The Pushcart Book of Essays,9781888889246

The Pushcart Book of Essays

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Edition: 00
ISBN13: 9781888889246
ISBN10: 1888889241
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-01-17
Publisher(s): Pushcart Press
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Summary

Reflecting the social, literary, and political history of recent decades, an outstanding anthology of memorable essays encompasses contributions by Andre Dubus, Thomas Lynch, Charles Simic, Joyce Carol Oates, Seamus Heaney, Naomi Shihab Nye, Frederick Busch, Louise Erdrich, Philip Lopate, Donald Barthelme, and other acclaimed writers.

Table of Contents

``The Man Who Invented The Automatic Jumping Bean.''
El Huitlacoche
Bilingual Review
15(11)
``Doing Good.''
John Balaban
Hudson Review
26(13)
``Civilization and Isolation.''
Vine Deloria
North American Review
39(11)
``Literature and Lucre: A Meditation.''
Leslie Fiedler
Genre
50(12)
``Memories of Unhousement, a Memoir.''
Clark Blaise
Salmaqundi
62(24)
``Notes on Failure.''
Joyce Carol Oates
Hudson Review
86(15)
``Self/Landscape/Grid.''
Terrence Des Pres
New England Review and Breadloaf Quarterly
101(10)
``Poetry and Ambition.''
Donald Hall
Kenyon Review
111(18)
``Not-Knowing.''
Donald Barthelme
Georgia Review
129(15)
``Paper Tigers.''
Eliot Weinberger
Sulfur
144(15)
``Against `Joie De Vivre'.''
Phillip Lopate
Ploughshares
159(19)
``Excellent Things in Women.''
Sara Suleri
Raritan
178(17)
``Redneck Secrets.''
William Kittredge
Graywolf
195(9)
``Atlas of Civilization.''
Seamus Heaney
Parnassus: Poetry in Review
204(16)
``A Snapping Turtle in June.''
Franklin Burroughs
Georgia Review
220(20)
``Anonymity.''
Susan Bergman
North American Review
240(12)
``Maintenance.''
Naomi Shihab Nye
Georgia Review
252(10)
``Mine Own John Berryman.''
Philip Levine
Gettysburg Review
262(25)
``On Dumpster Diving.''
Lars Eighner
Threepenny Review
287(13)
``A Day at the St. Regis with Dame Edith.''
Perdita Schaffner
American Scholar
300(9)
``Wallace Stevens.''
Robert Hass
Threepenny Review
309(11)
``Homage to the Runner: Bloody Brain Work.''
Marvin Bell
American Poetry Review
320(8)
``A Thousand Buddhas.''
Brenda Miller
Georgia Review
328(9)
``Skunk Dreams.''
Louise Erdrich
Georgia Review
337(11)
``Oyez a Beaumont.''
Vicki Hearne
Raritan
348(6)
``Sex.''
Irma Wallem
Zyzzyva
354(7)
``Jessica, the Hound, and the Casket Trade.''
Thomas Lynch
Witness
361(10)
``New York Days, 1958--1964.''
Charles Simic
Gettysburg Review
371(13)
``Two Accidents: Reflections on Chance and Creativity.''
Lewis Hyde
Kenyon Review
384(20)
``A Hemingway Story.''
Andre Dubus
Kenyon Review
404(8)
``A Murder of Crows.''
Daniel Henry
Northern Lights
412(6)
``Borrowed Finery.''
Paula Fox
Threepenny Review
418(7)
``Neon Effects.''
Emily Hiestand
Southwest Review
425(11)
``Toward Humility.''
Brett Lott
Fourth Genre
436(20)
``The Canals of Mars.''
Gary Fincke
Shenandoah
456

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