Trying to save Piggy Sneed / by Irving, John, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Trying to save Piggy Sneed -- The imaginary girlfriend -- My dinner at the White House -- Interior space -- Brennbar's rant -- The Pension Grillparzer -- Other people's dreams -- Weary kingdom -- Almost in Iowa -- The king of the novel -- An introduction to A Christmas carol -- Günter Grass, king of the toy merchants.…”
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Listening to the page : adventures in reading and writing / by Cheuse, Alan

Table of Contents: “…: Elizabeth Tallent's "No one's a mystery" and the poetry of female initiation -- A wintry saga -- Bernard and Juliet : romance and desire in Malamud's high art -- Fitzgerald's Christmas carol, or, The burden of "The camel's back" -- A note on landscape in All the pretty horses -- Rereading Traven -- Confessions of an ex-minimalist -- On the contemporary -- Of the making of books -- Voices : a conversation.…”
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Reflections : conversations, essays, and other writings / by Hauser, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…s Remembrance""; ""When Irish Eyes Are Smiling""; ""The Collected Political Letters of Martin Bear""; ""The Case of the Missing Historical Treasure""; ""Personal Notes""; ""Reunions""; ""Eulogies""; ""A God to Hope For""; ""The End of the Year""; ""The Origins of Santa Claus""; ""Christmas Carols""…”
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The Collected Poems of John Ciardi / by Ciardi, John, 1916-1986

Table of Contents: “…Ciardi a year later. from Live another day (1949): To Judith asleep -- Morning in the park -- Three eggs up -- Dead pigeon on South Street -- The pilot in the jungle -- Letter from a rubber raft -- Homecoming-Massachusetts -- To my students -- Vale -- Philosophical poem -- A visit to Aunt Francesca -- For my nephew going to bed -- In the year of many conversions and the private soul -- Mule -- A Christmas carol -- Christman Eve -- New Year's Eve -- .22 -- Survival in Missouri -- Hawk -- Letter from a metaphysical countryside -- Letter to Virginia Johnson -- Filippo Argenti -- Letter to Dante -- A guide to poetry. from Mid-century American poets (1950): Elegy just in case -- To Judith asleep -- V-J Day -- On a photo of Sgt. …”
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