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First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era--including …
Celebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion's first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. First published …
From the New York Times bestselling author of the My Struggle series comes a collection of ambitious, remarkably erudite essays on art, literature, culture, and philosophy. In the …
This is a book about people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation. John …
This second volume of "The John McPhee Reader" includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including "Coming into the Country, Looking for a Ship, The Control of …
In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay--a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual …
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A luminous collection of essays from Louise Gl ck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of our most original and influential …
"Pieces of the Frame "is a gathering of memorable writings by one of the greatest journalists and storytellers of our time. They take the reader from the backwoods roads of …
Short, sharp musings on things profound and mundane (and sometimes both) from the Pulitzer Prize winning poetC. K. Williams has never been afraid to push the boundaries of poetic …
An acclaimed collection of essays by "the dean of literary journalists" begins with a trip to Nevada, where the author discovers that cattle rustling is not just history, and …