Essays
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Men in Dark Times
$19.99 Add to cartEssays on Karl Jaspers, Rosa Luxemburg, Pope John XXIII, Isak Dinesen, Bertolt Brecht, Randall Jarrell, and others whose lives and work illuminated the early part of the century. Index.
- Author: Arendt, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0156588900
- Language: English
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Beauty, Neuroscience, and Architecture: Timeless Patterns and Their Impact on Our Well-Being
$60.00 Add to cart2019 Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY) Bronze Medal Award winner
2018 Robert & Judi Newman Award for Literature & Journalism
For centuries, men and women have sought to express beauty in ar… [more below]- Author: Ruggles, Donald H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0692928626
- Language: English
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Glenn Ligon: Distinguishing Piss from Rain: Writings and Interviews
$38.00 Read moreAn expansive volume featuring over two decades of incisive reflections on race, art and pop culture by one of the greatest artists working today
This long-awaited and essential volume collects writings
- Author: Ligon, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 3906915883
- Language: English
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Leslie F*cking Jones
$21.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR HUMOR
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BARNES AND NOBLE’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A TOWN & COUNTRY BEST CELEBRITY MEMOIR OF 2023
A VULTURE BEST COMEDY BOOK OF 2023- Author: Jones, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1538706504
- Language: English
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Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser
$17.99 Read moreA Brit&Co Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Amy Wilson, co-host of the award-winning podcast What Fresh Hell, takes a funny and insightful look at how women are conditioned to be “happy to help”–and wha
- Author: Wilson, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1958506788
- Language: English
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Is Art History?: Selected Writings
$40.00 Add to cartSpanning six decades, this critical compilation gathers Svetlana Alpers’ award-winning writings on art history
A definitive volume of writings by one of the most renowned art historians of the past cen
- Author: Alpers, Svetlana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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S/He
$18.95 Add to cartIn this series of poetic vignettes, award-winning poet Minnie Bruce Pratt explores the fluidity, capaciousness, unpredictability, malleability, and shifting everyday terrains of sex and gender. As mem… [more below]
- Series: Sapphic Classic
- Author: Pratt, Minnie Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1944981764
- Language: English
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The Franchise: San Francisco 49ers: A Curated History of the Niners
$28.00 Add to cartIn The Franchise: San Francisco 49ers, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of an iconic team.
This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history- Series: The Franchise
- Author: Inman, Cam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1637276222
- Language: English
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Sucker Punch: Essays
$28.00 Add to cartThe long-awaited follow-up from one of the most original and hilarious voices writing today.
Scaachi Koul’s first book was a collection of raw, perceptive, and hilarious essays reckoning with the issue- Author: Koul, Scaachi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1250270502
- Language: English
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S/He
$18.95 Add to cartIn this series of poetic vignettes, award-winning poet Minnie Bruce Pratt explores the fluidity, capaciousness, unpredictability, malleability, and shifting everyday terrains of sex and gender. As mem… [more below]
- Series: Sapphic Classic
- Author: Pratt, Minnie Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1944981764
- Language: English
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The Dreamcatcher in the Wry
$29.95 Add to cartThe Dreamcatcher in the Wry, Tiffany Midge’s bitingly hilarious collection of essays written during the COVID-19 pandemic, builds on the critical acclaim of her earlier book Bury My Heart at Chuck E. … [more below]
- Author: Midge, Tiffany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: December 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1496240146
- Language: English
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Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy, 2nd Edition
$24.95 Add to cartFor porn stars, “coming out” is a process that never ends.
To the uninitiated, the idea of a career in the adult film industry may come with stigma that porn performers and sex workers have long fought
- Author: Lee, Jiz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 155861334X
- Language: English
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Sweet Nothings: Confessions of a Candy Lover
$29.99 Add to cartA fun, sophisticated illustrated collection of essays that catalogs the simple and not so simple pleasures of the eclectic world of candy from the award-winning author of After the Eclipse. With illus
- Author: Perry, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0063319926
- Language: English
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Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry
$19.95 Add to cart“Looking at opera from the standpoint of its texts, as only a gifted poet and librettist can do, Dana Gioia examines why a surprisingly small number of operas have attained a secure place in the reper
- Author: Gioia, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1589881966
- Language: English
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In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
$18.99 Add to cart“Warm and funny.” —The New York Times * “Refreshingly no-holds-barred.” —USA TODAY * “Delightful.” —San Francisco Chronicle
An inspirational, witty, and bold memoir from the most successful woman e- Author: Schneider, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1668013312
- Language: English
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The Franchise: San Francisco 49ers: A Curated History of the Niners
$28.00 Add to cartIn The Franchise: San Francisco 49ers, take a more profound and unique journey into the history of an iconic team.
This thoughtful and engaging collection of essays captures the astute fans’ history- Series: The Franchise
- Author: Inman, Cam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1637276222
- Language: English
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Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
$20.00 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338417
- Language: English
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Play It Forward: How Women Are Changing Sports to Change the World
$26.95 Add to cartNew from TOGETHXR–the sports media company that set the sports world on fire with their defining statement “EVERYONE WATCHES WOMEN’S SPORTS”–this inspiring collection of stories shines a light on th… [more below]
- Author: Togethxr
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1797232177
- Language: English
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Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart
$17.95 Add to cartNative Texan: Deep in the Heart of the Lone Star State is a lively and personal tour of small town and big city Texas in search of what makes the state unique. Nationally acclaimed columnist Joe Holle
- Author: Holley, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1595349456
- Language: English
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Any Day Now: Toward a Black Aesthetic
$15.00 Add to cartA comprehensive and inspiring collection of essays by Larry Neal, a founder of the seminal Black Arts Movement
“The Black Arts Movement is radically opposed to any concept of the artist that alienates- Series: Ekphrasis
- Author: Neal, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1644231204
- Language: English
