Posted Fri, 12/28/2012 - 12:14pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
December 2012
Katha Pollitt is a poet, essayist, and columnist for The Nation. She is the author of four books and Antarctic Traveller, a collection of poems. She has won many prizes and awards for her work. This book is also a collection of poems, and the first poem gave this book its title. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:01pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
June 2011
Publisher:
Back Bay Books
Since 1996 Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer for The New Yorker, where all the essays in this book first appeared. This book (his fourth) was a national bestseller, as were his books The Tipping Point (book 351), Blink (book 352), and Outliers. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Fri, 12/17/2010 - 7:36pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
December 2010
Editor Dave Eggers is editor of McSweeney’s and a cofounder of 826 National, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers for youth, located in seven US cities. He is the author of five books, including 'What Is the What' and 'Zeitoun'. This was a recent gift book. Read more
Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 7:20pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Black Dog & Leventhal
The editors Frank Lowenstein, Sheryl Lechner, and Erik Bruun have each been reporters, as well as editors, and they have written many articles on a wide variety of topics. This was a gift book. Read more
Posted Wed, 07/21/2010 - 6:04pm by fred
Date Fred Read:
July 2010
Publisher:
Fairview Press
Linda Picone was a journalist for many years who experimented with new forms of writing. She learned to be more creative with the use of quotes and dialogue and to write graceful and persuasive essays. Amazon.com lists 8 books by her. This compact (6"x4"x1") book was a gift. Read more
Posted Tue, 12/01/2009 - 6:34pm 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 - 11:39am 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 - 4:32pm 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 - 5:54pm 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 - 10:58am 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
