New York: Grove Press, Inc., 2013. Barry Blitt (cover design and illustration). Reprint. Paperback. From Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of Devotion and Slow Motion, comes a witty, heartfelt, and practical look at the exhilarating and challenging process of storytelling. At once a memoir, a meditation on the artistic process, and..... More
New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1985. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi. In a "continuous thread of revelation" she sketches her autobiography and tells us how her family and her surroundings contributed to the shaping not only of her personality but of her..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1985. Max Ginsburg (cover art). First Warner Books Edition. First Printing. Paperback. More
Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, Ltd, 1973. Reprint. Softcover. More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006. Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich (jacket design). First Edition. Reprint. Hardcover. Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading Like a Writer..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2004. Alister Hall (cover artwork). Reprint. Paperback. Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin. More
New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. Reprint. Paperback. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1971. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. A Midland Book. # MB-147 In a time when the influences of sociology, statistical evidence, and current political controversies are enlivening the field of history and forcing re-evaluation of old approaches, J.H. Hexter focuses attention on an aspect so basic..... More
London: Vintage Books, 2008. Fifth Printing. Paperback. More
New York: Picador, 2005. First Picador Edition. Paperback. More
Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2015. First Printing. Paperback. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2005. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Smiley explores–as no novelist has before her–the unparalleled intimacy of reading, why a novel succeeds (or doesn’t), and how the novel has changed over time. She describes a novelist as “right on the cusp between someone who knows everything..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. Sixth Edition. Paperback. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. Sixth Edition. Paperback. More
London: Faber and Faber, 2017. Reprint. Paperback. The Nobel Lecture in Literature, delivered by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans) at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 7, 2017. In their announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish..... More
New York: Atria Paperback, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. From one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder. Full of fresh and exciting insights, Making Your Own Days illuminates the somewhat mysterious subject..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. In an intimate and intriguing memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove recounts his lifelong love affair with books, from his largely "bookless" boyhood and discovery of literature as a young man, to the evolution of his writing career and..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1999. Paperback. From Kirkus (July 10, 2013): This portrait of Hemingway is a "Profile" which was originally done for The New Yorker in 1947, introduced by a prologue touching on the continuity of their friendship which began at that time, his generosity towards her..... More
New York: Counterpoint, 2003. Trade Paperback. For nearly 50 years, Lillian Ross has been writing remarkable literary journalism for The New Yorker. Her unerring Talk pieces and her incisive profiles have won her a legion of admirers. Many credit The New Yorker for inspiring the refinement of literary journalism, and..... More
New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Correspondence between Ernest Hemingway and his longtime editor, Maxwell Perkins. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. First Paperback Edition, Second Printing. Rare signed edition. Whether talking about her own writing, interpreting the works of others, or giving us a window on the world that "we in South Africa are attempting to reconstruct," Nadine Gordimer has much to tell us about the..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990. First Edition (presumed), Second Printing. Softcover. Challenging the widely-held belief that autobiography is a unique product of the West, Pei-yi Wu demonstrates that writing about the self did thrive in one non-Western civilization. The pages of this first full-length treatment of Chinese autobiography teem..... More
UK: Penguin Classics, 29016. Charlie Louth (tr.). First Penguin Classics Edition. Seventh Printing. Paperback. 'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.' A hugely influential collection for writers and artists of all kinds, Rilke's profound and lyrical letters to a young friend advise on writing, love..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Jiom McLean. First Edition. Hardcover. More
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