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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... stop aspiring in print . I don't say I attain " honesty , " but the very fact that I try to reach it gives my work , at least in my own eyes , a formal thrust , a dynamic , a topography . I want to get to the bottom of things . And as a ...
... stop aspiring in print . I don't say I attain " honesty , " but the very fact that I try to reach it gives my work , at least in my own eyes , a formal thrust , a dynamic , a topography . I want to get to the bottom of things . And as a ...
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... Stop that , you're such a slob ! " my mother says . At first he doesn't know what she's talking about . Then he realizes what he has been doing and his hand descends . We children look away . " Is there any more marble cake ? " I ask ...
... Stop that , you're such a slob ! " my mother says . At first he doesn't know what she's talking about . Then he realizes what he has been doing and his hand descends . We children look away . " Is there any more marble cake ? " I ask ...
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... stop seeing Willy before he would promise to return . Mother resisted : " I can't make guaran- tees ! What are you trying to do , force me by running away ? That's so childish , Bert . " They argued back and forth ; but what struck me ...
... stop seeing Willy before he would promise to return . Mother resisted : " I can't make guaran- tees ! What are you trying to do , force me by running away ? That's so childish , Bert . " They argued back and forth ; but what struck me ...
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... stop hitting my mother ! " " Don't , Hal , he'll hit you too , " I whispered . " He'll murder us all ! " I tried to hold Hal by the arm but he pulled away , screaming : " You leave my mother alone or I'll kill you ! " We heard our ...
... stop hitting my mother ! " " Don't , Hal , he'll hit you too , " I whispered . " He'll murder us all ! " I tried to hold Hal by the arm but he pulled away , screaming : " You leave my mother alone or I'll kill you ! " We heard our ...
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... Stop it ! Stop hitting her ! I'll call the police ! " In the end that voice must have gotten through to my father . He left off . But my mother continued sobbing for another hour . We heard her through the door , each sob feeding ...
... Stop it ! Stop hitting her ! I'll call the police ! " In the end that voice must have gotten through to my father . He left off . But my mother continued sobbing for another hour . We heard her through the door , each sob feeding ...
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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