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The Great Indoorsman
Andrew Farkas
In these deeply funny and introspective essays, Andrew Farkas boldly surveys the “in-of-doors,” where a higher degree of comfort can...
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Me & Other Writing
Marguerite Duras
A career-spanning collection of Marguerite Duras’s genre-bending essays that Kirkus calls “a luminous, erudite exploration of the self and art.”...
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The Little Virtues
Natalia Ginzburg
“As far as the education of children is concerned,” states Natalia Ginzburg in this collection of her finest and best-known...
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The Case of the Missing Feather: Essays
Selina Mahmood
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Tell Me how it Ends
Valeria Luiselli
A damning confrontation between the American dream and the reality of undocumented children seeking a new life in the US.
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays
Alexander Chee
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