| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
205 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The destiny thief -- The gravestone and the commode (The Sewanee review, summer 2017) -- Getting good (The Sewanee review, fall 2017) -- Address to the 2004 graduates of Colby College -- The pickwick papers (introduction to Modern Library Classics edition, 2003) -- Imagining Jenny (afterword to Jennifer Boylan's She's not there: a life in two genders, 2003) -- What frogs think: a defense of omniscience -- Mark twain's nonfiction (introduction to volume 2, Everyman's Library edition, 2016) -- The boss in Bulgaria. |
| Summary |
"In these nine essays, [the author] provides insight into his life as a writer, teacher, friend, and reader"--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
American essays -- 21st century.
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Literature -- Classics
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Title |
Essays. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Russo, Richard, 1949- Destiny thief. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 9781524733520 (DLC) 2017035766 |
| ISBN |
9781524733513 (hardcover) |
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1524733512 (hardcover) |
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