A Manner of Being

A Manner of Being
Author: Annie Liontas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781625341822

What do the punk singer Henry Rollins, the Guatemalan writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa, the American authors Tobias Wolff, Tayari Jones, and George Saunders, the Canadian writer Sheila Heti, and the Russian poet Polina Barskova have in common? At some point they all studied the art of writing deeply with someone. The nearly seventy short essays in A Manner of Being, by some of the best contemporary writers from around the world, pay homage to mentors--the writers, teachers, nannies, and sages--who enlighten, push, encourage, and sometimes hurt, fail, and limit their protégés. There are mentors encountered in the schoolhouse and on farms, in NYC and in MFA programs; mentors who show up exactly when needed, offering comfort, a steadying hand, a commiseration, a dose of tough love. This collection is rich with anecdotes from the heartfelt to the salacious, gems of writing advice, and guidance for how to live the writing life in a world that all too often doesn't care whether you write or not. Each contribution is intimate and distinct--yet a common theme is that mentors model a manner of being. Selections include: Arthur Flowers on John O'Killens James Franco on Harmony Korine Mary Gaitskill on an Ann Arbor bookstore owner Noy Holland and Sam Lipsyte on Gordon Lish Tayari Jones on Ron Carlson Henry Rollins on Hubert Selby Jr. Rodrigo Rey Rosa on Paul Bowles George Saunders on Douglas Unger and Tobias Wolff Christine Schutt on Elizabeth Hardwick Tobias Wolff on John L'Heureux . . . and many more

In a Manner of Speaking

In a Manner of Speaking
Author: Charlie Haylock
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2017-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 144566383X

Discover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make up modern English

Chambers's English Dictionary

Chambers's English Dictionary
Author: James Donald
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 966
Release: 2023-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3382193655

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Anarchy--In a Manner of Speaking

Anarchy--In a Manner of Speaking
Author: David Graeber
Publisher: Diaphanes
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Anarchism
ISBN: 9783035802269

David Graeber is not only one of the most important living thinkers, but also one of the most influential. However, he is one of the very few engaged intellectuals who has a proven track record of effective militancy on a world scale. It is possible that no one has had such an impact on the international left as he has. Graeber is perhaps the living intellectual who has offered up the most credible paths for exiting capitalism-- as much through his greater concepts of debt, bureaucracy, or "bullshit jobs" as through his crucial involvement in the Occupy Wall Street movement, which led to his more-or-less involuntary exile. In short, when we proposed doing a book of interviews with him and Assia Turquier-Zauberman, we were not only soliciting a first-rate intellectual, but a veritable modern hero on the order of Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Linus Torvald, Aaron Swartz, and Elon Musk. Having claimed to be an anarchist from the first, we wanted to ask Graeber not only about the history of anarchy, but also about its contemporary relevance and future. We also wanted to explore the ties between anthropology and anarchism, and the traces of its "DNA" in the Occupy Wall Street and Yellow Vest movements. Finally, we wanted to ask him about the meaning of anarchist ethics, not only in their political scope, but also in terms of art, love, sexuality, etc. With astonishing humor, verve, and erudition, this book contributes to the redefnining of the contours of what could be (in the words of Kropotkine) "anarchist morality" today

The Rhine

The Rhine
Author: Victor Hugo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1845
Genre: Rhine River Valley
ISBN:

Walk in a Relaxed Manner

Walk in a Relaxed Manner
Author: Joyce Rupp
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2011-12-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608330729

Experience the powerful prose and poetry of Joyce Rupp with the beautiful full-color art of Mary Southard.