The Elements of Style, Illustrated by William Strunk, Jr. (Author) , E. B. White (Author) , Maira Kalman (Illustrated by)
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Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: very good
The only style manual ever to appear on bestseller lists has explained to millions of readers the basic principles of plain English. The book's mantra - make every word tell - is still on point. Whether seventeen or seventy, this much-loved classic, now in its fourth edition, will forever be the go-to g ...Show more
What are We Doing Here? by Marilynne Robinson
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Category: Literary Studies
New essays by the Orange and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Gilead, Home and Lila. In this collection, Marilynne Robinson, one of today's most important thinkers - admired by President Obama, and so many others - impels us to action and offers us hope.Marilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in ...Show more
White Feminism by Koa Beck
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Category: Literary Studies
A timely and impassioned exploration of how our society has commodified feminism and continues to systemically shut out women of colour. Join the important conversation about race, empowerment, and inclusion with this powerful new feminist classic and rousing call for change. Koa Beck, writer and former ...Show more
Upstream - Selected Essays by Mary Oliver
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Category: Literary Studies
One of O, The Oprah Magazine's Ten Best Books of the Year The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. "In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, be ...Show more
Fat Girl Dancing by Kris Kneen
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Category: Literary Studies
"How does a person come to know that they are different from the children around them? To measure themselves against a set normal and find themselves lacking? When did I know that I was plump, and then fat? Fat child, self-denying adolescent, hungry young woman; a body now burgeoning uncontrolled into m ...Show more
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith
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Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: very good
"Brilliant...[Smith's] new book is lively, intelligent and frequently hilarious, and proves that she's one of the brightest minds in English literature today...She considers Brexit and Key & Peele, J.G. Ballard and Jay-Z, Billie Holiday and Justin Bieber. Refreshingly, she does it all without the ki ...Show more
Trans Love: An Anthology of Transgender and Non-Binary Voices by Freiya Benson
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Category: Literary Studies
Selected as a 2019 LGBT Book of the Year by Dazed and Ms. Magazine A ground-breaking anthology of writing on the topic of love, written by trans and non-binary people who share their thoughts, feelings and experiences of love in all its guises. The collection spans familial, romantic, spiritual and self ...Show more
How to Do Nothing - Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
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Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: near fine
A galvanising critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity and reveals what we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world. Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value i ...Show more
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life) by George Saunders
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Category: Literary Studies
From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves - and our world today. For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a cl ...Show more
The Art of Fiction by David Lodge
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Category: Literary Studies
In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism a ...Show more
Asian Girls are Going Places: How to Navigate the World as an Asian Woman Today by Michelle Law
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Girls Guide to the World Ser.
The third in the Girls Guide to the World series,Asian Girls are Going Places is a gift book with a difference: it features practical advice (and more) from author Michelle Law and her interviewees that specifically targets the joys, fears and obligations unique to Asian women travelling the world. Sepa ...Show more
Creative Writing: A Journal with Art to Kickstart Your Writing by Eva Glettner
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Category: Literary Studies
This one-of-a-kind journal is a treasure trove of inspiration for both aspiring and experienced writers. Each spread features a cool illustration paired with an imaginative writing prompt and plenty of space for putting pen to paper. The eye-catching visualsâfrom an all-star roster of indie illustrato ...Show more