NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
"Proof that science writing online is healthy and growing. For naive surfers, an anthology like this will help separate the wheat from the chaff."
A collection of solid science writing celebrating a diversity of topics, writer credentials and styles.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"A beautiful evocation of love, friendship and community."
An anthology celebrating sisterhood and the special bonds that connect Latinas from diverse backgrounds.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Rothbart has admirable wit, but his sensitive-wiseacre persona gets repetitive."
A collection of personal essays by a man with a knack for stumbling into alcohol- and lust-fueled predicaments.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Mostly fascinating, lively writings on a spectrum of topics relevant to women and men with a literary bent."
Of-the-moment essays about popular culture, literature and the author's unconventional life.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Tedious and imperceptive."
A filmmaker attempts to understand why so many marriages fail by interviewing survivors of divorce.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Like a spray of buckshot--some pieces hit the target, but the impact is limited."
Schniedewind (Humanistic and Multicultural Education/SUNY-New Paltz;
Open Minds to Equality, 2006, etc.) and Sapon-Shevin (Inclusive Education/Syracuse Univ.;
Widening the Circle: The Power of Inclusive Classrooms, 2007, etc.) curate a mixed bag of essays and stories on education that will resound with some readers but are unlikely to sway others.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 3, 2012
"A pleasant whiff of nostalgia for old libraries and older books, gently held and translated for us by a man who loves them."
A former professor and distinguished literary critic who will reach his 100th birthday this year offers a collection of essays and speeches dealing with the art of poetry and the nature of criticism.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"These essays, whose opening paragraphs give little clue to where the author is going, are dense, surprising pieces that demand to be read and then reread with care."
From an essayist and poet whose forays into the natural world are also journeys into literature, linguistics, history, science and philosophy comes a collection of lyrical pieces.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"A useful, even timely collection, even though some of the pieces are 10 years old."
A collection of smart essays and lectures by accomplished professionals in the magazine world.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"An uneven collection in which too many parts read more like a journeyman's records of where he's been and what he's seen than the work of a longtime teacher of the art of literary nonfiction."
A disparate, often disappointing collection of essays on place and time, enlivened by the inclusion of pertinent excerpts from the writings of E.B. White.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"Potent, emotional essays that speak to the relatable experience of rising above a harrowing childhood."
Castro (English and Ethnic Studies/Univ. of Nebraska;
Hell or High Water, 2012, etc.) ponders her troubled adolescence and who she is today.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 20, 2012
"Editor Davison (English/De Montfort Univ.) supplies necessary contextual information and footnotes generously, but stays in the shadows and allows us to truly enjoy Orwell's impressive chronicles."
A co-editor of George Orwell's
Complete Works offers a lushly annotated edition of Orwell's diaries from 1931 to 1949.
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