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Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings
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There is much to love about Walter Benjamin. His is a supple, syncretic, synthetic mind, and his prose just sings-even in translation. Because Benjamin roamed about in whole territorities of thought, it's nearly impossible to draw together a representative selection of his essays without overlooking something important. The collection Illuminations i... »
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The Cornel West Reader
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West's passionate treatment of the problem of race in America demands serious attention. His point of view has helped greatly to awaken me from my dogmatical post-baccalaureate slumber. His theology is very insightful and heart-felt. He makes a powerful case against cloistered intellectuals, constantly exhorting us, like that one true philosopher of an... »
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Ron Carlson Writes a Story
Straight forward, honest, informative and priceless book to have if you are even considering writing.
Though it is a short book, the informat... »
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The Boys of My Youth
Jo Ann Beard beautifully evokes her childhood in the early '60s, a time in which mothers continued to smoke right up to labor, one's own scabs were deeply... »
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Borges: Selected Non-Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges was our century's greatest miniaturist, perpetually cramming entire universes onto the head of a pin. Yet his splendid economy, along th... »
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