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Anecdotes. Autobiographies. bibliography Biographies. biography Essais. Essay Essays. essays. Travel writing.Kraus, Karl
Summary: Franzen presents new translations and annotations of the work of early twentieth-century satirist Karl Kraus, who, via his self-published magazine Die Fackel, "attacked the popular media's manipulation of reality, the dehumanizing machinery of technology and consumer capitalism, and the jingoistic rhetoric of a fading empire"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 KRAFerrante, Elena
Summary: A delightful collection of essays exploring reading and writing. "In the Margins" contains Elena Ferrante's latest reflections on literature, and the works and authors that have influenced her throughout her career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 FERSummary: "The essays in this volume illustrate how scholars and practitioners alike can contribute to our understanding of citizen science, and offer some clues about how engagement with citizen science can improve scholarship as well"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 RIGKlein, Jessi
Summary: In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Introspective essays that interpret life and effort through nature and the primal cycles of life.--Adapted from back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rivertree Press 2019
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 977.4635 STO1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4635 STO
Gutiérrez, Raquel
Summary: "Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez's debut essay collection Brown Neon gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutierrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds. Whether contemplating the value of adobe as both vernacular architecture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 GUTLopez, Barry Holstun
Summary: "This collection represents part of the enduring legacy of Barry Lopez, hailed as a 'national treasure' (Outside) and "one of our finest writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) when he died in December 2020. An ardent steward of the land, fearless traveler, and unrivaled observer of nature and culture in all its forms, Lopez lost much of the Oregon property where he had lived for over fifty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LOPLambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: As the parent of a "multiracial, adoptive, queer, blended family" that now includes nine children, Lambert strove to help her children realize their individual, unique potential, and be defined by their own thoughts, dreams, hope, fears, strengths, struggles, and triumphs. Here she shows how shared reading forged a common ground: either reading together or discussing books they had read...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 028.5 LAMMayes, Frances
Summary: "A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home. While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAYES, FRANCES MAYStephens, Michael T.
Summary: A search for "librarians and empathy" won't get many hits, but empathy is key in collaboration among cross-cultural partners in a technological environment. Stephens believes that in order to create institutions that expand minds and craft futures-- especially in a time of falling budgets and rising use-- libraries must not be just hyperlinking establishments, but must also engage with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 020.23 STESánchez, Erika L.
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly original memoir-in-essays that is as deeply moving as it is hilariously funny"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SANCHEZ, ERIKA L. SANSummary: "We can bear almost anything when it is worked through collectively. Grief is generally thought of as something personal and insular, but when we publicly share loss and pain, we lessen the power of the forces that debilitate us, while at the same time building the humane social practices that alleviate suffering and improve quality of life for everyone. Addressing tragedies from Fukushima to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 REBLahiri, Jhumpa
Summary: "In 2016, the novelist Jhumpa Lahiri published In Other Words, the story of her quest to learn Italian, which involved moving with her family to Italy to immerse herself fully in her adopted language. The book builds on that account through eight essays that reflect her early career as a translator. One essay uses her teaching of the Echo and Narcissus myth to reflect on the meaning of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 418 LAHPham, Larissa
Summary: Like a song that feels written just for you, Larissa Pham's debut work of nonfiction captures the imagination and refuses to let go. Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in love--with a place, or a painting, or a person--and the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Plumbing the well of culture for clues and patterns about love and loss--from Agnes Martin's abstract...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay PhamSavage, Kathryn
Summary: "Groundglass takes shape atop a polluted aquifer in Minnesota, beside trains that haul fracked crude oil, as Kathryn Savage confronts the transgressions of US Superfund sites and brownfields against land, groundwater, neighborhoods, and people. Drawing on her own experiences growing up on the fence lines of industry and the parallel realities of raising a young son while grieving a father dying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 SAVSummary: "A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces on the experience of growing up Asian American, for fans of Minor Feelings."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Entertainment Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.895 MYHitchcock, Susan Tyler
Summary: "For millennia, trees have offered renewal and inspiration. They have provided for humanity on every level, from spiritual sanctuary to the raw material for our homes, books, and food. In this beautiful and revealing book, National Geographic combines legendary photography with cutting-edge science to illuminate exactly how trees influence the life of planet Earth--from our personal lives to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.16 HITVan Ness, Jonathan
Summary: In Jonathan Van Ness' New York Times bestselling memoir Over the Top, he showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexual abuse and addiction, being diagnosed with HIV) have existed alongside great joy and positivity (landing a breakout role on Netflix's Queer Eye, becoming an amateur figure skater and professional stand-up comedian, doting on his cats). If...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022