Books by: ANNE FADIMAN

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWhen three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao... [more]
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill, whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only written material... [more]
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At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays

In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay—a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished... [more]
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Rereadings: Seventeen writers revisit books they love

Is a book the same book—or a reader the same reader—the second time around? The seventeen authors in this witty and poignant collection of essays all agree on the answer: Never. The editor of Rereadings is Anne Fadiman, and readers of her bestselling book Ex Libris will find this volume especially satisfying.... [more]
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The Best American Essays 2003 (The Best American Series (TM))

Since 1986, the Best American Essays series has gathered the best nonfiction writing of the year and established itself as the best-selling anthology of its kind. In this year's edition, essay veteran Katha Pollitt writes about learning to drive, and Adam Gopnik describes his daughter's peculiar take... [more]
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4 Legacy Books: Trojan Horse, Voyages of Ulysses, Story of Young King Arthur. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

The American Scholar (Vol. 68, No. 4, Autumn 1999)

Articles in this Autumn 1999 issue include: "The Siegen Affair" by Simon Schama ~ "Coolness" by Daniel Harris ~ "Remember This" by Kate Cambor ~ "The Triumph of the Stage Direction" by Kevin Jackson ~ "The Return of the Seagoing Cowboy" by Owen Gingerich ~ "Inside Science" by David Goodstein and James... [more]

Clasped hands.(Letter From the Editor)(Editorial): An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on June 22, 2004. The length of the article is 411 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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Fresh air.(Letter from the Editor)(Editorial): An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 440 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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Gold. (Letter From The Editor).(Letter to the Editor): An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 479 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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