One size fits all does not apply to pregnancy and childbirth. Each one is different, unique, and comes with its share of pleasure and pain. But how does one prepare for an unexpected loss of a pregnancy or hoped-for baby? In How to...
Essays
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Author:Hiemstra, Jessica, Martin-DeMoor, Lisa, Jernigan, KimSummary: - Author:Chee, AlexanderSummary:
Alexander Chee presents a manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these essays, he grows from student to teacher,...
- Author:Streeck, Wolfgang, Birch, AdelynSummary:
The provocative political thinker asks if it will be with a bang or a whimper In How Will Capitalism End? the acclaimed analyst of contemporary politics and economics Wolfgang Streeck argues that capitalism is now in a critical...
- Author:Reeves, Wayne, Palassio, ChristinaSummary:
Drained by a half-dozen major watersheds, cut by a network of deep ravines and fronting on a Great Lake, Toronto is a city dominated by water. Recently, the trend of fettering Toronto’s water and putting it underground has been...
- Author:Ledwell, PatrickSummary:
No man is a Prince Edward Island. That’s a good thing, because the tiny province is eroding a metre per year. In his new collection of side-splitting essays, I am An Islander, Patrick Ledwell explores the hilarity of life viewed from...
- Author:Thom, Kai ChengSummary:
What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith? In a heartbreaking yet hopeful...
- Author:Carpenter, DavidSummary:
David Carpenter's collection of essays explores a city boy's love of the wild, a passion that has enriched his life from boyhood. At 80, this irrepressible Saskatchewan raconteur examines his intense fascination with predators large and...
- Author:Bloom, RachelSummary:
From the charming and wickedly funny co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more. Rachel Bloom has...
- Author:Leedahl, Shelley A.Summary:
Some people claim they'd like to walk away from their lives -- Shelley A. Leedahl had the nerve to do it. Was it selfishness, or self-preservation? Drawing upon childhood memories, hikes, road trips, foreign travel, her self-...
- Author:Klein, JessiSummary:
Jessi Klein explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood, and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife.
- Author:Caldwell, ChloeSummary:
Praise for Chloe Caldwell: "I read it a couple of months ago in one can't-put-it-down-even-though-it's-the-middle-of-the-night sitting. It's as intense and interesting and clear-hearted as they come."-Cheryl...
- Author:MacLaine, ShirleySummary:
In a collection of personal essays, the actress shares her views and insights on aging, Hollywood, being polite, sex, and anger.
- Author:Ikpi, BasseySummary:
A Publishers Weekly Spring Preview Selection. A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi's experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life. Bassey Ikpi was born...
- Author:Stapleton, Rachel F., Viselli, AntonioSummary:
Iconoclasm - the alteration, destruction, or displacement of icons - is usually considered taboo or profane. But, on occasion, the act of destroying the sacred unintentionally bestows iconic status on the desecrated object. Iconoclasm...
- Author:Rainbow, DavidSummary:
Is the concept of "race" applicable to Russia and the Soviet Union? Citing the idea of Russian exceptionalism, many would argue that in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, while nationalities mattered, race did not. Others...
- Author:Wayman, TomSummary:
The essays in If You're Not Free At Work, Where Are You Free?: Literature and Social Change focus on the interconnection of community/workplace/individual and how literature (and thinking about literature) has a role in social...
- Author:Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund, Cudmore, Danielle Marie, 1985-, Donecker, StefanSummary:
In this interdisciplinary collection, sixteen scholars from twelve countries explore the notion of the North as a realm of the supernatural. This region has long been associated with sorcerous inhabitants, mythical tribes, metaphysical...
- Author:Jaybee, Kay.Summary:
Immoral Views is a collection of titillating tales of voyeuristic sex, written by five of erotica's sultriest mistresses. A deliciously dissolute anthology of sex in public, and the illustrated versions are illustrated by John...
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In Impact, 21 women writers consider the ramifications of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after...
- Author:Silverstein, MelissaSummary:
In Her Voice is the first book that takes the words and experiences of a diverse group of celebrated women film directors and puts their voices front and center. This unique volume of interviews presents more than 40 feature and...
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