Getting Personal: Selected EssaysHarper Collins, 2004 M11 3 - 416 páginas From the man whose name is synonymous with the contemporary personal essay, Getting Personal is a rich and ambitious collection that spans Phillip Lopate's career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful, deeply meditative, and self-revelatory, with his characteristic candor and curmudgeonly charm, he explores himself, his life, his family, his religion, and his friends. |
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... become a mental reflex , one part of my thinking pattern . But in daily circumstances , I am energetic and almost life- embracing ; I regard myself as a blend of optimist and stoic . True , I like a little com- plexity and darkness with ...
... become a mental reflex , one part of my thinking pattern . But in daily circumstances , I am energetic and almost life- embracing ; I regard myself as a blend of optimist and stoic . True , I like a little com- plexity and darkness with ...
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... become much more famous than he had been . My friend , whom I have known since our college days , was riddled with contra- dictions and inconsistencies : one moment generous , the next , guarded ; alternately cocksure and uncertain ; at ...
... become much more famous than he had been . My friend , whom I have known since our college days , was riddled with contra- dictions and inconsistencies : one moment generous , the next , guarded ; alternately cocksure and uncertain ; at ...
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... become interested in drawing people . " Are you working on my lips now ? " " I'll tell you when I do . ” " What did Daddy say to you ? On the train yesterday ? " I tried to sound casual , but I had been waiting for the moment to ask ...
... become interested in drawing people . " Are you working on my lips now ? " " I'll tell you when I do . ” " What did Daddy say to you ? On the train yesterday ? " I tried to sound casual , but I had been waiting for the moment to ask ...
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... become desperate . The poems had stopped ; now he made threats , which my mother laughed at . She seemed to be daring him , like Car- men and Don José . One afternoon she kept needling him : " Come on , Bertram , why don't you get off ...
... become desperate . The poems had stopped ; now he made threats , which my mother laughed at . She seemed to be daring him , like Car- men and Don José . One afternoon she kept needling him : " Come on , Bertram , why don't you get off ...
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... becomes a Bad Woman she is never seen without a feather - duster plume , which she waves around to make her points , and which is color - coordinated to match her silver , turquoise , rose , and sap- phire gowns . At times she seems to ...
... becomes a Bad Woman she is never seen without a feather - duster plume , which she waves around to make her points , and which is color - coordinated to match her silver , turquoise , rose , and sap- phire gowns . At times she seems to ...
Contenido
XXIV | 167 |
XXV | 187 |
XXVI | 218 |
XXVIII | 259 |
XXIX | 261 |
XXX | 278 |
XXXII | 286 |
XXXIII | 300 |
XII | 89 |
XIII | 93 |
XIV | 117 |
XVI | 128 |
XVII | 131 |
XVIII | 140 |
XX | 155 |
XXI | 157 |
XXIII | 165 |
XXXV | 309 |
XXXVI | 314 |
XXXVIII | 323 |
XXXIX | 325 |
XL | 333 |
XLI | 337 |
XLII | 356 |
XLIII | 395 |
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