
From Durga Chew-Bose, “one of our most gifted, insightful essayists and critics” (Nylon), comes “a warmly- Author: Chew-Bose, Durga
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 11, 2017
- ISBN10: 0374535957
- Language: English
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What Are People For?: Essays
$16.95 Add to cartRanging from America’s insatiable consumerism and household economies to literary subjects and America’s attitude toward waste, here Berry gracefully navigates from one topic to the next. He speaks ca
- Author: Berry, Wendell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 25, 2010
- ISBN10: 1582434875
- Language: English
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Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
$17.00 Add to cartSpanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.
His pieces take us from a horrifying a- Author: Krakauer, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1984897691
- Language: English
