The Pushcart Book of Essays

Reflecting the social, literary, and political history of recent decades, an outstanding anthology of memorable essays encompasses contributions by Andre Dubus, Thomas Lynch, Charles Simic, Joyce Carol Oates, Seamus Heaney, Naomi Shihab Nye, Frederick Busch, Louise Erdrich, Philip Lopate, Donald Barthelme, and other acclaimed writers.

``The Man Who Invented The Automatic Jumping Bean.''

El Huitlacoche

Bilingual Review

15

(11)

``Doing Good.''

John Balaban

Hudson Review

26

(13)

``Civilization and Isolation.''

Vine Deloria

North American Review

39

(11)

``Literature and Lucre: A Meditation.''

Leslie Fiedler

Genre

50

(12)

``Memories of Unhousement, a Memoir.''

Clark Blaise

Salmaqundi

62

(24)

``Notes on Failure.''

Joyce Carol Oates

Hudson Review

86

(15)

``Self/Landscape/Grid.''

Terrence Des Pres

New England Review and Breadloaf Quarterly

101

(10)

``Poetry and Ambition.''

Donald Hall

Kenyon Review

111

(18)

``Not-Knowing.''

Donald Barthelme

Georgia Review

129

(15)

``Paper Tigers.''

Eliot Weinberger

Sulfur

144

(15)

``Against `Joie De Vivre'.''

Phillip Lopate

Ploughshares

159

(19)

``Excellent Things in Women.''

Sara Suleri

Raritan

178

(17)

``Redneck Secrets.''

William Kittredge

Graywolf

195

(9)

``Atlas of Civilization.''

Seamus Heaney

Parnassus: Poetry in Review

204

(16)

``A Snapping Turtle in June.''

Franklin Burroughs

Georgia Review

220

(20)

``Anonymity.''

Susan Bergman

North American Review

240

(12)

``Maintenance.''

Naomi Shihab Nye

Georgia Review

252

(10)

``Mine Own John Berryman.''

Philip Levine

Gettysburg Review

262

(25)

``On Dumpster Diving.''

Lars Eighner

Threepenny Review

287

(13)

``A Day at the St. Regis with Dame Edith.''

Perdita Schaffner

American Scholar

300

(9)

``Wallace Stevens.''

Robert Hass

Threepenny Review

309

(11)

``Homage to the Runner: Bloody Brain Work.''

Marvin Bell

American Poetry Review

320

(8)

``A Thousand Buddhas.''

Brenda Miller

Georgia Review

328

(9)

``Skunk Dreams.''

Louise Erdrich

Georgia Review

337

(11)

``Oyez a Beaumont.''

Vicki Hearne

Raritan

348

(6)

``Sex.''

Irma Wallem

Zyzzyva

354

(7)

``Jessica, the Hound, and the Casket Trade.''

Thomas Lynch

Witness

361

(10)

``New York Days, 1958--1964.''

Charles Simic

Gettysburg Review

371

(13)

``Two Accidents: Reflections on Chance and Creativity.''

Lewis Hyde

Kenyon Review

384

(20)

``A Hemingway Story.''

Andre Dubus

Kenyon Review

404

(8)

``A Murder of Crows.''

Daniel Henry

Northern Lights

412

(6)

``Borrowed Finery.''

Paula Fox

Threepenny Review

418

(7)

``Neon Effects.''

Emily Hiestand

Southwest Review

425

(11)

``Toward Humility.''

Brett Lott

Fourth Genre

436

(20)

``The Canals of Mars.''

Gary Fincke

Shenandoah

456

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