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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... thing to my own prose . Where my writing is lively ( there's that " is " again - should I change it to something more active ? ) , it's because what I have to say at that moment quickens into vigorous expression . A writer - friend told ...
... thing to my own prose . Where my writing is lively ( there's that " is " again - should I change it to something more active ? ) , it's because what I have to say at that moment quickens into vigorous expression . A writer - friend told ...
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... thing she could have done to me . She had her favorite , Rookie , who collected papers and handed out pencils - Rookie , that little monster with the middy blouse and dangling curls , real name Rochelle . " Teacher's Pet ! " we would ...
... thing she could have done to me . She had her favorite , Rookie , who collected papers and handed out pencils - Rookie , that little monster with the middy blouse and dangling curls , real name Rochelle . " Teacher's Pet ! " we would ...
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... things like " You are being inordinately obstreperous , " using words we didn't understand for their humorous effect . It was our mother who would say the really important things , like " I want a quart of milk and some bread and bring ...
... things like " You are being inordinately obstreperous , " using words we didn't understand for their humorous effect . It was our mother who would say the really important things , like " I want a quart of milk and some bread and bring ...
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... thing ? " But did Daddy say what we should do ? " - " No , not yet . But he said that if we men were unified · you know , that means if we stick together — that we could change Mommy's mind . She would never want to lose her children ...
... thing ? " But did Daddy say what we should do ? " - " No , not yet . But he said that if we men were unified · you know , that means if we stick together — that we could change Mommy's mind . She would never want to lose her children ...
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... thing is won't it hurt Mommy's feelings ? " " So what if it hurts her feelings ! " Hal said fiercely . " That's the whole idea , isn't it ? " Hal had everything figured out , but it still baffled me . For instance , I was puzzled about ...
... thing is won't it hurt Mommy's feelings ? " " So what if it hurts her feelings ! " Hal said fiercely . " That's the whole idea , isn't it ? " Hal had everything figured out , but it still baffled me . For instance , I was puzzled about ...
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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