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The next American essay / edited by John D'Agata.
LIBRA - Rare PS688 .N49 2003 Mathews copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American essays--20th century.
- American essays.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Mathews, Harry, 1930- (former owner) (Mathews Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 475 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf, 2003.
- Summary:
- In this singular collection, John D'Agata takes a literary tour of lyric essays written by the masters of the craft. Beginning with 1975 and John McPhee's ingenious piece, "The Search for Marvin Gardens," D'Agata selects an example of creative nonfiction for each subsequent year. These essays are unrestrained, elusive, explosive, mysterious-a personal lingual playground. They encompass and illuminate culture, myth, history, romance, and sex. Each essay is a world of its own, a world so distinctive it resists definition. Contributors include: Sherman Alexie David Antin Jenny Boully Anne Carson Guy Davenport Lydia Davis Joan Didion Annie Dillard Thalia Field Albert Goldbarth Susan Griffin Theresa Hak Kung Cha Jamaica Kincaid Wayne Koestenbaum Barry Lopez John McPhee Carole Maso Harry Mathews Susan Mitchell Fabio Morabito Mary Ruefle David Shields Dennis Silk Susan Sontag Alexander Theroux George W. S. Trow David Foster Wallace Eliot Weinberger Joe Wenderoth James Wright
- Contents:
- 1975 The Search for Marvin Gardens / John McPhee 7
- 1976 The Raven / Barry Lopez 21
- 1977 Unguided Tour / Susan Sontag 27
- 1978 Girl / Jamaica Kincaid 41
- 1979 The White Album / Joan Didion 45
- 1980 May Morning / James Wright 75
- 1981 Country Cooking from Central France: Roast Boned Rolled Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb (Farce Double) / Harry Mathews 79
- 1982 Total Eclipse / Annie Dillard 95
- 1983 The Theory and Practice of Postmodernism: A Manifesto / David Antin 111
- 1984 The Dream of India / Eliot Weinberger 123
- 1985 Erato Love Poetry / Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 137
- 1986 The Marionette Theater / Dennis Silk 167
- 1987 Kinds of Water / Anne Carson 181
- 1988 Oil / Fabio Morabito 219
- 1989 Needs / George W.S. Trow 225
- 1990 Notes Toward a History of Scaffolding / Susan Mitchell 231
- 1991 Delft / Albert Goldbarth 251
- October 1992 "... and nobody objected" / Paul Metcalf 279
- October 1992 Captivity / Sherman Alexie 293
- 1993 Red Shoes / Susan Griffin 301
- 1994 Black / Alexander Theroux 317
- 1995 Foucault and Pencil / Lydia Davis 333
- 1996 Life Story / David Shields 337
- 1997 Ticket to the Fair / David Foster Wallace 343
- 1998 Darling's Prick / Wayne Koestenbaum 383
- 1999 The Intercession of the Saints / Carole Maso 391
- 2000 Monument / Mary Ruefle 407
- 2001 A [characters not reproducible] I / Thalia Field 411
- 2002 Sleep / Brian Lennon 425
- 2003 The Body / Jenny Boully 435
- Epilogue: Things To Do Today / Joe Wenderoth 467.
- Notes:
- Includes: Country cooking from Central France : Roast boned rolled stuffed shoulder of lamb (farce double) / Harry Mathews.
- ISBN:
- 1555973752
- OCLC:
- 51830706
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