Short takes
Subtitle: brief encounters with contemporary nonfiction
By: edited by Judith Kitchen.
Contributors: Kitchen, Judith.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: American essays -- 20th century.; Reportage literature, American.
Description: "Short Takes presents seventy-six writers whose range and style demonstrate the myriad ways we humans have of telling our truths. Themes develop and collide with one another: musings about baseball and books, family and history, war and work, science and the seasons. Each short - whether a few paragraphs or reaching 2,000 words, and reflecting almost every way nonfiction can be written - invites us to experience the power of the small to move, persuade, and change us."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-381).