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The Informed Air: Essays
Muriel Spark, Penelope Jardine
Paperback
Now in paperback, here are the sparkling essays of Muriel Spark, the writer of “the best sentences in English” (The New Yorker)
Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture
John F. Thornton, Katharine Washburn, John Simon
Paperback
Passionate observers across the political/intellectual spectrum confront the downward spiral of American life, art, and thought.
The Kiss: Intimacies from Writers
Brian Turner
Hardback
A deliciously diverse anthology of essays, stories, poems and graphic memoirs, exploring the deeply human act of kissing.
The Kiss: Intimacies from Writers
Brian Turner
Paperback
A deliciously diverse anthology of essays, stories, poems and graphic memoirs, exploring the deeply human act of kissing.
Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
Emily Van Duyne
Paperback
A nuanced, passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunderstood writers of the twentieth century