Am I Alone Here?
A personal collection of essays that blurs the line between literary criticism and personal memoir.
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Open Veins of Latin America
A brief description of your post
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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes
Essay collection by the author of Killers of the Flower Moon.
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The Captive Mind
Essays out of central Europe during the First Cold War by one of Poland's leading intellectuals.
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Both Flesh and Not
Apart from the essay on Roger Federer, the rest are Wallace hitting serves past the line.
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage.
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Intimations
The essays in "Intimations" touch on a range of topics, including the impact of the pandemic, racial injustice, social inequality, and the role of art in times of crisis.
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A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
Close readings of a selection of Russian short stories
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Design for the Real World
Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, and the frivolous.
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Impossible Owls - Essays
The essays in Impossible Owls go beyond simply chronicling some of the modern world’s most uncanny, unbelievable, and spectacular oddities.
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The Complete Short Prose of Beckett
Beckett expressed the anguish and isolation of the individual consciousness with a purity and minimalism that have altered the shape of world literature.
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
A collection of essays divided into two sections - Life Styles in the Golden Land and Personals.
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Some of DFW's best essays.