University Press of Mississippi, August 1997. Trade Paperback. An anthology of readings that reveal the mind and the character of the Magnolia State Filled with serendipitous connections and contrasts, this volume of Mississippiana covers four hundred years. It begins with a selection from "A Gentleman from Elvas," written in 1541..... More
Catapult, April 2022. Paper Back. A collection of essays about the joys and struggles of being alone by 22 literary writers including: Lev Grossman, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lena Dunham, Jesmyn Ward, Yiyun Li, and Anthony Doerr If you're feeling lonely or if you've ever felt unseen, if you're emboldened by solitude..... More
Algonquin Books, February 2011. Trade Paperback. Paris is "the world capital of memory and desire," concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In thirty-two personal essays-more than half of which are here published for..... More
Algonquin Books, March 2022. Paper Back. "Beautiful. The human condition is on full display in these glimpses of our essential connectedness. Perfect for our times." --Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance Sixty-five extraordinary writers grapple with this mystery: How can an ephemeral encounter with a stranger leave such an eternal mark..... More
Faber & Faber, March 1989. Hardcover. More
Virago Press (UK), January 2010. Trade Paperback. Elaine Showalter, author of the classic 'A Literature of Their Own', now turns to her own heritage, bringing us a comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to the present. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2014. Trade Paperback. The first anthology of America's foremost intellectual magazine. n+1 appeared in the fall of 2004, the brainchild of a group of writers working out of a small apartment. Intended to revive the leftist social criticism and innovative literary analysis that was the..... More
The Paris Review, January 1959. First Edition. Paper Back. Octavo. Mild edgewear. Creased lower right corner of cover. Spine darkened. Rear cover tanned, with foxing & stains. Last inside page torn (advertisements only.,). Contents include interview with James Jones, a Philip Roth novella, Goodbye Columbus. Poems by Robert Bly, Louis..... More
Pushcart Press, December 2021. Paper Back. Over 60 brilliant stories, poems and essays from ?dozens of small presses, ?as selected from 900 presses worldwide by ?more than ?200 distinguished staff contributing editors. Series Honors: The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded Pushcart its 2020 recognition for "Distinguished Service to..... More
Ivan R. Dee, September 1994. Hardcover. The theatre as mirror of our peculiar politics - this is the theme of Robert Brustein's engaging new collection of writings. In essays, reviews, and profiles, Mr. Brustein uses the prism of the American theatre to explore the motivating impulses behind rampant political correctness..... More
Duke University Press, November 1994. Trade Paperback. "Flame Wars," the verbal firefights that take place between disembodied combatants on electronic bulletin boards, remind us that our interaction with the world is increasingly mediated by computers. Bit by digital bit we are being "Borged," as devotees of Star Trek: The Next..... More
University of Maine/ The National Poetry Foundation, January 2004. First Edition. Paper Back. Octavo. Clean, sound, without markings. 276 pages. More
The Johns Hopkins University Press, March 1977. Paper Back. Octavo. Sunned spine and margins of front and back covers. Some edgewear and dust staining to textblock edges. Interenal text is unmarked. Gift inscription reads, '9-3-77. Here's another! John' top corner of half title page. 210 pages. More
Chatto & Windus, January 1938. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 3/4'}. Dustjacket is missing. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Library of Congress Classification number is written in white on darker brown splotch lower half of spine. Boards are worn at edges..... More
Routledge, March 1994. Trade Paperback. Visualizing Theory is a lavishly illustrated collection of provocative essays, occasional pieces, and dialogues that first appeared in Visual Anthropology Review between 1990 and 1994. It contains contributions from anthropologists, from cultural, literary and film critics and from image makers themselves. Reclaiming visual anthropology as..... More
Signet / New American Library, January 1969. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. True first, mass market paperback original. Worn & chipped top and bottom of spine with 1/24 inch tear at bottom of front cover along the spine. Some mild soiling to cover. Top corner of last few pages damp..... More
