Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the PresentLex Williford, Michael Martone Simon and Schuster, 2007 M12 11 - 578 páginas This indispensable anthology brings together works from fifty contemporary writers including Cheryl Strayed, David Sedaris, Barbara Kingsolver, and more. Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teachers from across the country, this collection includes only the most highly regarded nonfiction work published since 1970—from memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism. Contributors include: Jo Ann Beard, Wendell Berry, Eula Biss, Mary Clearman Blew, Charles Bowden, Janet Burroway, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Anne Carson, Bernard Cooper, Michael W. Cox, Annie Dillard, Mark Doty, Brian Doyle, Tony Earley, Anthony Farrington, Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Diane Glancy, Lucy Grealy, William Harrison, Robin Hemley, Adam Hochschild, Jamaica Kincaid, Barbara Kingsolver, Ted Kooser, Sara Levine, E. J. Levy, Phillip Lopate, Barry Lopez, Thomas Lynch, Lee Martin, Rebecca McClanahan, Erin McGraw, John McPhee, Brenda Miller, Dinty W. Moore, Kathleen Norris, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lia Purpura, Richard Rhodes, Bill Roorbach, David Sedaris, Richard Selzer, Sue William Silverman, Floyd Skloot, Lauren Slater, Cheryl Strayed, Amy Tan, Ryan Van Meter, David Foster Wallace, and Joy Williams. |
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Wendell Berry Getting Along with Nature | 17 |
Eula Biss The Pain Scale | 28 |
Mary Clearman Blew The Unwanted Child | 43 |
Charles Bowden Torch Song | 56 |
Janet Burroway Embalming Mom | 76 |
Kelly Grey Carlisle Physical Evidence | 89 |
Anne Carson The Glass Essay | 97 |
Phillip Lopate Portrait of My Body | 299 |
Barry Lopez Flight | 308 |
Thomas Lynch The Undertaking | 334 |
Lee Martin Sorry | 343 |
Rebecca McClanahan Interstellar | 354 |
Erin McGraw Bad Eyes | 360 |
John McPhee The Search for Marvin Gardens | 370 |
Brenda Miller The Date | 381 |
Bernard Cooper Burls | 132 |
Michael W Cox Visitor | 141 |
Annie Dillard Living Like Weasels | 148 |
Brian Doyle Leap | 165 |
Anthony Farrington Kissing | 176 |
Harrison Candelaria Fletcher The Beautiful | 190 |
Diane Glancy Sun Dance | 201 |
Lucy Grealy Mirrorings | 209 |
William Harrison Present Tense Africa | 220 |
Robin Hemley Reading History to My Mother | 231 |
Adam Hochschild World on a Hilltop | 242 |
Jamaica Kincaid A Small Place | 257 |
Barbara Kingsolver High Tide in Tucson | 265 |
Ted Kooser Small Rooms in Time | 275 |
E J Levy Mastering the Art of French Cooking | 290 |
Dinty W Moore Son of Mr Green Jeans | 389 |
Kathleen Norris Celibate Passion | 396 |
Lia Purpura Autopsy Report | 405 |
Richard Rhodes Watching the Animals | 411 |
Bill Roorbach Shitdiggers Mudflats and | 420 |
David Sedaris Repeat After Me | 443 |
Richard Selzer Imelda | 452 |
Sue William Silverman The Pat Boone Fan Club | 464 |
Floyd Skloot A Measure of Acceptance | 473 |
Lauren Slater Black Swans | 484 |
Cheryl Strayed The Love of My Life | 500 |
Amy Tan Mother Tongue | 514 |
Ryan Van Meter If You Knew Then What I Know Now | 520 |
Joy Williams Hawk | 542 |
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