Essays
Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction
Paperback
For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina.
Cast of Characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E. B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker
Paperback
“Exuberant . . . elegantly conjures an evocative group dynamic.” —Sam Roberts, New York Times
Cast of Characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E. B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker
Hardcover
The professional and personal lives of the pioneers of an enduring magazine.
Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture
Paperback
Passionate observers across the political/intellectual spectrum confront the downward spiral of American life, art, and thought.
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table, a Collection of Essays from the New York Times
Paperback
“Draws with literary aplomb the correlation of what and how we eat to who we are.”—Austin Chronicle