"Michael Collier's book is refreshing in its refusal to push for one particular aesthetic. He regards his own preference for realism over abstraction as more a matter of temperament than of considered judgment, and respects poets more skeptical than he is about the ability of poetry to connect with the world. The result is an engaging record of his influences and enthusiasms, which are wide enough to include both Whitman and Larkin, both Jorge Borges and William Maxwell."--Carl Dennis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Unknown Friends and Practical Gods "Michael...
"Michael Collier's book is refreshing in its refusal to push for one particular aesthetic. He regards his own preference for realism over abstraction ...
Michael Collier s book is refreshing in its refusal to push for one particular aesthetic. He regards his own preference for realism over abstraction as more a matter of temperament than of considered judgment, and respects poets more skeptical than he is about the ability of poetry to connect with the world. The result is an engaging record of his influences and enthusiasms, which are wide enough to include both Whitman and Larkin, both Jorge Borges and William Maxwell. Carl Dennis, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Unknown Friends and Practical Gods Michael Collier...
Michael Collier s book is refreshing in its refusal to push for one particular aesthetic. He regards his own preference for realism over abstraction a...
"Willard's invention and lyricism, the splash of her wit, the glancing slyness of her dialogue, all have the fresh breath of a first-rate writer." ---New York Times Book Review
"Willard's gift for seamlessly mixing the magical and the mundane puts her in the company of Anne Tyler." ---Publishers Weekly
"Lilting, wacky, wistful . . . Willard possesses a delightfully wry voice, but she also has an ear for whimsy." ---Los Angeles Times
"Imagine Marc Chagall as a novelist---creating works entirely of gorgeous,...
Praise for Nancy Willard
"Willard's invention and lyricism, the splash of her wit, the glancing slyness of her dialogue, all have the fresh b...
Ilan Stavans has been a lightning rod for cultural discussion and criticism his entire career. In A Critic's Journey, he takes on his own Jewish and Hispanic upbringing with an autobiographical focus and his typical flair with words, exploring the relationship between the two cultures from his own and also from others' experiences.
Stavans has been hailed as a voice for Latino culture thanks to his Hispanic upbringing, but as a Jew and a Caucasian, he's also an outsider to that culture---something that's sharpened his perspective (and some of his critics' swords). In this book...
Ilan Stavans has been a lightning rod for cultural discussion and criticism his entire career. In A Critic's Journey, he takes on his own Je...
"Richard Stern is a literary treasure." ---Scott Turow
"Stern's new miscellany reveals a literary mind of the first order, thinking in elegant prose about dozens of interesting subjects." ---Philip Roth
"Stern is a great virtuoso. . . . I]n an ailing literary culture, we should be grateful for a work like this and a career, too, spanning the American half-century." ---New York Times Book Review
"Stern's skill gives vitality to everything he treats." ---Edmund White, Los Angeles Times
"Like a gifted dancer in a small space, Stern has...
"Richard Stern is a literary treasure." ---Scott Turow
"Stern's new miscellany reveals a literary mind of the first order, thinking in ele...
Still on Call is the sixth and final collection of critically acclaimed novelist and educator Richard Stern. 'Orderly miscellany' is the author's term for this aggregation of reflections, essays, reviews, reportage, commentary, and observations on writing and fellow writers, life, and contemporary culture. The collection's three sections, Coasting, Posting, and Hosting, contain pieces that range from reflections on becoming a writer in the 1940s to assessments of such major writers and close colleagues as E. L. Doctorow, Saul Below, and Donald Justice to topical offerings from Stern's popular...
Still on Call is the sixth and final collection of critically acclaimed novelist and educator Richard Stern. 'Orderly miscellany' is the author's term...