Spring 2009 Hardcovers: Literary Criticism & Essays
Edited by Dick Donahue and Juan MartinezCompiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Natalie Danford, Charles Hix, Diane Patrick, Sarah Robbins, Judith Rosen, Oona Short and Skip Skwarek. -- Publishers Weekly, 1/26/2009
KAPLAN PUBLISHING
(dist. by S&S)
The Soul of Medicine: Tales from the Bedside (Apr., $26.95) by Sherwin B. Nuland. The National Book Award–winning doctor shares anecdotes from his medical career. 50,000 first printing.
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
Notes on Sontag (May, $16.95) by Phillip Lopate considers the author/activist's achievements and limitations.
PUBLICAFFAIRS
The Years of Talking Dangerously (Mar., $18.95) by Geoffrey Nunberg collects meditations on everything from political buzzwords to English 2.0.
UNIV. OF IOWA PRESS
First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process (Mar., $19.95) by Robert D. Richardson distills the transcendentalist's advice on the subject.
UNIV. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESS
(dist. by UPNE)
Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language (May, $30) by Aífe Murray establishes the workers' impact on the poet's life and writing.
UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
Occasions: Selected Writings (Mar., $35) by Eudora Welty, edited by Pearl Amelia McHaney, gathers stories, essays, tributes and humor.
VANGUARD PRESS
Life Is Like a Sailboat: Selected Writings on Life and Living from the Philadelphia Inquirer (May, $25.95) by John Grogan culls more than 80 newspaper articles.
