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The Portable MFA in Creative Writing

By: New York Writers Workshop

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The Portable MFA in Creative Writing

By: New York Writers Workshop

Get the core knowledge of a prestigious MFA education without the tuition. Have you always wanted to get an MFA, but couldn't because of the cost, time commitment, or admission requirements? Well now you can fulfill that dream without having to devote tons of money or time. The Portable MFA gives you all of the essential information you would learn in the MFA program in one book. Covering fiction, memoirs, personal essays, magazine articles, poetry, and playwriting, this book provides you with: • Inspiration and tips on revision, stamina, and productivity • Clear instruction on the craft behind the art • Detailed reading lists to expand your literary horizons • Exercises to improve your writing endeavors By heeding the advice in The Portable MFA, you will gain the wisdom and experience of some of today's greatest teachers, all for just the price of a book.

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Penguin

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1582976945

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The New York Public Library Literature Companion

By: Staff of The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library Literature Companion

By: Staff of The New York Public Library

Pick up The New York Public Library Literature Companion to check the dates of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or to find out how James Joyce's Ulysses changed U.S. obscenity laws, and you may find yourself hours later absorbed in the imaginary worlds of Camelot and The Matrix or sidetracked by the fascinating history of The New Yorker. Designed to satisfy the curious browser as well as the serious researcher, this exciting new resource offers the most up-to-date information on literature available in English from around the world, from the invention of writing to the age of the computer. Interwoven throughout the more than 2,500 succinct and insightful entries on Creators, Works of Literature, and Literary Facts and Resources are the fascinating facts and quirky biographical details that make literature come alive. Readers will discover, for instance, that Walt Whitman was fired from his government job after his personal copy of Leaves of Grass was discovered in his desk by the Secretary of the Interior, who was scandalized by it; that James Baldwin remembered listening to blues singer Bessie Smith ("playing her till I fell asleep") when he was writing his first book; and that a publisher turned down the serialization rights to Gone with the Wind, saying, "Who needs the Civil War now -- who cares?" Looking for information about book burning or how many Nobel laureates have come from Japan? You'll find it here. Trying to remember the name of that movie based on a favorite book? Read the "Variations" section -- you'll be amazed at the pervasive presence of great literature in today's entertainment. From Aristophanes to Allende, from Bergson to Bloom, the biographical entries will inform readers about the men and women who have shaped -- and are shaping -- the literary world. Look into "Works of Literature" to discover the significance of Beowulf, The Fountainhead, Doctor Zhivago, and nearly 1,000 other titles. Check the "Dictionary of Literature" to find out what the critics and theorists are talking about. And if you wish to delve even deeper, "Websites for Literature" and "Literary Factbooks and Handbooks" are just two of the bibliographies that will point readers in the right direction. Unique in scope and design and easy to use, The New York Public Library Literature Companion will be at home on every reader's shelf. Whether you are immersed in Stephen King or King Lear, this book has the insights, facts, and fascinating stories that will enrich your reading forever. With four major research centers and 85 branch libraries, The New York Public Library is internationally recognized as one of the greatest institutions of its kind. Founded in 1895, the library now holds more than 50 million items, including several world-renowned collections of literary manuscripts and rare books. Among the books published from the library in recent years are The New York Public Library Desk Reference (1998); The Hand of the Poet (1997); Letters of Transit: Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss (1999); A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing, 1960-1980 (1998); and Utopia: The Search for the Ideal Society in the Western World (2000).

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Simon and Schuster

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1439137218

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9781439137215

The New York Times Book Reviews 2000

By: New York Times Staff

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The New York Times Book Reviews 2000

By: New York Times Staff

This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.

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1284

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Taylor & Francis

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1579580580

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9781579580582

The New York Times Dance Reviews 2000

By: New York Times Staff

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The New York Times Dance Reviews 2000

By: New York Times Staff

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536

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Taylor & Francis

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1579580599

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Writing Your Life - 2012 A Collection of Memories

By: New Canaan Library Memoir Group

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Writing Your Life - 2012 A Collection of Memories

By: New Canaan Library Memoir Group

Compilation of a yearlong memoir development workshop sponsored by the New Canaan Library and led by Roger Langevin.

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Lulu.com

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1105658759

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Inside New York - 2003 Edition

The Ultimate Guidebook

By: Inside New York

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Inside New York - 2003 Edition

The Ultimate Guidebook

By: Inside New York

For over 20 years, Columbia University students have written and published the Columbia Guide to New York. Six years ago, the guide expanded its markets and changed its name to Inside New York. Inside New York is the guidebook for the active, curious and adventurous New Yorker. This isn't your grandmother's guidebook - no tourist traps here. The book is chock full of fun, funky and popular spots to eat, shop, dance, drink, meet people, learn and recreate. Unlike other guides, Inside New York has been written by students and young professionals. It's the insider's guide - put together for what moves New Yorkers to explore their own city.

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1892768259

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The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones,The New York Times Magazine

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The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones,The New York Times Magazine

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. “[A] groundbreaking compendium . . . bracing and urgent . . . This collection is an extraordinary update to an ongoing project of vital truth-telling.”—Esquire NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States. The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning 1619 Project issue reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. This book substantially expands on that work, weaving together eighteen essays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America with thirty-six poems and works of fiction that illuminate key moments of oppression, struggle, and resistance. The essays show how the inheritance of 1619 reaches into every part of contemporary American society, from politics, music, diet, traffic, and citizenship to capitalism, religion, and our democracy itself. This book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation’s founding and construction—and the way that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life. Featuring contributions from: Leslie Alexander • Michelle Alexander • Carol Anderson • Joshua Bennett • Reginald Dwayne Betts • Jamelle Bouie • Anthea Butler • Matthew Desmond • Rita Dove • Camille T. Dungy • Cornelius Eady • Eve L. Ewing • Nikky Finney • Vievee Francis • Yaa Gyasi • Forrest Hamer • Terrance Hayes • Kimberly Annece Henderson • Jeneen Interlandi • Honorée Fanonne Jeffers • Barry Jenkins • Tyehimba Jess • Martha S. Jones • Robert Jones, Jr. • A. Van Jordan • Ibram X. Kendi • Eddie Kendricks • Yusef Komunyakaa • Kevin M. Kruse • Kiese Laymon • Trymaine Lee • Jasmine Mans • Terry McMillan • Tiya Miles • Wesley Morris • Khalil Gibran Muhammad • Lynn Nottage • ZZ Packer • Gregory Pardlo • Darryl Pinckney • Claudia Rankine • Jason Reynolds • Dorothy Roberts • Sonia Sanchez • Tim Seibles • Evie Shockley • Clint Smith • Danez Smith • Patricia Smith • Tracy K. Smith • Bryan Stevenson • Nafissa Thompson-Spires • Natasha Trethewey • Linda Villarosa • Jesmyn Ward

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625

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One World

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0593230590

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9780593230596

The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000

By: New York Times Theater Reviews

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The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000

By: New York Times Theater Reviews

This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

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644

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Taylor & Francis

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0415936977

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9780415936972

Playbills to Photoplays

Stage Performers Who Pioneered the Talkies

By: New England Vintage Film Society Inc.

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Stage Performers Who Pioneered the Talkies

By: New England Vintage Film Society Inc.

They were pioneers in the most glamorous business in the world, and you only know half of their story. Playbills To Photoplays reveals colorful episodes in the lives of the stars before they became stars. Everyone saw them, but few knew where they came from. This collection of essays follows some of the most famous names in show business from Vaudeville and Broadway to Hollywood, revealing a part of their lives that movie historians have neglected -- until now. I think this book is terrific. It's a must read for any fan of the silver screen, and the days when movie stars were real stars." - Morgan Loew, great-grandson of Adolph Zukor, founder, Paramount Pictures, and Marcus Loew, founder, Loews Theaters and MGM. "Ms. Loew's choice of performers to write about is amazingly diverse and fascinating, from character actors like Conrad Veidt to major stars like Katharine Hepburn. She has written a most compelling book about their transitions from stage to film... many of the stories new to me. Wonderful!" - Joan Benny, daughter of comedian, Jack Benny, one of America's greatest entertainment icons of the 20th century, whose career included vaudeville, radio, movies and television. "A nice compilation of essays on film stars who made the transition from the stage to early talkies with essays on Al Jolson, Mae West, Eddie Cantor, Harpo Marx, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Charley Grapewin, Ed Wynn, and the Morgans (Frank and Ralph). Some essays were much better than others - I loved the one on the Morgans, Burns and Allen, Harpo Marx, and Katharine Hepburn... I would highly recommend the book as it gives you a good idea what vaudeville and the Broadway stage was like in the early 20's and what it was about these stars that allowed them to make the transition." -Librarything.com "....big stars as well as a raft of character actors, and decorated with dozens of striking photos...perceptive close-ups that make for vibrant film criticism...engaging profiles of Old Hollywood icons..." - Kirkus "Performers attempting to breakthrough will find this book inspirational!" - An Aspiring Actor Motion pictures with recorded sound --known as "talking pictures", or "talkies"--signaled the end of silent films and created some of the greatest entertainment icons of the twentieth century. Playbills To Photoplays: Stage Performers Who Pioneered the Talkies introduces a new generation to the real life struggles and careers of talented, hard working, early twentieth century vaudeville and stage entertainers who migrated to sound film. Twenty-eight essays and over one hundred photographs examine the actors before, during, and after the revolutionary new sound film technology catapulted many of them to superstardom during Hollywood's Golden Age. Playbills To Photoplays: Stage Performers Who Pioneered the Talkies explains the social, political, economic, historical, and cultural issues that shaped each performer's body of work, acting technique, persona, and public following over time.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453587756

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9781453587751

The New York Times Simply Sunday Crosswords

From the Pages of The New York Times

By: The New York Times

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The New York Times Simply Sunday Crosswords

From the Pages of The New York Times

By: The New York Times

Collected for the first time ever are 75 of the world's most popular Sunday crosswords in a convenient, easy-to-transport package.

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Macmillan

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0312342438

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9780312342432

The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 7

200 World-Famous Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times

By: The New York Times

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The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 7

200 World-Famous Sunday Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times

By: The New York Times

The biggest and most popular crossword book of the year! 200 of the famous giant Sunday puzzles from The New York Times

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Macmillan

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0312309503

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9780312309503

The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords

500 Puzzles

By: The New York Times

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The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords

500 Puzzles

By: The New York Times

The biggest, best collection of Sunday crosswords ever published!

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031236122X

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Book's by New York Writers Workshop

The Portable MFA in Creative Writing

The Portable MFA in Creative Writing

The New York Public Library Literature Companion

The New York Public Library Literature Companion

The New York Times Book Reviews 2000

The New York Times Book Reviews 2000

The New York Times Dance Reviews 2000

The New York Times Dance Reviews 2000

Writing Your Life - 2012 A Collection of Memories

Writing Your Life - 2012 A Collection of Memories

Inside New York - 2003 Edition

Inside New York - 2003 Edition

The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project

The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000

The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000

Playbills to Photoplays

Playbills to Photoplays

The New York Times Simply Sunday Crosswords

The New York Times Simply Sunday Crosswords

The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 7

The New York Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus Volume 7

The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords

The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords

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