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You Feel So Mortal: Essays on the Body
By Peggy Shinner
Deeply insightful reflections on what it is to be human.
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
By Marina Keegan
Published posthumously, these stories and essays of a recent college graduate display fate’s betrayal of a promising literary future
But Enough About You: Essays
Christopher Buckley
Witty and irreverent, Buckley’s essays range from the treatment of goldfish to thoughts on major political figures.
The Empathy Exams: Essays
By Leslie Jamison
What can we learn from the myriad challenges we and others face?
The Dream of the Great American Novel
By Lawrence Buell
This fresh, generous treatment of iconic works makes a persuasive case for the transcendence of truly seminal stories.
Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir
By Penelope Lively
The octogenarian and award-winning author takes a look back at her wonderful life and much of human history.
My Life in Middlemarch
Rebecca Mead
A thoughtful, tenderly erudite love song to George Eliot and her acclaimed novel.
