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The Mitford snowmen
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"With The Gutenberg Elegies, a widely acclaimed New York Times Notable Book, Sven Birkerts won attention as a graceful and thoughtful essayist, an eloquent advocate of literature in an age of electro… |
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But that didn't happen to you
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Living, remembering, imagining and telling -- these are inventive acts that create what we share as reality. In *But That Didn't Happen to You,* life happens comically, verbally, with a clear sense o… |
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Gourmet rhapsody
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A great food critic who can make or destroy the reputation of a chef with a stroke of his pen, Pierre Arthens faces his imminent death by trying to recall the one perfect flavor he sampled in his you… |
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The diaries of Northrop Frye, 1942-1955
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"With the publication of Fearful Symmetry in 1917, Northrop Frye gained wide renown as a literary theorist, a reputation that continued to build throughout his lifetime. This volume in the Collected … |
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Lucking out
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James Wolcott |
""How lucky I was, arriving in New York just as everything was about to go to hell." That would be in the autumn of 1972, when a very young and green James Wolcott arrived from Maryland, full of lit… |
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr
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Meg Greene |
"This full-length biography explores the multifaceted--and altogether fascinating--life, opinions, and accomplishments of African American scholar and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr"-- |
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Contemporary theatre, film and television
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Thomas Riggs |
Biographical reference providing information on individuals active in the theatre, film, and television industries. Covers not only performers, directors, writers, and producers, but also behind-the-… |
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The walker and the city
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The acclaimed story of a soul awakening to the ecstasy of the senses, the power of language, and the meaning of existence. Kazin's memorable description of his life as a young man as he makes the jou… |
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Talking to girls about Duran Duran
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The author of Love is a Mix Tape returns to share the soundtrack to his eighties adolescence. Sheffield's coming-of-age story has a playlist that any child of the eighties or anyone who just loves mu… |
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Going into the city
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Robert Christgau |
The Dean of American Rock Critics, Robert Christgau takes us on a heady tour through his life and times in this atmospheric and visceral memoir that is both a love letter to a New York long past and … |
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Barthes
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Roland Barthes (1915-80) was a central contributor to the thought of his time, but he was also something of an outsider. His father died in the First World War, he enjoyed his mother's unfailing love… |
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Edmund Wilson
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Jeffrey Meyers |
Wilson, a heavy drinker, certainly had a melancholy streak, a contentious character and a frightening demeanor. All this helps make him a fascinating man. But Wilson also had extraordinarily wide int… |
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De val
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Urida pañju
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Ec. El Kēśavamūrti,Ḍi. Es Nāgabhūṣaṇa |
Commemoration volume of Ke. Ramadas, 1941-2007, Critic, Kannada intellectual author, and social activist; includes contributed articles on his life and achievements. |
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Fest
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At the start of the Mold-on-Wold literary festival, eminent critic Bryce Peabody is found dead in his hotel bed. Natural causes - or something more sinister, involving one of the writers he has insul… |
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Iris Origo
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"Iris Origo was one of those rare characters who, despite being born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, went on to accomplish great things. In Origo's case, she managed to add light and colour to ev… |
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Listening well
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Ora Frishberg Saloman |
"The twelve essays in Listening Well illuminate aesthetic, educative, and evaluative strategies utilized by writers in Paris, Boston, and New York to guide listeners in confronting the challenges of … |
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Years of my youth
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Edward Thomas
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Jan Marsh |
A well written book about the poet Edward Thomas that includes many extracts from his poetry and prose. Unlike the books on Thomas by his wife, Helen, and his friend Eleanor Farjeon, both of whom ado… |
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