Books : Search |
|
Books : Search |
|
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down»rank: 943by: Anne Fadiman
: :Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWhen three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run 'Quiet War' in Laos. The Hmong, traditionally a close-knit and fiercely people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most immigrants, adhering steadfastly to the rituals and beliefs of their ancestors. Lia's pediatricians, Neil Ernst and his wife, Peggy Philip, cleaved just as strongly to another tradition: ... |
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader»rank: 26780by: Anne Fadiman
: :Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill, whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only written material in the apartment that she had not read at least twice. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. For Fadiman, as for many passionate readers, the books she loves have become chapters in her own life story. Writing with remarkable grace, she revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving ... |
||
At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays»rank: 17612by: Anne Fadiman
: :In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay—a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, Fadiman draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching butterflies to her monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from her wistfulness for the days of letter-writing to the challenges and rewards of moving from the city to the country.Many of these essays were composed “under the influence” of the subject ... |
The Best American Essays 2003 (The Best American Series)»rank: 244045from: Houghton Mifflin
: :Since 1986, The Best American Essays has gathered the most interesting and provocative writing of the year, establishing a firm place as the leading annual of its kind. The volume is edited each year by an esteemed writer who brings a fresh eye to the selections. Previous editors have included Elizabeth Hardwick, Susan Sontag, Geoffrey C. Ward, Cynthia Ozick, and Stephen Jay Gould. This year's volume is terrifically diverse, with subjects ranging from driving lessons to animal rights to citizenship in times of emergency. |
||
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures»rank: 196162by: Anne Fadiman
: :Since 1986, The Best American Essays has gathered the most interesting and provocative writing of the year, establishing a firm place as the leading annual of its kind. The volume is edited each year by an esteemed writer who brings a fresh eye to the selections. Previous editors have included Elizabeth Hardwick, Susan Sontag, Geoffrey C. Ward, Cynthia Ozick, and Stephen Jay Gould. This year's volume is terrifically diverse, with subjects ranging from driving lessons to animal rights to citizenship in times of emergency. |
Rereadings: Seventeen writers revisit books they love»rank: 378251from: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
: :Is a book the same book—or a reader the same reader—the second time around? The seventeen authors in this witty and poignant collection of essays all agree on the answer: Never. The editor of Rereadings is Anne Fadiman, and readers of her bestselling book Ex Libris will find this volume especially satisfying. Her chosen authors include Sven Birkerts, Allegra Goodman, Vivian Gornick, Patricia Hampl, Phillip Lopate, and Luc Sante; the objects of their literary affections range from Pride and Prejudice to Sue Barton, Student Nurse. These essays are not conventional literary criticism; they are about relationships. Rereadings reveals at least as much about the reader as about the book: each is a ... |
||
The Spirit Catches YOu and You Fall Down.»rank: 2007688by: ANNE: FADIMAN
: :Is a book the same book—or a reader the same reader—the second time around? The seventeen authors in this witty and poignant collection of essays all agree on the answer: Never. The editor of Rereadings is Anne Fadiman, and readers of her bestselling book Ex Libris will find this volume especially satisfying. Her chosen authors include Sven Birkerts, Allegra Goodman, Vivian Gornick, Patricia Hampl, Phillip Lopate, and Luc Sante; the objects of their literary affections range from Pride and Prejudice to Sue Barton, Student Nurse. These essays are not conventional literary criticism; they are about relationships. Rereadings reveals at least as much about the reader as about the book: each is a ... |
The American Scholar (Vol. 68, No. 4, Autumn 1999)»rank: 2007688by: Various Authors
: :Articles in this Autumn 1999 issue include: 'The Siegen Affair' by Simon Schama ~ 'Coolness' by Daniel Harris ~ 'Remember This' by Kate Cambor ~ 'The Triumph of the Stage Direction' by Kevin Jackson ~ 'The Return of the Seagoing Cowboy' by Owen Gingerich ~ 'Inside Science' by David Goodstein and James Woodward ~ 'Going Up to Oxford' by Renée C. Fox ~ 'Swan Songs' by Steven G. Kellman; also included are 'The Uncertain Art: Acupuncture in the Operating Room' by Sherwin B. Nuland, 'Journal: Beijing 1988' by Deborah Golub, 'At Large and At Small: Coleridge the Runaway' by Philonoë, and 'Commonplace Book: Time' collected by André Bernard. The Books ... |
||
The American Scholar - Autumn 2003 (Vol. 72 No. 4)»rank: 2007688from: Phi Beta Kappa Society
: :160pp. various artcles, essays, reviews and poetry on a wide range of subjects. |
The American Scholar - Autumn 2003 (Vol. 72 No. 4)»rank: 2007688from: Phi Beta Kappa Society
: :160pp. various artcles, essays, reviews and poetry on a wide range of subjects. |