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Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
$19.99 Read more“Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.”
–Ursula K. Le Guin
When she began writing in the 1960s, Ursula K. Le Guin was as much of a literary outsider as… [more below]- Series: Last Interview
- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1612197795
- Language: English
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300 Arguments
$16.00 Add to cart“Jam-packed with insights you’ll want to both text to your friends and tattoo on your skin….A sweeping view of a human mind trying to make order of the world around us.”–Celeste Ng, author of Littl
- Author: Manguso, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1555977642
- Language: English
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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartFor anyone who enjoys reading memoirs–or is thinking about writing one–this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors, including Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, and others.
The … [more below]
- Author: Baker, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 20 1998
- ISBN10: 0395901502
- Language: English
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My Fairy-Tale Life
$19.99 Add to cartHans Christian Andersen had every right to think of his life as a fairy tale. He came from the lowest strata of society in the then little provincial town of Odense, went to Copenhagen at the age of 1… [more below]
- Series: Dark Masters
- Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 514
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1907650571
- Language: English
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Roald Dahl: Teller of the Unexpected: A Biography
$27.95 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
From one of our finest literary biographers comes a brilliant biography of Roald Dahl: the much-loved author and creator of countless iconic literary chara- Author: Dennison, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363327
- Language: English
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Saint-Exupery: A Biography
$36.99 Add to cartFrom a master biographer, the life story of the daring French aviator who became one of the twentieth century’s most beloved authors
Antoine de Saint-Exup?y disappeared at age forty-four during a reco- Author: Schiff, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0805079130
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
$18.00 Add to cart- Author: Stein, Gertrude
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 17 1990
- ISBN10: 067972463X
- Language: English
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Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
$16.95 Add to cartThis engaging volume was pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft’s most popular book during her lifetime. Difficult to categorize, it is both an arresting travel book and a moving exploration of her p… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Wollstonecraft, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199230633
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
$24.95 Add to cartPoet, dramatist, novelist, critic, teacher, and political activist Amiri Baraka, born LeRoi Jones, vividly recounts his crusading role in African American literature. A driving force behind the Black … [more below]
- Series: Library of Black America
- Author: Baraka, Amiri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1556522312
- Language: English
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Goodbye to All That: Introduction by Miranda Seymour
$30.00 Add to cartOn the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I: a hardcover edition of one of the best and most famous memoirs of the conflict.
Good-bye to All That was published a decade after the end of the- Series: Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
- Author: Graves, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: April 24 2018
- ISBN10: 1101907983
- Language: English
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My Father’s Glory & My Mother’s Castle: Marcel Pagnol’s Memories of Childhood
$29.00 Add to cartBathed in the warm clarity of the summer sun in Provence, Marcel Pagnol’s childhood memories celebrate a time of rare beauty and delight.Called by Jean Renoir “the leading film artist of his age,” Pag
- Author: Pagnol, Marcel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: October 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0865472572
- Language: English
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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
$42.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Maya Angelou’s classic memoirs have had an enduring impact on American literature and culture. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on P… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1184
- Publish Date: September 21 2004
- ISBN10: 0679643257
- Language: English
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A Drinking Life: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartThis bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is “a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction” (New York Times).
As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pe… [more below]- Author: Hamill, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0316341029
- Language: English
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1934-1939
$28.99 Add to cartBeginning with Nin’s arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the … [more below]
- Series: Diary of Anais Nin #02
- Author: Nin, Anaïs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: March 25 1970
- ISBN10: 0156260263
- Language: English
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Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley
$34.95 Add to cartA rigorously researched biography of the founder of modern magick, as well as a study of the occult, sexuality, Eastern religion, and more
The name “Aleister Crowley” instantly conjures visions of dia- Author: Kaczynski, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: August 10 2010
- ISBN10: 1556438990
- Language: English
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Letters on Cézanne
$17.00 Add to cartRilke’s prayerful responses to the french master’s beseeching art
For a long time nothing, and then suddenly one has the right eyes. Virtually every day in the fall of 1907, Rainer Maria Rilke returne- Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 15 2002
- ISBN10: 086547639X
- Language: English
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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition Volume 11
$56.25 Add to cartMark Twain’s complete, uncensored Autobiography was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author’s death, as he requested. Published to rave revie… [more below]
- Series: Mark Twain Papers #11
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 776
- Publish Date: October 05 2013
- ISBN10: 520272781
- Language: English
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Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard
$19.95 Add to cartRon Padgett remembers the life and times of his friend, the brilliant artist Joe Brainard.
- Author: Padgett, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1566891590
- Language: English
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A Chance Meeting: American Encounters
$19.95 Read moreWeaving a tapestry of creativity and circumstance, this lauded chronicle of the many links and serendipitous meetings between giants of American culture–from Henry James to Gertrude Stein to Zora Nea… [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1681378108
- Language: English
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Retablos: Stories from a Life Lived Along the Border
$15.95 Read moreRecommended by the New York Times and NBC News, and called one of the Best Books of the Year by Buzzfeed!
The New York Times directs readers to Retablos if you want to know “what’s life really like on
- Author: Solis, Octavio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0872867862
- Language: English
