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Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing
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Include books by the same authorBrowsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting and Living with Books
Michael Dirda · 246 pages
Michael Dirda has been hailed as "the best-read person in America" (The Paris Review) and "the best book critic in America" (The New York Observer). In addition to the Pulitzer Prize he was awarded for his reviews in The Washington Post, he picked up an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America for his most recent book, On Conan Doyle. Dirda's latest volume collects fifty of his witty and wide-
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
Thomas King · 172 pages
"In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people. From creation stories to personal experiences, historical anecdotes to social injustices, racist propaganda to works of contemporary Native literature, King probes Native culture's deep ties to storytelling." "Thomas King weaves events fro
The Clothing of Books
Jhumpa Lahiri · 80 pages
When I was a child, expressing myself through clothing was a source of anguish. I dreamt of sameness, even invisibility... When my books were first published, I discovered that another part of me had to be dressed and presented to the world.
The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
Joyce Carol Oates · 176 pages
'One of America's greatest and most prolific contemporary literary figures draws on her years of experience with the craft to answer profound questions ranging in topic from inspiration, memory, and self-criticism to what makes a story good, a novel successful, and a writer an artist.A tribute to the brilliant craftsmanship of one of our most distinguished writers, providing valuable insight into
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
William Zinsser · 172 pages
Nine authors discuss the problems and pleasures of reinventing the past.
Strong Opinions
Vladimir Nabokov · 335 pages
In this collection of interviews, articles, and editorials, Nabokov ranges over his life, art, education, politics, literature, movies, and modern times, among other subjects. Strong Opinions offers his trenchant, witty, and always engaging views on everything from the Russian Revolution to the correct pronunciation of Lolita.
Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation
Tom Bissell · 301 pages
From the set of The Big Bang Theory to the first novel of Ernest Hemingway to the film documentaries of Werner Herzog, the author of Extra Lives explores the creative process in a series of essays. "In Magic Hours, award-winning essayist Tom Bissell plumbs the depths and scales the heights of the creative process. From the set of The Big Bang Theory to one of David Foster Wallace's last works; fr
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
Maggie Nelson · 304 pages
Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel.
Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
Mary Beard · 320 pages
My Reading Life
Pat Conroy · 331 pages
Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life.
Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
Clive James · 896 pages
Echoing Edward Said's belief that "Western humanism is not enough, we need a universal humanism," renowned critic Clive James presents here his life's work. Containing over one hundred original essays, organized by quotations from A to Z, this book illuminates, rescues, or occasionally destroys the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twe
Henry Miller on Writing
Henry Miller · 216 pages
Miller's own views on his struggle to perfect his style, his search within himself, his methods in writing, and his ideas on obscenity.
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives
Lee Child, Alexander McCall Smith, Stephen Hunter, Faye Kellerman, John Lescroart, Jonathan Kellerman, Laura Lippman, David Morrell, Carol O'Connell, Robert B. Parker, Ridley Pearson, Anne Perry, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Ian Rankin, Ken Bruen, Michael Connelly, John Connolly, Robert Crais, Je
MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction
Chad Harbach · 312 pages
"Chad Harbach and contributors map out the 'two cultures' of American fiction: MFA programs and NYC publishing. In a widely read essay titled 'MFA vs. NYC,' bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors and
Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series
Diana Peterfreund, Lili Wilkinson, Robin Wasserman, Linda Gerber, Charles Beaumont, Ted Chiang, Sara Beth Durst, Will Shetterly, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Gail Sidonie Sobat, Delia Sherman, J. Fitzgerald McCurdy, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Janette Rallison · 236 pages
Set in a future where cosmetic surgery is a requirement at age 16 and attractiveness is mandated, Scott Westerfelds popular Uglies series has received critical acclaim from the press and public alike. Chock-full of action, adventure and teenage rebellion, theres no question why Uglies has attracted thousands of fans. In Mind- Rain, popular authors examine the series and delve into the underlying t
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978
Adrienne Rich · 312 pages
The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time
David L. Ulin · 151 pages
Blending commentary with memoir, Ulin addresses the importance of the simple act of reading in an increasingly digital culture, emphasizing the importance of reflection and pause allowed by stopping to read a book, and the focus required to let the mind run free in a world that is not one's own.
Writing
Marguerite Duras, Mark Polizzotti
" Writing, one of Marguerite Duras's last works, is a meditation on the process of writing and on her need for solitude in order to do it. In the five short pieces collected in this volume, she explores experiences that had an emotional impact on her and that inspired her to write. These vary from the death of a pilot in World War II, to the death of a fly, to an art exhibition. Two of the pieces
Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe
Leah Wilson · 224 pages
The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature
Jose Ortega y Gasset · 204 pages