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African Americans Intellectual life American essays American essays 21st century American literature African American authors History and criticism Children's / Teenage general interest: History & the past Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places Educational: first/native language: readers & reading schemes Essais américains 21e siècle Harlem Renaissance Relating to African American peopleFilter By Subjects
African Americans Intellectual life American essays American essays 21st century American literature African American authors History and criticism Children's / Teenage general interest: History & the past Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places Educational: first/native language: readers & reading schemes Essais américains 21e siècle Harlem Renaissance Relating to African American peopleSummary: Here are 70 authors from more than 50 presses as selected from the nominations of 220 distinguished Contributing Editors and 800 participating presses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushcart Pirze Fellowships Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PUSHarrison, Jim
Summary: In this collection of new and previously published essays, Jim Harrison muses on everything from grouse hunting and 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 death on the US/Mexico border.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARSummary: Wesley Morris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and acclaimed New York times critic, selects 20 essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: The presidential election of 2008 -- Our Michelle -- Reverend Wright revisited -- The United States, past and present -- Personalities -- Profiles -- Race talk -- Sports -- Rita Dove -- African American literature -- Racial identity, enslavement, and the law -- In memoriam: John Hope Franklin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World, Ballantine Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BESAtwood, Margaret
Summary: "From literary icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of nonfiction-funny, erudite, intimate, impassioned, and always startlingly prescient-which grapples with such wide-ranging topics as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How do we get rid of the immense amount of plastic that's littering our seas and lands? How much of yourself can you give away without...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 ATWZambreno, Kate.
Summary: In the first half of Kate Zambreno's astoundingly original collection, the narrator regales us with incisive and witty swatches from a life lived inside a brilliant mind, meditating on aging and vanity, fame and failure, writing and writers, along with portraits of everyone from Susan Sontag to Amal Clooney, Maurice Blanchot to Louise Brooks. The series of essays that follow, on figures central...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 ZAMSummary: For more than twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has curated the year’s finest sports journalism. Continuing the tradition in a long line of notable guest editors is Rick Telander, acclaimed journalist, author, and champion of the written word. His choices are defined by one shared thread: effort, on the part of athletes and writers alike. The physical strength it takes to play...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796 BESSummary: Essays by authors who have appeared on the podcast "Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books" explore the ever-increasing demands on mothers' time and topics inspired by things moms don't have time to do, including sleep, get sick, write, lose weight, and see friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MOMMwai, Melissa H.
Summary: "Learn all about the amazing African American culture of Harlem with this fun-filled nonfiction reader--carefully leveled to help children progress . . . 'Harlem Renaissance' will introduce kids to the exciting lives, music, art and ideas of the African American community of Harlem 100 years ago--and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2024