Fearful that he had lost some of his mental acuity after a serious accident mid-way through his literary career, Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges, who until that point was known as a poet and Continue reading »
Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews
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Sixteen women writers--Dorothy Parker, Marianne Moore, Maya Angelou, Susan Sontag and Anne Sexton among them--discuss the art and craft of writing both fiction and nonfiction in this captivating, Continue reading »
As Told at the Explorers Club: More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure
Published on the eve of the Explorers Club centennial, this collection of stories and articles derives from the club's past publications. It's a wide array, covering every continent and charting Continue reading »
From the late poet Gregory Corso's ""Dream of a Baseball Star"" to pitcher Sadaharu Oh's ""A Zen Way of Baseball,"" New York's honorary commissioner of fireworks, George Plimpton (who has also Continue reading »
In its eighth edition, this fecund forum continues to illuminate the creative mind. Prolific author Oates points out that the present volume signals a departure in that it includes essayist (as well Continue reading »
Writers at Work 09: 2the Paris Review Interviews Ninth Series
The venerable Paris Review series remains insightful and delightful, and these 12 interviews, as novelist Styron suggests in his introduction, offer ``an extraordinary variety and range.'' Wallace Continue reading »
Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War
Michael Vorenberg
Historian Vorenberg (Final Freedom) reflects on when and where the Civil War really ended in this intricate account. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in April 1865 is Continue reading »
Please Yell at My Kids: What Cultures Around the World Can Teach You About Parenting in Community, Raising Independent Kids, and Not Losing Your Mind
Marina Lopes
“Raising children should not be a private project, but a shared one,” according to this edifying debut. Brazilian American journalist Lopes recounts how the assistance that even Continue reading »
Black Power Scorecard: Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It
Andre M Perry
Economist Perry (Know Your Price) reevaluates what it means for Black Americans to be empowered in this smart and revelatory treatise. Defining longevity as “the ultimate Continue reading »
Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis
Suzanne Cope
Journalist Cope (Power Hungry) spins a thrilling saga of four young women of the Italian resistance. In interweaving vignettes, she traces how each woman came to join Continue reading »