Essays
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A Strange Life: Selected Essays of Louisa May Alcott
$21.95 Read moreCollected together for the very first time, witty and wide-ranging essays from the celebrated author of Little Women.
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Wo- Author: Alcott, Louisa May
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1912559439
- Language: English
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Ron Carlson Writes a Story: Tips from a Master of the Craft
$17.99 Add to cart“A master of the short story” discusses every aspect of the writing process, from story structure to staying focused, in this candid essay collection (Booklist).
Ron Carlson’s short stories have been- Author: Carlson, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: January 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1504079620
- Language: English
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Intimations: Six Essays
$12.00 Add to cart“[Smith’s] slim collection of essays captures this peculiar moment with startling clarity. . . . The personal and political intermingle for a powerful indictment of America’s social systems.” —TIME,
- Author: Smith, Zadie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 059329761X
- Language: English
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Upstream: Selected Essays
$27.00 Add to cartOne of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year
The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. “There’s hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn’t f- Author: Oliver, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 11, 2016
- ISBN10: 1594206708
- Language: English
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On Community
$15.95 Add to cartShortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction – Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature – One of CBC Books‘ Canadian Nonfiction
- Series: Field Notes #8
- Author: Plett, Casey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1771965770
- Language: English
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The Book
$25.00 Read moreFollowing the acclaimed Dunce, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle’s latest prose publication The Book.
True to its bold title, The Book affirms Mary Ruefle’s legacy as (dubb… [more below]
- Author: Ruefle, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1950268845
- Language: English
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The Moth Presents: A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding on and Letting Go
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An inspiring and entertaining collection of unforgettable true stories about finding unexpected beauty in life’s transitions–from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Gilbert, Qu
- Series: Moth Presents
- Author: The Moth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593139038
- Language: English
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Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Winner of the 2022 Southern Book Prize
An Indie Next Selection for September 2021
A Book Marks Best Reviewed Essay Collection of 20- Author: Renkl, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1571311858
- Language: English
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Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry
$29.95 Read moreA collection of essays that offers an intimate view of Larry McMurtry, America’s preeminent western novelist, through the eyes of a pantheon of writers he helped shape through his work over the course
- Author: Getschow, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1477327878
- Language: English
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Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
$18.99 Add to cart““Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America.”” –Publishers Weekly
“[These contributions] touch on so many differen
- Author: Grande, Reyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063095785
- Language: English
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
$28.00 Add to cart“Sister Outsider, a collection of essays and speeches by the pioneering feminist Audre Lorde, is one of my all-time-favorite books. It’s always great to have an intersectional tome on hand.” –Amanda
- Series: Penguin Vitae
- Author: Lorde, Audre
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 25, 2020
- ISBN10: 0143134442
- Language: English
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On Thinking for Yourself: Instinct, Education, Dissension
$12.95 Add to cart“A great addition to the ongoing discourse around the value of perspective-taking, perfect for those hoping to elevate the approach to conversations about difficult subjects.” —Shelf Awareness
Seven e- Series: Atlantic Editions
- Author: Flanagan, Caitlin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1638931402
- Language: English
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Do Not Detonate Without Presidential Approval: A Portfolio on the Subjects of Mid-Century Cinema, the Broadway Stage and the American West
$16.95 Read moreInspirations for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City a collection of new and classic writing on mid-century cinema and the American West
** Includes an exclusive interview with Wes Anderson in which the dire- Author: Anderson, Wes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1805330519
- Language: English
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The Empathy Exams: Essays
$18.00 Add to cartFrom personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize
A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014- Author: Jamison, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1555976719
- Language: English
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You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
$19.99 Add to cartA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Seattle Times, Lit Hub, Bustle, and New York Magazine’s Vulture
Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry L
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0063043866
- Language: English
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
$20.00 Add to cartBeautifully repackaged as part of the Picador Modern Classics Series, this special edition is small enough to fit in your pocket and bold enough to stand out on your bookshelf.
Celebrated, iconic, and- Series: Picador Modern Classics
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 07, 2017
- ISBN10: 1250160650
- Language: English
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The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
$17.00 Read moreA memoir in essays that expands on the viral sensation “The Crane Wife” with a frank and funny look at love, intimacy, and self in the twenty-first century. From friends and lovers to blood family and… [more below]
- Author: Hauser, Cj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0593312880
- Language: English
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A Man Without a Country
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”–USA Today
In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incis- Author: Vonnegut, Kurt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 16 2007
- ISBN10: 081297736X
- Language: English
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Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays
$25.00 Add to cartBorn Deaf into an ASL-speaking family and blind by adolescence, John Lee Clark learned to embrace the possibilities of his tactile world. He is on the frontlines of the Protactile movement, which gave
- Author: Clark, John Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324035366
- Language: English
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Like Love: Essays and Conversations
$32.00 Read moreA career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artists
Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson’s brilliant work. These- Author: Nelson, Maggie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1644452812
- Language: English
