On Boxing (P.S.)15 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 A Boxing Book Unparalleled + Whatever Oates sets her mind to, shoe does well. + Touching insight into the world of boxing from a wonderful writer + For making me think about it in a different way             How to Be Alone: Essays39 reviews Jonathan Franzen Picador, 2003 Amazing. + Delving into America's psyche + Superb collection + As a novelist, Franzen is a great essayist             Hoagland on Nature: Essays (On)2 reviews Edward Hoagland The Lyons Press, 2005 THE FRUIT OF A LIFETIME WELL SPENT + Great Literature of Nature & Travel Although HOAGLAND ON NATURE has a magisteral ring to it -- like an arcane treatise on the law -- it is, in fact, a collection of graceful personal essays written over a span of four decades by the man John Updike calls "the best essayist of my generation". Joyce Carol Oates has included Hoagland's ...             Giving Good Weight4 reviews John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994 If only life was like a box full of McPhee essays + A gift + McPhee's best volume of "assortments" + Intelligent, humerous and painless reading             Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It25 reviews Geoff Dyer Vintage, 2004 buying it again two years later - hauntingly good + Achingly funny, powerfully inspiring. + Travels and Trips + Drug-Induced States Make for Eye-Opening Global Adventures From a Clever Writer             The Disappointment Artist: Essays15 reviews Jonathan Lethem Vintage, 2006 ??? how could others give this 2 stars + Perfect as an Audio CD + Not One Dissapointing Essay + Might be worth reading BEFORE you read other works by Letham + Amazing writing             Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond32 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2001 A literate and thoughtful "memoir" + A relaxed and informative read + My Nile + As close to a personal memoir as we get with McMurtry + Very Enjoyable             Vermeer in Bosnia: Selected Writings3 reviews Lawrence Weschler Vintage, 2005 A Fantastic Collection From One of Our Great Writers + Gem of a book Though ultimately difficult to categorize, the simplest way to describe what Lawrence Weschler does for money would be to say he is an art critic. However readers familiar with Weschler's work will understand why this label seems so insufficient. As a contributer to some of the more important ...             Into Woods: Essays by Bill Roorbach1 review Bill Roorbach University of Notre Dame Press, 2002 Roorbach does it all It's exciting to find so many of Bill Roorbach's essays collected finally into one volume. I have loved reading his work in various journals and magazines; reading them again here, along with essays I'd never read, is such a satisfying experience. I found myself laughing out loud on the subway ...             Gone to New York: Adventures in the City2 reviews Ian Frazier Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 GONZO JOURNALISM LIVES! + Bag-Snagging in the City Hunter Thompson may be gone, but personal journalism is alive and well as evidenced by this superlative collection of quirky,elegant pieces subtitled, "Adventures in the City". If Ian Frazier's book were a mystery, #1 would probably have posted a five-star review the day after it was published in ...             Hoagland on Nature: Essays (On)2 reviews Edward Hoagland The Lyons Press, 2005 THE FRUIT OF A LIFETIME WELL SPENT + Great Literature of Nature & Travel Although HOAGLAND ON NATURE has a magisteral ring to it -- like an arcane treatise on the law -- it is, in fact, a collection of graceful personal essays written over a span of four decades by the man John Updike calls "the best essayist of my generation". Joyce Carol Oates has included Hoagland's ...             The Disappointment Artist: Essays15 reviews Jonathan Lethem Vintage, 2006 ??? how could others give this 2 stars + Perfect as an Audio CD + Not One Dissapointing Essay + Might be worth reading BEFORE you read other works by Letham + Amazing writing             Into Woods: Essays by Bill Roorbach1 review Bill Roorbach University of Notre Dame Press, 2002 Roorbach does it all It's exciting to find so many of Bill Roorbach's essays collected finally into one volume. I have loved reading his work in various journals and magazines; reading them again here, along with essays I'd never read, is such a satisfying experience. I found myself laughing out loud on the subway ...             Vermeer in Bosnia: Selected Writings3 reviews Lawrence Weschler Vintage, 2005 A Fantastic Collection From One of Our Great Writers + Gem of a book Though ultimately difficult to categorize, the simplest way to describe what Lawrence Weschler does for money would be to say he is an art critic. However readers familiar with Weschler's work will understand why this label seems so insufficient. As a contributer to some of the more important ...             Gone to New York: Adventures in the City2 reviews Ian Frazier Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 GONZO JOURNALISM LIVES! + Bag-Snagging in the City Hunter Thompson may be gone, but personal journalism is alive and well as evidenced by this superlative collection of quirky,elegant pieces subtitled, "Adventures in the City". If Ian Frazier's book were a mystery, #1 would probably have posted a five-star review the day after it was published in ...             Giving Good Weight4 reviews John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994 If only life was like a box full of McPhee essays + A gift + McPhee's best volume of "assortments" + Intelligent, humerous and painless reading             On Boxing (P.S.)15 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 A Boxing Book Unparalleled + Whatever Oates sets her mind to, shoe does well. + Touching insight into the world of boxing from a wonderful writer + For making me think about it in a different way             Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It25 reviews Geoff Dyer Vintage, 2004 buying it again two years later - hauntingly good + Achingly funny, powerfully inspiring. + Travels and Trips + Drug-Induced States Make for Eye-Opening Global Adventures From a Clever Writer             Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond32 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2001 A literate and thoughtful "memoir" + A relaxed and informative read + My Nile + As close to a personal memoir as we get with McMurtry + Very Enjoyable             How to Be Alone: Essays39 reviews Jonathan Franzen Picador, 2003 Amazing. + Delving into America's psyche + Superb collection + As a novelist, Franzen is a great essayist