Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology write by David L. Ulin. This book was released on 2002-09-30. Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Having previously compiled an anthology of contemporary poetry and prose about the southern California megalopolis, Ulin here gathers of it in several genres, in whole or excerpted, from a range of periods and mostly by writers who did not live there. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Another City
Another City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Another City write by David L. Ulin. This book was released on 2001-09. Another City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thirty-seven Los Angeles authors contribute stories, poems and essays about contemporary LA.
Natural State
Natural State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Natural State write by Steven Gilbar. This book was released on 1998-04-28. Natural State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. Readers—be they naturalists or armchair explorers—will find themselves transported to California's many wild places in the company of forty noted writers whose works span more than a century. Divided into sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire), the book contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. As a prelude to the collection, editor Steven Gilbar presents two California Indian creation myths, one a Cahto narrative and the other an A-juma-wi story as told by Darryl Babe Wilson. Familiar names appear in these pages—John Muir, Robert Louis Stevenson, John McPhee, M.F.K. Fisher, Gretel Ehrlich—but less familiar writers such as Daniel Duane, Margaret Millar, and John McKinney are also included. Among the gems in this treasure trove are Jack Kerouac on climbing Mt. Matterhorn, Barry Lopez on snow geese migration at Tule Lake, Edward Abbey on Death Valley, Henry Miller on Big Sur, and Joan Didion on the Santa Ana winds. Gary Snyder's inspiring Afterword reflects the spirit of environmentalism that runs throughout the book. Natural State also reveals the many changes to California's landscape that have occurred in geological time and in human terms. More than a book of "nature writing," this book is superb writing about nature.
Writing New York
Writing New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Writing New York write by Phillip Lopate. This book was released on 2000. Writing New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Wherever you go in New York, you walk through somebody's literary turf. . . . In Phillip Lopate's excellent anthology . . . . what really shines . . . is the journalism."--Garrison Keillor, "The New York Times Book Review."
The Lost Art of Reading
The Lost Art of Reading - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lost Art of Reading write by David L. Ulin. This book was released on 2018-09-04. The Lost Art of Reading available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reading is a revolutionary act, an act of engagement in a culture that wants us to disengage. In The Lost Art of Reading, David L. Ulin asks a number of timely questions - why is literature important? What does it offer, especially now? Blending commentary with memoir, Ulin addresses the importance of the simple act of reading in an increasingly digital culture. Reading a book, flipping through hard pages, or shuffling them on screen - it doesn't matter. The key is the act of reading, and it's seriousness and depth. Ulin emphasizes the importance of reflection and pause allowed by stopping to read a book, and the accompanying focus required to let the mind run free in a world that is not one's own. Are we willing to risk our collective interest in contemplation, nuanced thinking, and empathy? Far from preaching to the choir, The Lost Art of Reading is a call to arms, or rather, to pages.
