Everything inside / by Edwidge Danticat. by Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

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No judgment : essays / Lauren Oyler. by Oyler, Lauren

The insanity defense : the complete prose / Woody Allen. by Allen, Woody, 1935-

Broadway yearbook 2001-2002 / Steven Suskin. by Suskin, Steven

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Temperaments by Hofstadter, Dan

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Face the nation. Sunday, October 30, 1977 / produced by Mary O. Yates ; directed by Robert Vitarelli ; a production of CBS News. by Vitarelli, Robert E.

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Face the nation. Sunday, February 25, 1968 / produced by Prentiss Childs, Sylvia Westerman ; produced and directed in Viet Nam by Robert Vitarelli ; a production of CBS News. by Vitarelli, Robert E.

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Fear, Anger And Failure : a Chronicle of the Bush Administration?s War Against Terror from the Attacks in September 2001 to Defeat in Baghdad. by Pfaff, William

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Brian Friel : a Literary Companion. by Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

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Hamlet of Morningside Heights. by Craven, Kenneth

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America and Americans, and selected nonfiction / John Steinbeck ; edited by Susan Shillinglaw and Jackson J. Benson. by Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

Table of Contents: “…Always something to do in Salinas -- The golden handcuff -- A primer on the '30s -- Making of New Yorker -- My war with the ospreys -- Conversation at Sag Harbor -- Dubious battle in California -- The harvest gypsies : squatters' camps -- Starvation under the orange trees -- From Writers take sides -- I am a revolutionary -- Duel without pistols -- The trial of Arthur Miller -- Atque vale -- Dear Adlai -- G.O.P. delegates have bigger, better badges -- L'envoi -- Then my arm glassed up -- On fishing -- Circus -- Random thoughts on random dogs -- ...like captured fireflies -- The Joan in all of us -- A Model T named "it" -- The play-novelette -- My short novels -- Rationale -- Critics : from a writer's viewpoint -- Some random and randy thoughts on books -- Nobel prize acceptance speech -- From About Ed Ricketts -- Ernie Pyle -- Tom Collins -- Robert Capa -- Adlai Stevenson -- Henry Fonda -- Woody Guthrie -- The soul and guts of France -- One American in Paris (fourth piece) -- One American in Paris (thirteenth piece) -- Positano -- Florence : the explosion of the chariot -- I go back to Ireland -- The ghost of Anthony Daly -- Troopship -- Waiting -- Stories of the blitz -- Lilli Marlene -- Bob Hope -- Vietnam War : no front, no rear -- Action in the delta -- Terrorism -- Puff, the magic dragon -- An open letter to poet Yevtushenko -- Foreword -- E pluribus unum -- Paradox and dream -- Government of the people -- Created equal -- Genus Americanus -- The pursuit of happiness -- Americans and the land -- Americans and the world -- Americans and the future -- Afterword.…”

Art Spiegelman : conversations / edited by Joseph Witek.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Art Spiegelman, cartoonist for the New Yorker, resigns in protest at censorship / Corriere della Sera -- Interview with Art Spiegelman / Joseph Witek -- Comics as serious literature : cartoonist Spiegelman has seen change since pioneering Maus / Laura T. …”

Essential Jazz Records. by Thacker, Eric

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Preface to the 1999 Reprint; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1 Origins; Prelude: the Afro-American background; Ragtime; Proto-jazz and the earliest recordings in New York; New Orleans; 2 The Twenties Variations on the New Orleans style; The Chicago version; The classic style; New Orleans composer; The breakdown of the collective style; The 'second line': the Chicagoans; 3 The Twenties Styles other than New Orleans; Chicago and Harlem small bands of the late 1920s; Midwestern jazz, Bix and the New Yorkers; The early big bands; Blues singers and jazz; 4 Jazz in Europe.…”
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Poking a dead frog : conversations with today's top comedy writers / Mike Sacks. by Sacks, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Show, Best Week Ever, Bob's Burgers) -- Interview: Adam McKay (Saturday Night Live, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers) -- Two hundred essential movies every comedy writer should see / Bill Hader -- Pure, hard-core advice / Scott Jacobson (The Daily Show, Bob's Burgers) -- Interview: Bruce Jay Friedman (Stern, The Heartbreak Kid, Stir Crazy, Splash) -- Writing jokes for award shows / Bruce Vilanch -- Pure, hard-core advice / Kay Cannon (30 Rock, New Girl, Pitch Perfect) -- Interview: Carol Kolb (The Onion, Community) -- Choosing headlines at The Onion / Will Tracy -- Pure, hard-core advice / Gabe Delahaye (Videogum, This American Life, Funny or Die) -- Interview: Glen Charles (Taxi, Cheers) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron, Maron, Conan, Late Show with David Letterman) -- Interview: George Saunders (Pastoralia, In Persuasion Nation, Tenth of December) -- Finding a literary agent for your humor book / Byrd Leavell (Waxman Leavell Literary Agency) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Dave Hill (The New York Times, This American Life, Tasteful Nudes) -- Interview: Tom Scharpling (The Best Show on WFMU, Monk) -- Writing for radio / Bob Elliott (Bob & Ray) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation) -- Interview: Roz Chast (The New Yorker) -- How to be funny as a journalist / Henry Alford, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The New Yorker) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Patton Oswalt (Feelin' Kind of Patton, Big Fan, Young Adult, Zombie Spaceship, Wasteland, Silver Screen Fiend) -- Interview: Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, David Boring, Eightball, Wilson) -- Writing humor for children / Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Anthony Jeselnik (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Jeselnik Offensive) -- Interview: Adam Resnick (Late Night with David Letterman, Get a Life, Cabin Boy) -- Writing a TV-series bible / Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, Bridesmaids, The Heat) -- Pure, hard-core advice / Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras, An Idiot Abroad, Hello Ladies) -- Dan Guterman (The Onion, Colbert Report, Community) -- Working as a Hollywood script doctor / Alan Spencer -- Pure, hard-core advice / Mike DiCenzo (The Onion, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) -- Interview: Mel Brooks (The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) -- The end: what laughter looks like / Edward Jessen.…”
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The best American magazine writing 2022 / edited by Sid Holt for the American Society of Magazine Editors.

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Silk parachute / John McPhee. by McPhee, John, 1931-

Reeling / Pauline Kael. by Kael, Pauline

Some writer! : the story of E. B. White / by Melissa Sweet. by Sweet, Melissa, 1956-, Sweet, Melissa, 1956-

The bed moved : stories / Rebecca Schiff. by Schiff, Rebecca

Warfront '68 / The WPA Film Library.

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