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The first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of
American letters, The Search for the Genuine is a sparkling,
definitive collection of Jim Harrison's essays and journalism--some
never before published New York Times bestselling author Jim
Harrison (1937-2016) was a writer with a poet's economy of style
and trencherman's appetites and ribald humor. In The Search for the
Genuine, a collection of new and previously published essays, the
giant of letters muses on everything from grouse hunting fishing to
Zen Buddhism and matters of the spirit, including reported pieces
on Yellowstone and shark-tagging in the open ocean, commentary on
writers from Bukowski to Neruda to Peter Matthiessen, and a
heartbreaking essay on life-- and, for those attempting to cross in
the ever-more-dangerous gaps, death--on the US/Mexico border.
Written with Harrison's trademark humor, compassion, and
full-throated zest for life, this chronicle of a modern bon vivant
is a feast for fans who may think they know Harrison's nonfiction,
from a true "American original" (San Francisco Chronicle).
In 1981, when he was thirty-three and had just caught what was then
the largest British carp, Chris Yates wondered if he could now
dream of capturing Redmire's Pool's real monster: the King. But far
from the King itself, it was the idea of such a leviathan that
hooked Chris that summer, playing him along the banks for one final
season before releasing him back into the world. Chris's account of
those pivotal months - originally published as The Lost Diary -
recounts the final reckoning of an angler's long relationship with
a beloved and mysterious pool. It is also a magical record of both
familiar and freshly discovered waters, meetings with new friends,
and unexpected encounters with creatures other than fish and
presences that are not quite human.
Acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious, this is the definitive essay
collection from New York legend and satirist, Fran Lebowitz, star
of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a City. 'The
gold standard for intelligence, efficiency and humour. Now and
forever' DAVID SEDARIS 'She's inexhaustible - her personality, her
knowledge, her brilliance, most of all her humour' MARTIN SCORSESE
'The rare example of a legend living up to her own mythology. She
really is THAT funny' HADLEY FREEMAN Lebowitz turns her trademark
caustic wit to the vicissitudes of life - from children ('rarely in
the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money') to
landlords ('it is the solemn duty of every landlord to maintain an
adequate supply of roaches'). And her attitude to work is the
perfect antidote to our exhausting culture of self-betterment
('3.40pm. I consider getting out of bed. I reject the notion as
being unduly vigorous. I read and smoke a bit more').
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My Mother Laughs
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Chantal Akerman; Introduction by Eileen Myles; Translated by Danielle Shreir; Afterword by Frances Morgan
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The point about poetry, my father used to say, is that you can't
pretend. It has to come from the heart, in the same way that a
painting reflects your own colours, dictated by your own emotions.
It talks about something rational but has to include the warmth of
your personal feelings as well as the intensity of rhyme and metre
to make it work. Reading Yeats' poetry systematically for the first
time I was looking for a relationship with a young woman, leading
to the birth of a son brought up by another woman as her own.
The Diary of Losing Dad is the true story of a heartbroken woman
trying to keep it together, and an intimate insight into what it is
like to slowly, painfully lose someone you love. Actor and writer
Emily Bevan recalls the surreal months leading up to her father's
untimely death, during which she was filming a zombie series for
television. Told from the perspective of a family who are
stress-eating Percy Pigs, scrabbling around for change for the
parking machine, and breaking down in the chemist because the
pharmacist won't sell them two packets of cream, this moving
account is interspersed with diary entries, poems and her daily
scribblings. Here Emily renders scenes of hospital life - both
devastating and life-affirming - together with anecdotes of her
family rallying around this much-loved man, and the poignant
memories of his constant and enduring presence. The book looks at
how we each have our own unique response to tragedy: we all know
that we are going to have to face death, yet we are so ill-equipped
to deal with it.
From the editor of the celebrated anthology "Goodbye to All That""
Writers on Loving and Leaving New York," comes a new collection of
original essays on what keeps writers tethered to New York City.
The "charming" ("The New York Times") first anthology" Goodbye to
All That"--inspired by Joan Didion's classic essay about loving and
leaving Manhattan--chronicled the difficulties and disappointments
inherent in loving New York, while "Never Can Say Goodbye" is a
celebration of the city that never sleeps, in the tradition of E.B.
White's classic essay, "Here Is New York."
Featuring contributions from such luminaries as Elizabeth Gilbert,
Susan Orlean, Nick Flynn, Adelle Waldman, Phillip Lopate, Owen
King, Amy Sohn, and many others, this collection of essays is a
must-have for every lover of New York--regardless of whether or not
you call the Big Apple home.
April 2020: the country is deep in the first lockdown as a result
of coronavirus. Young people are left rootless, without school or
friends and isolated at home. In this enforced alienation a
creative writing competition, 'Generation Lockdown Writes', was
launched for young people from the ages of seven to 17. The only
rule was that submissions to the competition had to provide an
insight into what life was like for them in lockdown - to open up
windows of homes and experiences across the UK. Some of Britain's
finest authors for young people stepped in to judge the ten
individual categories, and the entries flooded in. 'Generation
Lockdown Writes' is the stunning final collection of the winning
entries, chosen from over six thousand entries. The beautiful and
varied pieces provide a unique insight into what life was really
like for young people during this historical moment across Britain.
We enter many different worlds, and are given a remarkable insight
into the range of emotions that young people felt. From moments of
fear to joy, this is a collection of writing that will linger in
the memory for a long time. Profits from the sale of this book will
be donated to BookTrust.
'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as
oneself' Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity,
duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own
genius. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black
Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in
1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range
and diversity, with works from around the world and across the
centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales,
satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Kojo Baffoe embodies what it is to be a contemporary African man. Of Ghanaian and German heritage, he was raised in Lesotho and moved to South Africa at the age of 27. Forever curious, Kojo has the enviable ability to simultaneously experience moments intimately and engage people (and their views) sincerely, while remaining detached enough to think through his experiences critically. He has earned a reputation as a thinker, someone who lives outside the box and free of the labels that society seeks to place on us.
Listen to Your Footsteps is an honest and, at times, raw collection of essays from a son, a father, a husband, a brother and a man deeply committed to doing the internal work. Kojo reflects on losing his mother as a toddler, being raised by his father, forming an identity, living as an immigrant, his tussles with
substance abuse, as well as his experiences of fatherhood, marriage and making a career in a fickle industry. He gives an extended glimpse into the experiences that make boys become men, and the battles that make men discover what they are made of, all the while questioning what it means to be ‘a man’.
Charles D'Ambrosio's essay collection "Orphans" spawned something
of a cult following. In the decade since the tiny limited-edition
volume sold out its print run, its devotees have pressed it upon
their friends, students, and colleagues, only to find themselves
begging for their copy's safe return. For anyone familiar with
D'Ambrosio's writing, this enthusiasm should come as no surprise.
His work is exacting and emotionally generous, often as funny as it
is devastating. "Loitering" gathers those eleven original essays
with new and previously uncollected work so that a broader audience
might discover one of our great living essayists. No matter his
subject -- Native American whaling, a Pentecostal "hell house,"
Mary Kay Letourneau, the work of J. D. Salinger, or, most often,
his own family -- D'Ambrosio approaches each piece with a singular
voice and point of view; each essay, while unique and surprising,
is unmistakably his own.
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