Read Hard: Five Years of Great Writing from the Believer
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1934781398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 389 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael P. McCullough said Another Surprising McSweeney Release. I loved this book. It is another surprising McSweeney's Book Release Club selection.Reading this book reminded me of like channel surfing bunch of cool cable stations (that don't really exist) that were designed specifically for me - the writing, truly, is sort of like channel s. Mediocrity at its Best Victor Cresskill There are a few big names in Read Hard, Five Years of Great Writing from The Believer--a compilation of essays from McSweeney's ($18.00)--but none of them delivers, and some of the lesser-knowns are even less inspiring.Rick Moody spends half of "How to be a Christian Artist" tel
The book combines all the erudition and wit readers have come to expect from its pages: Jonathan Lethem on Nathanael West, William T. Sebald, Ben Ehrenreich on Brian Evenson, Paul La Farge on Dungeons & Dragons, and much, much more. Vollmann on W. It’s an essential anthology, collecting the best in creative nonfiction, the best in literary journalism, and the best writing in English from the beginning of the twenty-first century, from one of the smartest, weirdest, and funniest magazines in the country.. This volume collects the finest essays and articles from the four-time National Magazine Awardnominated Believer magazine. G