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The acclaimed author discusses influential authors, her native Haiti, and the challenges of life in America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A writer and translator explores the relationship between human presence and place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A young writer riffs on family, race, fashion, dancing, and relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A publisher of poetry offers a sample of its contributors' work and analysis by other poets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this follow-up toThe Book of Delights, the esteemed poet catalogs more quiet pleasures and causes for gratitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The bestselling author of Here for It pens another hilarious and thoughtful essay collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shrewd perspectives on a tumultuous decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bloch muses on growing up as an immigrant in New York City in this collection of essays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bloch muses on growing up as an immigrant in New York City in this collection of essays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brief essays on the art of being human. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An essay collection blends autobiography with broader observations about history, culture, and religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sedaris remains stubbornly irreverent even in the face of pandemic lockdowns and social upheaval. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A master essayist ranges far and wide with aplomb. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More essays from a master of the form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A young Black woman bares all in this candid collection of personal essays on self-discovery, injustice, and more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A collection of essays that walks readers through different phases of one woman's life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wide-ranging personal essays from one of Western literature's more controversial authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Another outstanding compilation of essays from Hustvedt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A feminist perspective on life and art. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Four centuries of essays testify to the richness of the form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Powerful essays offers an incisive glimpse into life as a Black man in America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A comic writer offers a collection of merriment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Erudite essays on classical and contemporary culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Of drones, mechanical and musical and otherwise, in a mixed bag of essays and experimental prose pieces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A splendid gathering of 50 years' worth of essays "cultural and agricultural" by the eminent Kentucky farmer, poet, novelist, and social critic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "When History Is Personal," by Mimi Schwartz, is presented.

A review of the book "True Stories From an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age," by Christine Lahti, is presented.

The award-winning fiction writer gathers essays written over the past three decades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ruminations about the power of 12 of life's essential phrases and the difficulty in learning to say them out loud. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A collection of quirky, funny, sad, and moving short personal essays that compress the author's life into the snippets and moments that shaped who she is today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "Sometimes I Think About It: Essays," by Stephen Elliott, is presented.

A review of the book "Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To," by Annabelle Gurwitch, is presented.

A book-length essay connecting the profane and the profound, as a biker with a master's degree in classics (and a translator of ancient Greek and Latin) contemplates a life not always well spent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "My Ideal Bookshelf," edited by Thessaly La Force and illustrated by Jane Mount.

The article reviews the book "My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays," by Davy Rothbart.

The article reviews the book "Book of Days: Personal Essays," by Emily Fox Gordon.

The article reviews the book "Silk Parachute: Essays," by John McPhee.