About this title: Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais is perhaps best known for her insightful essays chronicling the experiences of the disadvantaged and dispossessed members of American society. But even when she trains her journalistic eye on individuals in less extreme circumstances, what sets her writing apart is a remarkable talent for conveying the psychological reality of each subject's world. In this volume, she has gathered 15 of her most memorable essays, vivid portraits that speak to the realities of contemporary American experience. It tells the stories of a schizophrenic woman who ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Date Published: 1992-10
ISBN-13:9780870237720ISBN:0870237721
Description: Like New. Excellent Shape, some dustjacket shelf wear, name inside cover otherwise perfect Shape, International orders sent via priority air mail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780870237720ISBN:0870237721
Description: Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Signed Wraps lightly rubbed. Signed on title page. xiii, 341 pp. Gathers 15 of Pulitzer prizewinning journalist Blais's most memorable essays, including conversations with novelist Mary Gordon and biographer Justin Kaplan, and a profile of playwright Tennessee Williams at the end of his career. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780870237720ISBN:0870237721
Description: Fine in near fine jacket. Portraits in Journalism. Hardcover, dust jacket has light edge rubbing otherwise the jacket is near fine. The book itself is fine, with clean, unmarked pages. The book was lightly or never fully read. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN-13:9780870237720ISBN:0870237721
Description: Fair. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Massachusetts,
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780870237720ISBN:0870237721
Description: Near Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 0870237721 Prior owner's name. Paper white, pages unmarked, binding firm. Very shelfworn dust jacket. read more
Description: Good. 0870237721 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: Fine. In very good condition with cover, spine and pages clean and intact. Neatly stored. International orders via air mail except large books. read more
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