About this title: An exceptional showcase of topflight memoir, literary journalism, personal essay, and cultural criticism, this uniquely comprehensive collection is the first and only creative nonfiction volume to cover all genres, from magazine writing to book excerpts.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Date Published: 2007-12-11
ISBN-13:9781416531746ISBN:1416531742
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416531746ISBN:1416531742
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416531746ISBN:1416531742
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416531746ISBN:1416531742
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416531746ISBN:1416531742
Description: New. An exceptional showcase of topflight memoir, literary journalism, personal essay, and cultural criticism, this uniquely comprehensive collection is the first and only creative nonfiction volume to cover all genres, from magazine writing to book excerpts. read more
"I've been reading on this book, a dab at a time, all summer. It was the required reading for my personal essay writing class this summer. I went to look for it at B&N and it wasn't there. I was happy to find I could download it, immediately, on my Kindle. An excellent use of my Kindle, as I could carry it with me to Utah and read it while waiting for an oil change and even just before I went to sleep. I had no idea the book had 576 pages; on the Kindle, all books feel equally light.
So what about the...what do I call them? I want to call them stories, but I suppose, for accuracy's sake, I will call them essays. Brilliant. Writing so good I could almost see the sheen of the words on my Kindle.
But sad. All were sad. No happy stories. A school shooting. An unwanted child. An alcoholic dad.
That left me thinking, Are there no happy stories? Is it only the traumatic events of one's life that people want to read?
I'll leave that question, and just say one more time: These are excellent essays. Amazing. I want to read them again. And again."
"Some excellent essays in this volume. The editors asked teachers which essays they like to teach; it would have been nice to have a few comments on what aspects of each essay got them chosen."
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