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Rereadings: Seventeen writers revisit books they love

3 reviews

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005

Facets of writers; reflections of books seen in different lights
This volume has so little in common with collected interpretations, scholarly or chatty, of single literary works or authors. Nor do the (mostly) books written about suffer the sameness and burden of being "most influential" for the writers. Editor Anne Fadiman brilliantly introduces the act of self-revelation accomplished by passing books through prisms of innocence and then of experience and ...

The American Scholar - Autumn 2003 (Vol. 72 No. 4)

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2003

160pp. various artcles, essays, reviews and poetry on a wide range of subjects.

The Best American Essays 2003 (The Best American Series)

3 reviews

Houghton Mifflin, 2003

24 servings of rich, satisfying brain food
Last year's Best American Essays collection was edited by renowned (now, deceased) biologist Steven Jay Gould. Anne Fadiman, the editor for this year's collection, is by profession an essay editor, and the positive results show in this collection. Fadiman has chosen 24 essays whose common attribute is, as she states, that they are "crammed...the essays in this book... have no extra air. ...

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

88 reviews
Anne Fadiman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000

Celebrating bibliophilia
Within the pages of this slender little volume are the signs of a special community that will be familiar to all book obsessives. There is indeed more than one way to love a book. Are you a courtly lover: one who sees the physical book as sacrosanct; or a carnal lover who sees the book as a vessel for the words and ideas? Or are you, like me, sometimes one and then the other? For ...

The American Scholar - Summer 2002 (Vol. 71 No. 3)

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2002

160 pp. various studies and articles, poems and essays.

Squaring the Circle in the Middle East (The American Scholar)

American Scholar, 2003

A variety of stories such as Squaring the Circle in the Middle East by Charles F. Dunbar; Embedding Trollope by Phyllis Rose; Knowledge on Fire by Matthew Battles; Suds by Tim Morris; Incognito Street by Barbara Sjoholm; Dead Matter by Frederick Busch; Signs of Life by Aaron E. Hirsh

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

206 reviews
Anne Fadiman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998

great book
This was an outstanding book. You may need to be a social anthropologist at heart to really love it, but the book was so enlightening on so many different levels. The background and customs of the Hmong are fascinating, and their clash with western culture is eye opening. I learned so much, not just about the Hmong, but about my own beliefs.

At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays

7 reviews
Anne Fadiman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

this book will make you smarter
Really, it will. In this collection of essays (available separately in other venues, but nestled together with great mutual congeniality in this book), Fadiman begins with her own confessed interests and obsessions--Charles Lamb and Coleridge, ice cream and coffee, arctic exploration and mail delivery, mounting butterflies and flying the flag--and traces a patient, curious path through all sorts ...

The American Scholar - Winter 2004 (Vol. 73 No. 1)

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2004

160pp. of articles, reviews, study synopses, essays and poetry of general interest on contemporary issues and concerns.

The American Scholar Volume 72 No. 1 Winter 2003 (Volume)

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2003

The American Scholar (Winter 2003). Book of Days bye Emily Fox Gordon. Opening Exercises by Christopher Clausen. Rimbaud Rules by Daphne Merkin. The Caliph of Fonthill by Jamie James. "Nice to Meet you, Mr. Dickey" by Dana Gioia. Reference Works by Jeffrey Hammond. On Being Human by James McConkey.

Gold. (Letter From The Editor).(Letter to the Editor): An article from: American Scholar
Anne Fadiman

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2003

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The American Scholar - Spring 2006 (Vol. 75 No. 2)

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2006

144pp. of reviews, essays, articles, and poetry on contemporary themes. This issue features: Beyond Race, and The Other Christianity.

Ex Libris
Anne Fadiman

Diogenes Verlag AG, 2007

The Thanksgiving table.(Letter from the Editor): An article from: American Scholar
Anne Fadiman

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2004

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 3960 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The Thanksgiving table.(Letter from the ...

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