Category: Essays

He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of divorce, abandonment, or death. The contributors to this collection come from a wide range of different backgrounds in terms of race, socioeconomic status, religion, and geographic location. Their essays offer deep insights into the emotions related to losing one's father, including sadness, indifference, anger, acceptance--and everything in between. This book, edited by Essence magazine's West Coast editor Regina R. Robertson, is first and foremost an offeri...
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Here First: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers (Modern Library (Paperback))

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Publisher: Modern Library : June 2000

Seller ID: 96031

ISBN-13: 9780375751387

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Twenty-seven Native American writers describe their lives and art in this compelling collection.When the editors Arnold Krupat and Brian Swann asked twenty-seven Native American writers to describe their lives in relation to their art, they received an extraordinary array of responses -- twenty-seven pieces of autobiographical remembrance united only by a common set of Native American heritages.The writers, artists, poets, and academics represented here have recorded a memorable series of personal and family histories illuminated by verse and song, story, and narrative, all fed by the strong o...
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Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging

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Publisher: The Dial Press : February 2021

Seller ID: 129275

ISBN-13: 9780593229620

Binding: Hardcover

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Sixteen innovators, creatives, and thought leaders--Austin Channing Brown, Sue Monk Kidd, and Luvvie Ajayi Jones, among others--share intimate stories of uncovering beauty and potential through moments of fear, loss, heartbreak, and uncertainty. "You'll find kindred spirits in these tales of resilience, transformation, and joy."--Time Over the course of four years, the traveling love rally called Together Live brought together diverse storytellers for epic evenings of laughter, music, and hard-won wisdom to huge audiences across the country. Well-known womxn (and the occasional man) from all w...
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Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging

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Publisher: The Dial Press : February 2021

Seller ID: 162039

ISBN-13: 9780593229620

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Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging

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Publisher: The Dial Press : February 2021

Seller ID: 165036

ISBN-13: 9780593229620

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Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us

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Publisher: Algonquin Books : March 2022

Seller ID: 232183

ISBN-13: 9781643751245

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Lauren Groff, Elizabeth Kolbert, Pam Houston, Pico Iyer, T Kira Madden, Gregory Pardlo, Maggie Shipstead, and Peter Orner are among the 65 writers who grapple with this mystery: How can an ephemeral encounter leave an eternal mark? When Colleen Kinder put out a call for authors to "write a letter to a stranger who haunts you," she opened the floodgates. The responses--intimate and addictive, all in the form of letters, all written in the second person--began pouring in. These short, insightful essays by today's best literary minds are organized around such themes as Gratitude, Wonder, an...
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Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane

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Publisher: Brookings Institution Press : March 2020

Seller ID: 155013

ISBN-13: 9780815737896

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On marijuana, there is no mutual federal-state policy; will this cause federalism to go up in smoke?More than one-half the 50 states have legalized the use of marijuana at least for medical purposes, and about a dozen of those states have gone further, legalizing it for recreational use. Either step would have been almost inconceivable just a couple decades ago. But marijuana remains an illegal "controlled substance" under a 1970 federal law, so those who sell or grow it could still face federal prosecution.How can state and federal laws be in such conflict? And could federal law put the new s...
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Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption

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Publisher: Crown : September 2019

Seller ID: 88509

ISBN-13: 9780593137048

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The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New
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On Doctoring: New, Revised and Expanded Third Edition

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Publisher: Free Press : August 2001

Seller ID: 65323

ISBN-13: 9780743201537

Binding: Hardcover

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Few subjects hold more universal appeal than that of medicine, and surely few books have evoked medicine's drama and magic more powerfully than "On Doctoring." In its many forms, from age-old ritual to the cutting edge of modern science, medicine concerns us all. It is a human profession, practiced by people who have dedicated their lives not only to science but also to humanity. In the words of the great physician-writer Sir William Osler, "The physician needs a clear head and a kind heart; his work is arduous and complex, requiring the exercise of the very highest faculties of the mind, whil...
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Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

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Publisher: Vintage : May 2017

Seller ID: 100329

ISBN-13: 9780525435136

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Radical Hope is a collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged--written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists. Provocative and inspiring, Radical Hope offers readers a kaleidoscopic view of the love and courage needed to navigate this time of upheaval, uncertainty, and fear, in view of the recent US presidential election. Including letters by Junot D az, Alicia Garza, Roxana Robinson, Lisa See, Jewelle Gomez, Hari Kunzru, Faith Adiele, Parnaz Foroutan, Chip...
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Remembering Heart Mountain: Essays on Japanese American Internment in Wyoming

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Publisher: Western History Publications : June 1998

Seller ID: 123094

ISBN-13: 9780966155617

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The Best American Essays 2003 (The Best American Series)

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Publisher: Mariner Books : October 2003

Seller ID: 100088

ISBN-13: 9780618341610

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Since 1986, The Best American Essays has gathered the most interesting and provocative writing of th
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The Best American Essays 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

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Publisher: Mariner Books : October 2014

Seller ID: 122554

ISBN-13: 9780544309906

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"A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology . . . Exhilarating." -- Publishers WeeklyThe Best American Essays 2014 is selected and introduced by John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of the critically acclaimed essay collection Pulphead. The New York Times placed Sullivan "among the best young nonfiction writers in English" and the New York Times Book Review heralded Pulphead as "the best, and most important, collection of magazine writing since Wallace's A Suppose...
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The Best American Essays of the Century (The Best American Series)

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Publisher: Mariner Books : October 2001

Seller ID: 163670

ISBN-13: 9780618155873

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The Cambridge Companion to Constant (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press : April 2009

Seller ID: 121641

ISBN-13: 9780521672436

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Benjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to better understand this important thinker. Separate sections are devoted to Constant as a political theorist and actor, his work as a social analyst and literary critic, and his accomplishments as a historian of religion. Themes covered range from Constant's views on modern liberty, progress, terror, and ...
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These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State Within the Union (Nation Books)

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Publisher: Bold Type Books : September 2004

Seller ID: 95928

ISBN-13: 9781560256182

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In 1922, The Nation launched a series of forty-nine articles by a distinguished group of writers -- novelists, journalists, educators, social workers, lawyers, unionists, and maverick intellectuals -- each of whom was asked to contemplate his or her state of the union. Their essays were collected and published in a volume: These United States: Portrait of America from the 1920s. In 2002 Nation Books set out to create a contemporary portrait of America with the critic John Leonard as editor. Each contributor was asked to write 2,500 words on his or her state in the union. Every state will be r...
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The Compact Reader: Short Essays by Method and Theme

By: Aaron, Jane E.,Repetto, Ellen Kuhl

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Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's : November 2010

Seller ID: 128576

ISBN-13: 9780312609603

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From its well-chosen essays to its thorough editorial apparatus to its distinctive organization, The Compact Reader provides the fundamental support students need to become confident writers. The innovative dual organization -- rhetorical and thematic -- introduces essential strategies of writing while engaging students with brief readings on captivating topics. For instructors who want a concise, affordable, effective resource for teaching the connection between form and content, The Compact Reader is the perfect choice.
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The Epic Cosmos (Studies in Genre)

By: Allums, Larry

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Publisher: Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture : January 2000

Seller ID: 62830

ISBN-13: 9780911005226

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Larry Allums, editor Louise Cowan, general editor The community of scholar-critics that brought out The Terrain of Comedy has produced the second volume in its studies of the four genres, with Larry Allums as editor. Louise Cowan postulates a culture-generating cosmos as the identifying mark of epic. The essays illustrate the applicability of her theory of genres to major works in the epic tradition. An excellent resource for those studying the social, psychological and historical aspects of epic as a literary art form. Dallas Institute Publications publishes works concerned with the imaginati...
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The Collected What If? Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.,Carr, Caleb,McCullough, David,Lukas, John,Keegan, John,Bradley, James,Holland, Cecelia,Horne, Alistair,McNeill, William H.

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Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons : June 2006

Seller ID: 139642

ISBN-13: 9780399152382

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