Taking Root: The Nature Writing of William and Adam Summer of Pomaria
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William Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s in...
Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism
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During the mid-1960s, a small group of young journalists made it their mission to write about...
Common Writing: Essays on Literary Culture and Public Debate
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In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the...
Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age
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The interwar period is often described as the 'Golden Age' of detective fiction, but many other...
The Essential Pritchett: Selected Writings of V S Pritchett
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V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) was one of the most subtle, potent and best-loved of modern British...
An Istanbul Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries
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For centuries following its reestablishment as Constantinople in AD 330, Istanbul served as the...
The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel 'Izzy' Young
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Israel G. “Izzy” Young was the proprietor of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village from the...