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The Destiny Thief : : Essays on Writing, Writers and Life

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Call Number: 814.54 Ru, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Essays / Russo, Richard
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

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The destiny thief -- The gravestone and the commode (The Sewanee review, summer 2017) -- Getting good (The Sewanee review, fall 2017) -- Address to the 2004 graduates of Colby College -- The Pickwick papers (introduction to Modern Library Classics edition, 2003) -- Imagining Jenny (afterword to Jennifer Boylan's She's not there: a life in two genders, 2003) -- What frogs think: a defense of omniscience -- Mark Twain's nonfiction (introduction to volume 2, Everyman's Library edition, 2016) -- The boss in Bulgaria.
"In these nine essays, [the author] provides insight into his life as a writer, teacher, friend, and reader"--Amazon.com.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Year Published: 2018
Description: 205 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781524733513
1524733512

SUBJECTS
American essays -- 21st century.
Essays.