Posted Tue, 12/01/2009 - 5:34pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
November 2009
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Eula Biss has an MFA from the University of Iowa, teaches non-fiction writing at Northwestern University, and is co-editor of Essay Press. Some of these essays have appeared in magazines. She won the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize for this essay collection. Read more
Posted Sat, 04/04/2009 - 10:39am by fred
Date Fred Read:
February 2009
Publisher:
Parragon Inc; 1st American Edition
Herbert Genzmer is an author of non-fiction, novels, anthologies and biographies. Ulrich Hellenbrand is a freelance author of numerous books and is a journalist. He has written screenplays and radio plays. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Tue, 03/31/2009 - 3:32pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
January 2009
Publisher:
George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Alice Walker is well known for her literary fiction (with a Pulitzer Prize for “The Color Purple”), many volumes of poetry, and powerful non-fiction collections. Her advocacy for the dispossessed has spaned the globe. This was a NYT bestseller. Read more
Posted Thu, 03/19/2009 - 4:54pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
September 2007
Publisher:
Rodale Books; Rough cut edition
David S. Kidder has written for the NYT, the WSJ, USA Today and other publications. Noah D. Oppenheim, a producer of NBC’s Today show, has written for Esquire, the WSJ, Men’s Health, and the Weekly Standard. Read more
Posted Sat, 03/14/2009 - 9:58am by fred
Date Fred Read:
January 2006
Rick Beyer is executive producer of the Smash Entertainment Group that produced numerous documentary projects for The History Channel. This, his second book, has over 200 illustrations. Both books are based on the Timelab 2000 History Minutes hosted by Sam Waterston on The History Channel. Read more
Posted Fri, 03/13/2009 - 10:31am by fred
Date Fred Read:
November 2005
Publisher:
Gramercy Books
Myrna Reid Grant is an Associate Professor at Wheaton Graduate School and wrote numerous books and magazine articles. She compiled and introduced the poets in this book, given to me Christmas 2004 by my wife, but we misplaced it and only recently found it. Read more
Posted Thu, 03/12/2009 - 1:32pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2005
Publisher:
Workman Publishing Company; First Edition
David Schiller specializes in “companion” books or calendars. He organizes, compiles, edits or arranges rather than write. This “little” book was a Christmas gift to me. It’s about 3” high, 3” wide and 1” thick, with single “sayings” per page and font adjusted to “fit” the page. Read more
Posted Thu, 03/12/2009 - 11:08am by fred
Date Fred Read:
June 2005
Publisher:
Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
In addition to these essays by editor Sam M. Intrator, this book contains 9 pp of Parker J. Palmer Resources and Bibliography, 1 pp on Intrator and 6 pp of brief biographies on the 31 essay contributors. Read more
Posted Tue, 03/03/2009 - 1:47pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
December 2003
Publisher:
Vintage; 1st edition
In these nature essays Lorraine Anderson, editor asks if “a woman’s view of nature,” is distinct from those of male nature writers like Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Muir, Leopold, Stegner or Abbey. Read more
Posted Tue, 03/03/2009 - 1:37pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
November 2003
Publisher:
Council Oak Books; 1 edition
Joyce Sequichie Hifler writes about her own rich Cherokee heritage and that of other tribes. She is the author of an inspirational column Think on These Things. This book is an appreciated gift. Read more
