Nonrequired Reading
Title | Nonrequired Reading PDF eBook |
Author | Wislawa Szymborska |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2015-03-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0544618858 |
"Unquestionably one of the great living European poets. She's accessible and deeply human and a joy--though it is a dark kind of joy--to read. . . . She is a poet to live with." —Robert Hass, The Washington Post Book World Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading." As readers of her poems would expect, the short prose pieces collected here are anything but ordinary. Reflecting the author's own eclectic tastes and interests, the pretexts for these ruminations range from books on wallpapering, cooking, gardening, and yoga, to more lofty volumes on opera and world literature. Unpretentious yet incisive, these charming pieces are on a par with Szymborska's finest lyrics, tackling the same large and small questions with a wonderful curiosity.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019
Title | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 PDF eBook |
Author | Edan Lepucki |
Publisher | Mariner Books |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2019-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0358093163 |
An eclectic collection of fiction, essays, poetry, and graphic work selected by high school students with the help of New York Times best-selling author Edan Lepucki. Over the past year, fifteen Bay Area high school students have gathered each week in the basement of an independent publishing house to pore over online and print literary journals, magazines, books, plays, and graphic novels. They read things they couldn't shake and engaged in deep conversations about how good writing brings people together, no matter what else is happening around the world. With the help of New York Times best-selling author Edan Lepucki they have compiled The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003
Title | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Eggers |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780618246960 |
The "fresh anthology of hip American writings" (Forth Worth Morning Star-Telegram) returns this year with a spectacular array of fiction, nonfiction, and humor, drawn from traditional and alternative magazines by Dave Eggers.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012
Title | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Eggers |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0547595964 |
A selection of the best writing, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and blogs, published during 2011. Edited by Dave Eggers.
Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska
Title | Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska PDF eBook |
Author | Wislawa Szymborska |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2002-11-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0393323854 |
Samples the full range of Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska's major themes: the ironies of love, history lessons unlearned, our parochial human perspective, humanity's place in the cosmos, and the illusory character of art. Szymborska's voice emerges as that of a humanitarian graced with a gift for coaxing the extraordinary out of the ordinary in life and language.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015
Title | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015 PDF eBook |
Author | 826 National |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0544569636 |
Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Orphan Master's Son, works with group of high school students out of 826 San Francisco to select the year's best new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and category-defying gems aimed at readers 15 and up.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
Title | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Eggers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | American essays |
ISBN | 9780618902828 |
This brilliant collection highlights a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever. Compiled by Dave Eggers and students from his San Francisco writing center, contributors include Judy Budnitz, "The Onion, The Daily Show, This American Life," and George Packer.