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American essays - 21st century

  • I Was Told There'd Be CakeQuick View
    By: Crosley, Sloane

    I Was Told There’d Be Cake

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    Hailed by David Sedaris as “perfectly, relentlessly funny” and by Colson Whitehead as “sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental,” from the author of the new collection Look Alive… [more below]

    • Author: Crosley, Sloane
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 01 2008
    • ISBN10: 159448306X
    • Language: English
  • The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and StoriesQuick View
    By: Keegan, Marina

    The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

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    The instant New York Times bestseller and publishing phenomenon: Marina Keegan’s posthumous collection of award-winning essays and stories “sparkles with talent, humanity, and youth” (O, The Oprah Mag… [more below]

    • Author: Keegan, Marina
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: April 14 2015
    • ISBN10: 1476753911
    • Language: English
  • The Best American Essays 2022 Out of stock Quick View
    By: Alexander Chee

    The Best American Essays 2022

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    A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee.

    Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands

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    • Series: Best American
    • Author: Chee, Alexander
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: November 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 035865887X
    • Language: English
  • American Precariat: Parables of ExclusionQuick View
    By: Caligiuri, Zeke

    American Precariat: Parables of Exclusion

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    Fifteen essays coedited by a collective of award-winning incarcerated writers, featuring contributions from Lacy M. Johnson, Kiese Laymon, Valeria Luiselli, Kao Kalia Yang, and more, with a foreword b

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    • Author: Caligiuri, Zeke
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: November 14, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1566896959
    • Language: English
  • Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of LifeQuick View
    By: Nell Greenfieldboyce

    Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

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    In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle collider; she’s presented news on the

    • Author: Greenfieldboyce, Nell
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: January 16, 2024
    • ISBN10: 0393882349
    • Language: English
  • The Best American Essays 2023Quick View
    By: Vivian Gornick

    The Best American Essays 2023

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    In her introduction to this year’s The Best American Essays, guest editor Vivian Gornick states that her selections “contribute materially to the long and honorable history of the personal essay by wa

    • Series: Best American
    • Author: Gornick, Vivian
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: October 17, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0063288842
    • Language: English
  • When You Are Engulfed in FlamesQuick View
    By: David Sedaris

    When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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    “David Sedaris’s ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art,” (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in

    • Author: Sedaris, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: June 02, 2009
    • ISBN10: 0316154687
    • Language: English
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