Essays Letters category: 7676 books
Chicago Flashbulbs
A Quarter Century of News, Politics, Sports, and Show Business (1987-2012)
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
"There is always a place for well-crafted, entertaining and informative essays and Chicago Flashbulbs fills that niche. Dr. Franklin's great enthusiasm and insights make these varied pieces both entertaining and memorable. His attention to detail in observing the human condition and his wry sense...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
An America in which the color of one's skin no longer matters would be unprecedented. With the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, that future suddenly seemed possible. Obama's rise reflects a nation of fluid populations and fortunes, a society in which a biracial individual could be embraced...
An Arrangement of Skin
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
A daring collection on the human body by an award-winning poet turned essayist
Anna Journey’s lyrical and layered arrangement of essays dazzles with her reflections on our shifting selves—the many “skins” we inhabit in a life. An Arrangement of Skin is by turns beguiling, dark, carnal,...
I Thought My Father Was God
And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2002
One of America's foremost writers collects the best stories submitted to NPR's popular monthly show--and illuminates the powerful role storytelling plays in all our lives
When Paul Auster and NPR's Weekend All Things Considered introduced The National Story Project, the response was overwhelming....
A Time for all Things
Collected Essays and Sketches
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
The finest non-fiction by Ruskin Bond, a singular writer who has inspired and comforted three generations of readers, collected in a single volume.
A lifetime of reading and writing, observation and contemplation is distilled in this comprehensive volume of the best essays, profiles and sketches...
How to Be Alone
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Passionate, strong-minded nonfiction from the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections was the best-loved and most-written-about novel of 2001. Nearly every in-depth review of it discussed what became known as "The Harper's Essay," Franzen's...
The Most Important Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Compensation, Self-Reliance, Friendship, Heroism, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Shakespeare; or, the Poet, Prudence, Circles, History, Spiritual Laws, Love, the Over-Soul, Intellect
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2018
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet. He was seen as a leader of the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century and as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society. Emerson is famous for his essays, commonly associated...
by Aisha Z Raison
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Aisha Raison, Womanist, activist and author of Speaking in Cursive and Other Adventures of Little Girl Blue, introduces essays and poetry on the Independent Black Woman, relationships, love and social issues of the 21st century.
I Like Being Married
Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
From the reflections of famous people and the stories of everyday folk to classic love letters and contemporary "ten best" lists, this delightfully eclectic treasury shines a spotlight on the many joys of marriage.
I Like Being Married is the ultimate celebration of the ties that keep loving...
Encounters with American Culture
Volume 2, 1973-1985
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Peter S. Prescott was one of the most informed and incisive American literary critics to write for the general public. Never content merely to summarize or to pronounce quick judgments, Prescott's reviews are witty and delightful essays to be enjoyed for their own sake as examples of civilized discourse....
by Vicki Covington
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
This thoughtful, engaging collection showcases the best nonfiction prose produced by one of the nation's most observant and incisive writers.
This collection of warm, heartfelt essays from award-winning novelist Vicki Covington chronicles the multitude of "in between" moments in the...
by Karen Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Humor is the constant ingredient in Karen Adragna Walsh's life.Through her collection of short personal essays, she tries not to take life too seriously. When the ordinary happenings of daily living erupt, she soon discovers that there is no escaping life's funny side.
Both Flesh and Not
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected nonfiction writings by "one of America's most daring and talented writers." (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Both Flesh and Not gathers fifteen of Wallace's seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time.
Never has...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Intelligent, upbeat, and sex-positive, the pieces in Best Sex Writing 2009 offer an in-depth look at sex the way it actually happens in America today. Gubernatorial sex scandals, rape fantasies, “Dear John” letters, teen sexuality, purity balls, the pregnant man, the science of screwing, bathroom...