Essays

Cast of Characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E. B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker
Paperback
“Exuberant . . . elegantly conjures an evocative group dynamic.” —Sam Roberts, New York Times

Cast of Characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E. B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker
Hardback
The professional and personal lives of the pioneers of an enduring magazine.

Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture
Paperback
Passionate observers across the political/intellectual spectrum confront the downward spiral of American life, art, and thought.

Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction
Hardback
The celebrated National Book Award–winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction

Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table, a Collection of Essays from the New York Times
Paperback
“Draws with literary aplomb the correlation of what and how we eat to who we are.”—Austin Chronicle


