1 option
Way more than luck : commencement speeches on living with bravery, empathy, and other existential skills.
Van Pelt Library PS663.C74 W39 2015
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
- College graduates--Conduct of life.
- College graduates.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2015]
- Summary:
- "The commencement speech is the most popular public address of our time, shared every spring and remembered for years. Here, in an anthology of some of the finest of the genre, ... creative minds in every sector offer their wisdom: David Foster Wallace on living a compassionate life, Debbie Millman on the importance of taking risks, Michael Lewis on the responsibility that good fortune merits--and so many other greats"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Debbie Millman
- Dick Costolo
- Bradley Whitford
- Michael Uslan
- Tom Wolfe
- Madeleine L'Engle
- Michael Lewis
- Nora Ephron
- Ira Glass
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Eileen Myles
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Khaled Hosseini
- David Foster Wallace.
- Notes:
- Subtitle in pre-publication: How to live life with bravery, empathy, and other existential skills we learned in school.
- ISBN:
- 9781452135199
- 1452135193
- OCLC:
- 897042206
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.