After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Matt Burriesci set out to write a book about thirty-two great books, from Plato to Karl Marx, and how their lessons have applied to his life. As someone who has spent a long and successful career advocating for great literature, Burriesci defends the great books in this series of tender and candid letters, rich in personal experience and full of humor.
Dead White Guys is a timely defense of the great books, arriving in the middle of a national debate about the fate of these books in high schools and universities around the country. Burriesci shows how the great books can enrich our lives as individuals, as citizens, and in our careers. Extending the argument first made by Anna Quinndlens on the act of reading itself, How Reading Changed My Life (It is like the rubbing of two sticks together to make a fire, the act of reading, an improbable pedestrian task that leads to heat and light), Burriesci reminds us all of the enormous impact reading has on our lives.
A debate, nearly to the death, about life and art, cocktails included. And a soon-to-be major motion picture from James Franco!
Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (he' s a stay-at-home dad to three young ...
Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Published: 01/06/2015
Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy...
The "Fresh Air" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby -- "The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't."Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a rever...
From the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes a highly entertaining and informative new book on the twenty-five works of literature that have most shaped the American character. Foster applies his m...
Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out of that familiar account is nearly 150 years of audio recordings. Recounting the fascinating history of audio-recorded literature, Matthew Rubery traces the pat...
A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men’s prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them—Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Loli...
A book reviewer for The Washington Post and NPR’s Fresh Air, Maureen Corrigan is obsessed with books—so much so that they caused her to delay marriage. This audiobook explores her obsession with all things literary. Corrigan expertly w...
Anyone who has ever loved a book will relish this playful, yet deeply literate collection of essays celebrating the joy of reading. From building castles with books as a child, to the trauma of joining her library with her husband's, the author reve...
From Pulitzer Prizewinning book critic Michael Dirda comes a collection of his most personal and engaging essays on the literary lifethe perfect companion for any lover of books.
Michael Dirda has been hailed as the best-read person in America by t...
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