Essays
Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction
Paperback
For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina.
Cast of Characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E. B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker
Hardcover
The professional and personal lives of the pioneers of an enduring magazine.
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
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.
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