Literary Collections : Essays

Uncensored: Views & (Re)views is Joyce Carol Oates's most candid gathering of prose pieces since (Woman) Writer: Occasions & Opportunities . Her ninth book of nonfiction, it brings together thirty-eight diverse and provocative pieces from the New York Review of Books , the Times Literary Supplement , and the New York Times Book Review . Through these balanced and illuminating essays we see Oates at the top of her form, engaged with forebears and contemporaries, providing clues to her own creative process: "For prose is a kind of music: music creates 'mood.' What is argued on the surface may be but ripples rising from a deeper, subtextual urgency." more...

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Forty-four writers offer essays and respond to questions probing their thoughts and feelings about what is essential in life, and the writer's role in the world. more...

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Known for his meaty seriocomic novels–expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow–Tom Robbins has also published over the years a number of short pieces, predominantly nonfiction. His travel articles, essays, and tributes to actors, musicians, sex kittens, and thinkers have appeared in publications ranging from Esquire to Harper’s , from Playboy to the New York Times , High Times , and Life . more...

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Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Author's biography and stories in the trial version. more...

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Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features.:.; Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases.; Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices.; Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display.; Make bookmarks, notes, highlights.; Searchable and interlinked.; Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway.; Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Table of Contents. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Biography. Bibliography by year. Plays. The Anniversary. The Bear. The Cherry Orchard. Ivanoff. On The High Road. The Proposal. The Sea-Gull. Swan Song. The Three Sisters. A Tragedian In Spite of Himself. Uncle Vanya. The Wedding. Short Stories. Aborigines. About Love. An Actor's End. An Adventure. After The Theatre. Agafya. The Album. 'Anna On The Neck'. An Anonymous Story. Anyuta. Ariadne. Art. An Artist's Story. An Avenger. At The Barber's. At Christmas Time. At a Country House. At Home. At a Summer Villa. A Bad Business. Bad Weather. The Beggar. The Beauties. The Bet. Betrothed. The Bird Market. The Bishop. The Black Monk. A Blunder. Boots. Boys. The Cattle-Dealers. A Chameleon. Champagne. The Chemist's Wife. Children. Choristers. The Chorus Girl. A Classical Student. The Cook's Wedding. The Cossack. A Country Cottage. Darkness. The Darling. A Day In The Country. A Dead Body. The Death of A Government Clerk. A Defenceless Creature. The Dependents. Difficult People. The Doctor. A Doctor's Visit. Dreams. A Dreary Story. Drunk. The Duel. Easter Eve. Enemies. An Enigmatic Nature. The Examining Magistrate. Excellent People. Expensive Lessons. A Father. Fat And Thin. The First-Class Passenger more...

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