In this compelling companion volume to her acclaimed memoir Home Before Dark, Susan Cheever once again gives readers a revealing look into her famous family, whose secrets and eccentricities parallel their genius and successes.
In Home Before Dark, Susan Cheever, daughter of the famously talented writer John Cheever, uses previously unpublished letters, journals, and her own precious memories to create a candid and insightful tribute to her father.
From a searing new literary voice, a raw, compulsively readable memoir about a young man seeking hope, community, and ultimately recovery from addiction in a series of halfway houses and boys' homesthe first book to so vividly capture this world.
An enthralling biography of one of the most luminous shining stars of fantasy and science fiction, world builder and dragon master Anne McCaffrey, written by her son, collaborator, and most devoted fanWhile you've been to Pern .
Frank O'Connor's acclaimed autobiography, now in one volumeWhen Frank O'Connor was born, his parents Minnie O'Connor, a former maid raised in an orphanage, and Michael O'Donovan, a veteran of the Boer War and the drummer in a local brass-and-reed band lived above a sweet-and-tobacco shop in Cork, Ireland.
This captivating book by May Sarton rejoices in friendship and family In A World of Light, renowned poet and novelist May Sarton renders unforgettable portraits of the friends she considers family and the family she looks upon as friends.
This international-bestselling memoir of childhood in post-World War I rural England is one of the most "e;remarkable"e; portraits of youth in all literature (The New York Times).
A trove of intimate conversations between Burroughs and Susan Sontag, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, David Bowie, and more icons of '70s New York and beyond.
There is no better introduction to the world of Marco Vassi than his autobiography,The Stoned Apocalypse, a stirring and sensual work that is both unflinchingly honest and erotically charged.
Named by Boston's NPR News Station as one of the Best Books of 2016In 1959, the most famous literary figure of his time set out in the twilight of his life to recapture his early success in the 1920s.
Jane Hamils life has been a journey of self-discovery, after she learned early in life that her vision of who she was and how she saw the world was different from her family.
Across the span of more than forty years, Raphael Dorman OLeary, a professor of English rhetoric and English literature, taught his students at the University of Kansas to think straight, to put sinew into their sentences, and to embrace the magnificent literary treasures of their mother tongue.
The life of Richard Alan Langhinrichs is a remarkable journeyin his own words as he struggles with his personal demonsand in the words and remembrances of his family, friends and colleagues.
Jack London's stories of adventure in the frozen landscapes of the Yukon and the steamy islands of the South Seas have captured the imaginations of readers all over the world.
Over the span of forty years, Professor Raphael Dorman OLeary labored tirelessly to make his students understand the importance of originality and of apt expression in English composition.
In 1990 Herve Guibert gained wide recognition and notoriety with the publication of "e;A l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauve la vie (To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life)"e;.
Writer, critic, and cultural activist Jose Bergamin (1895-1983) was unjustly relegated to the sidelines of contemporary Spanish intellectual life for reasons that have more to do with his political dissidence and long periods of exile than with the interest and importance of his written work.
The author of this important contribution to the study of Blake was tragically drowned in a sailing accident when he had almost completed it in manuscript.
The author of this important contribution to the study of Blake was tragically drowned in a sailing accident when he had almost completed it in manuscript.
The concepts of the Jungian theory of personality have long held considerable interest for Robertson Davies, both outside his fiction and as the explicit subject of The Manticore.
Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) is generally recognized as one of the most important writers of his period.
The concepts of the Jungian theory of personality have long held considerable interest for Robertson Davies, both outside his fiction and as the explicit subject of The Manticore.
