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In his many novels, poetry, histories, editorials, plays, and letters, W. E. B.

"The Harlem Renaissance Way Down South" had its

For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.

As the Western world struggles to comprehend the paradoxes of modern Turkey, a country both European and Asian, forward-looking yet rooted in ancient empire, a new nonfiction anthology promises to

My newspaper columns - closing in on 1000 of them - are based on whatever makes one laugh, groan, cry and take pause.   The column is titled Still Amazed because I am still amazed, on a daily ba

Did you know Thomas Jefferson’s grandson was an ax murderer? Don’t you delight in knowing some dinosaurs were teeny tiny as hens?

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This engaging, endearing collection of true-life stories reveals the guts and glory of women old enough to know who they are.

Mother Shock is the state in which many new parents exist during those first confusing, chaotic and often comical ye

The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked — aside from “When are you due?” — has got to be “Are you having a girl or a boy?” When author Andrea Buchanan was

It’s a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons, edited by Andrea J.

To camp or not to camp? Sociologists turn the other way, this question is not for you.

A literary dreamscape in which the landscapes of childhood, homelands, bodies, lovers, and desires suc

Bumping About Brittany is a guidebook with a difference, a series of excursions into the cultural, physical and emotional heartland of Brittany that can be followed up on the ground or simply consu

(Originally published by City Lights Books in 1971.) "Now back in print, this expanded edition of Revolutionary Letters shows di Prima at the peak of her artistry. ...

Last week's South Coasting column.

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Aaron Sorkin is one of the most notable voices in Hollywood, attracting millions of weekly viewers with his television series The West Wing and scoring box office success with films like <

A compelling and innovative television writer, David Chase has created distinctive programs since the 1970s, each reflecting his edgy humor and psychological realism.

Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the film American Beauty and creator of the HBO series Six Feet Under, Alan Ball has consistently probed the cultural forces shaping gender,

"As an Ioway Indian, [Lance Foster] is interested in the landscape as it was when his ancestor

My essay "A Closing Circle: Musings on the Ioway Indians in Iowa" is in The Worlds Between Two Rivers: Perspectives on American Indians in Iowa (An Expanded Edition), Edited by Gretchen

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900+ translated haiku, all on the sea cucumber and most over a hundred years old, with a good me

When you were young and idealistic, who was the person you saw in the mirror? What were your expectations and those of your family and community?

A vivid portrait of what it means to be a teenage girl in America today, from 58 of the country's finest, most credentialed writers on the subject

Maya Gottfried's essay, "Untitled" is included in this collection of essays by and about individuals raised in interfaith homes.

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Paula Hendricks' collection of poems, short fiction, essays, and photographs, "September in Corrales," was written during her years in Santa Fe and Corrales, New Mexico.

Personal essay about tending to an aging parent and considerations of time and time travel.

Hope's essay, originally published as a "My Turn" in Newsweek magazine in 2002, is included in this textbook as an example of how to write analytical essays.

Provided by the patients, their friends, families, and caregivers of those diagnaosed with lung cancer, these very personal stories offer inspired insight into the ways families and professionals

Here is a treat for John Irving addicts and a perfect introduction to his work for the uninitiated. To open this spirited collection, Irving explains how he became a writer.

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A collection of essays by a variety of teachers -- from professors to a golf instructor -- about the craft of teaching.

This is a collection of original essays by well-known women writers in every genre, about how to get past obstacles in your writing.  It is geared especially to women writers, but men seeking inspira

This is a collection of essays by well-known poets on May Sarton's poetry.  Unique essays by William Stafford, Linda Pastan, Richard Chess, among others.

ReGeneration: Telling Stories from Our Twenties is an anthology of essays, poetry, photography, and fiction created by twentysomethings for twentysomethings.

Original female noir stories...including Harley's essay where she talks about her love affair with James Bond and her unfulfilled (so far) ambition to be a Bond Girl.

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38 contemporary writers dish the dirt on cleaning and housekeeping in this anthology of personal essays: Ann Hood, Joyce Maynard, Rebecca Walker, Richard Goodman, Louise DeSalvo, Janice Eidus, Rebe

A funny, poignant monthly column in Literary Mama exploring the author's fourth generation Red Diaper Baby he

Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond, edited by Andrea N. Richesin.

Madison reviews Peter Gabel's The Bank Teller and Other Essays on the Politics of Meaning.

"Questions are posed," writes Norman Mailer, "in the hope they will open into richer insights, which in turn will bring forth sharper questions." In this series of conversations, J

A kick-ass collection of essays by 37 funny, independent women, writin

A fabulous new Everywoman voice – the hilarious, skewed, rueful misadventures of a forty-something, in-recovery-from-everything bad girl/good girl in her search for love, sex, sanity…and herself.<

The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World Edited by Therese J. Borchard   About the Anthology

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Full of established writers and fresh voices, a rich collection of essays celebrates Boston's past, present, and future.

In keeping with its tradition of sending writers out into America to take the pulse of our citizens and civilization, The New Yorker over the past decade has reported on the unprecedented economy and

The inaugural volume of an exciting new annual series--Da Capo Best Music Writing.

Some of the best and most original prose in America today is being written by literary journalists.

Making Contact: Readings from Home and Abroad comprises seventy-two essays and stories surrounding familiar themes and representing more than thirty countries.

Whether you're a journalism student, a professional journalist, or an aspiring writer hoping to stretch your skills, this collection of today's top stories will nudge you forward.

A bumper crop of the best writing by women on women and plants

Phillips begins this distinctive collection of essays by establishing his belief that there is a "new world order" of cultural plurality, one which is being promoted by the increasingly c

Innovative reader/textbook on visual and popular culture

Spanning the globe from Argentina to Wall Street, 27 photographers and authors document the residences of the dead.

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There’s nothing funny about being vegan, unless you’re humorist Ben Shaberman.

The subject of Huntington W. Sharp's commentary in New College of California's Law Review is the intersection of politics and media in mid-2000s San Francisco.

The very first writing of mine to appear between covers is an essay drawing parallels between the intrigue-filled world of Euripides's Orestes and the political and cultural concerns of the l

In these personal, evocative, original essays, thirty contemporary black and white, young and older writers--from Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Award winners to brand new voices--share their intima

PRAISE FOR SMILEY'S WRITING "Funny, smart and real." - Dave Barry

"Bendithion",  the essay, is a liminal tale about a reclusive, stunningly talented and almost magical tenor, the Postmaster of a little town in Wales and the strange, chaste, romantic-frien

Our favorite contemporary authors on an irresistible subject: sex.

Dannie Martin was a bank robber, a heroin addict, a longtime federal prisoner and, he later wrote, “a criminal by any definition I know of.” But in 1986, the self-educated convict’s life chan

Ally McBeal, the popular Fox television series (1997-2002), was both groundbreaking and controversial.

Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Writing marks the twentieth anniversary of Other Countries--a small organization endeavoring to create a po

In Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity, more than 40 writers address the question of how we, as same-gender-loving black people, affirm ourselves as sexual and spiritu

Books by Geling Yan in Mainland China in various editions, plus books to which she has contributed stories or essays and books that write about Geling Yan as one of their subjects.

The notion of the other woman is nothing new. It’s easy to call her names – jezebel, ho ...

When you were young and idealistic and you looked in the mirror, who did you see? What were your expectations for your life, and the expectations of those around you---family, teachers, community.

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