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American Movie Critics: From the Silents Until Now

6 reviews

Library of America, 2006

Screen Tests
I wanted a book that would cover a wide array of reviews and struck gold with this one. Though now that I think of it, maybe I should have held out for one that included non-American writers in it. I'm such a dunce, I didn't see until too late that, on the title page, clearly marked, it reads, "A special publication of the Library of America." No wonder it's so America-centric, but I picked up ...

Against Joie de Vivre: Personal Essays

1 review

Bison Books, 2008

Don't miss Chekhov for Children
I had a range of reactions to the essays in this book. Some I really liked. Some I thought were alright. Some I didn't particularly care for. But "Chekhov for Children" is something quite different. The best single essay I have ever read (actually I have read it at least 5 times), it captures (and moves) me every time. If you work with kids, you need to read it. If you wonder if literature if ...

Writing New York: A Literary Anthology

9 reviews

Library of America, 2008

Amazing Tribute to the Phenomena of NYC
This collection was the centerpiece of a course I recently took on Literary NY. Every piece of writing in this collection is memorable, evoking the timelessness of the place, from Washington Irving to Joan Didion, with a wide spectrum between. There are wonderful observational and personal essays, socio-political satires, poetry and short fiction all highlighting the on-going phenomena of this ...

American Movie Critics: From Silents Until Now

1 review

Library of America, 2008

A Splendid Compendium of Classic Reviews
American Movie Critics, Phillip Lopate, editor. New York: The Library of America, 2008. Paperback reviewed 1/24/08. When the impressive hardcover edition was released two years before this expanded paperback reprint, I had taken issue with the editor, Phillip Lopate, for excluding Internet critics. Sure, many of the illustrious print reviewers have an online presence, but where were his ...

On Three Pillars: Torah, Worship, and the Practice of Loving Kindness: The Synagogues of Brooklyn

powerHouse Books, 2007

Roughly half the photographs in On Three Pillars: Torah, Worship, and Practice of Loving Kindness, The Synagogues of Brooklyn are of synagogues functioning today, the balance of buildings that were once synagogues but have since been adapted to other uses (like churches, community centers, government offices). The photographs are divided into five sections, each containing a picture of an empty lot where a synagogue once stood. In these haunting ...

The Hidden God

1 review
Kent Jones, Phillip Lopate, ...

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003

I was intrigued
The Hidden God Contrary to another reviewer, I was not disappointed by this book. It takes an unusual angle into the subject of film and struggling faith, and although it doesn't say the last word on any of the fifty films chosen, it starts one thinking on new lines. The directors included are world leaders of cinema. While a few of the brief, four-page treatments are worthless, many are ...

Two Marriages

1 review
Phillip Lopate

Other Press, 2008

Two Marriages: Divorce Yourself
Phillip Lopate's two novellas about marriage in his book Two Marriages read like writing group exercises gone bad. Both are facile and trivial and uninspired. The first, "The Stoic's Marriage", uses the narrator's diary (I can just imagine the writing instructor saying: "today we'll tell a story using diary entries") to tell us the pathetic story of a "middle aged fart" (an incredibly ...

The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present

13 reviews
Phillip Lopate

Anchor, 1995

Essential!
I recently attended a lecture by Philip Lopate. It was informative, instructional, and entertaining. I can say the same about this anthology. Anyone interested in the personal essay--readers, and especially writers--will find this collection a gold mine. I highly recommend it.

Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan

13 reviews
Phillip Lopate

Anchor, 2005

Great book!!!
I love this book. Everyone who lives in, works in, or even visits Manhattan should read this book and take a walk to the waterfront. Incredibly well written and researched. My favorite NY book since E.B. White's Here is New York.

Totally, Tenderly, Tragically

2 reviews
Phillip Lopate

Anchor, 1998

The shocking genius of this book is in the linguistic perfec
Lopate's new book is a showcase for his brilliance, his ability to graze not only far but wide. But I can't help thinking that here, more than in any other of his books (all of which I have read) the brilliance is not as much in the insight but in the perfect choice of every word, the absolutely right adjective and adverb, which create a passionate sensual delight.While Lopate has a remarkable ...

Portrait of My Body

2 reviews
Phillip Lopate

Anchor, 1997

America's Essayist Laureate scores
To read anything by Philip Lopate is a privilege. To sit at his feet in a seminar is an honor. I had that experience at a writing conference in Santa Fe about 4 years ago, and it was a very powerful catalyst to my own writing career. The man is a consummate teacher, wise, witty, and wonderful. So is this book. A collection of 13 essays, Portrait of My Body is an honest delving into the depths of ...

A Hazard of New Fortunes (Penguin Classics)

13 reviews
William Dean Howells

Penguin Classics, 2001

A Hazard Of New Fortunes
A Hazard Of New Fortunes, by William Dean Howells is an excellent novel about the lives of a middle class family in the late nineteenth century. The novel follows a family through a move, a house hunt, and a new business. Howells does a wonderful job capturing the scenes in this book and making them come to life. This book also can be related to our everyday life. The only change that is ...

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Thomas Hardy

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

The Mayor of Casterbridge , by Thomas Hardy , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors ...

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)
Thomas Hardy

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

The Mayor of Casterbridge , by Thomas Hardy , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors ...

Rudy Burckhardt

1 review
Phillip Lopate, Vincent Katz

Harry N. Abrams, 2004

Fascinating book; good condition
This book was a gift for a photography buff and they were thrilled since this was one they did not have. It is a fascinating book with excellent images, and even though it was gently used, it arrived in good condition and on time.

The Ordering Mirror: Readers and Contexts
Phillip Lopate

Fordham University Press, 1993

In 1977, Bennington College alumna Edith Barbour Andrews established the Ben Belitt Lectureships in gratitude to her teacher Ben Belitt and dedicated the publication of the lectures (in the form of chapbooks) to the memory of William Troy, another of her beloved teachers. The collection, published here in one volume, comprises lectures by some of the most inspiring writers and keenest critics of our time. In his introduciton to The Ordering ...

Being with Children: A High-Spirited Personal Account of Teaching Writing, Theater, and Videotape (Classics ...
Phillip Lopate

New Press, 2008

In the 1960s, prizewinning writer Philip Lopate went into an urban school to teach poetry and became a part of the school community. Being with Children , first published in 1975 but out of print for many years, is Lopate's classic account of his relationship to his craft and to his young students. Hailed by the New York Times as "a wise and tender portrait of a small society," Lopate's book explores the horrible and beautiful aspects of ...

Getting Personal: Selected Essays

1 review
Phillip Lopate

Basic Books, 2003

Great collection of essays by an acclamied master
A wonderful collection of personal essays from Phillip Lopate, considered a master of the genre. Very engaging stories written in a very accessible style that belies the craft behind them. The relating of his experience producing "Uncle Vanya" with young schoolchildren completely fascinated me. His stories regarding his family are equally engaging. An essay about a fellow teacher who commits ...

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