In this elegantly produced, extended conversation celebrating the writing craft, Kurt Vonnegut and acclaimed "Grand Central Winter" author Lee Stringer explore what it means to be a writer -- and what it means to be human. It is an increasingly rare occasion these days to find two writers willing to speak candidly, thoughtfully, and concretely about the intersection of life a...(展开全部)

Like Shaking Hands with God details a collaborative journey on the art of writing undertaken by two distinguished writers separated by age, race, upbringing, and education, but sharing common goals and aspirations. Rarely have two writers spoken so candidly about the intersection where the lives they live meet the art they practice. That these two writers happen to be Kurt Vonn...(展开全部)

It is an increasingly rare occasion these days to find two writers willing to speak candidly, thoughtfully, and concretely about the intersection of life and art. And that these two writers happen to be Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer makes Like Shaking Hands with God a truly historic and joyous occasion. The setting is a bookstore in New York City, October 1998. Before a crowd ...(展开全部)

A revolutionary novel, "A Contract With God" re-creates the neighbourhood of Will Eisner's youth through a quartet of interwoven stories. Called "a masterpiece" by R. Crumb, "A Life Force" chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics. In "Dropsie Avenue", Eisner traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over ...(展开全部)

A revolutionary novel, "A Contract With God" re-creates the neighbourhood of Will Eisner's youth through a quartet of interwoven stories. Called "a masterpiece" by R. Crumb, "A Life Force" chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics. In "Dropsie Avenue", Eisner traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over ...(展开全部)

芭芭拉．艾倫瑞克（Barbara Ehrenreich），1941年生，洛克菲勒大學細胞生物學博士，《時代雜誌》專欄作家，作品也常出現在《哈潑》、《國家》、《新共和》等重要刊物，是相當活躍的女性主義者與民主社會主義者。她出身於礦工家庭，讀大學時受到反戰運動啟蒙，於是放棄教職，投入寫作與社會運動，特別關注社會底層。她至今已出版近二十本著作，包括《紐約時報》暢銷榜作品《我在底層的生活》、《M型社會白領的新試煉》、《失控的正向思考》、《嘉年華的誕生》。 譯者簡介 林家瑄，畢業於清大外語研究所，現為期刊編輯，並從事多年翻譯工作。譯有《兩位嚴肅的女人》（行人出版社，2007）、《我在底層的生活》（左岸文化，2010）等專書及文章。

芭芭拉．艾倫瑞克（Barbara Ehrenreich），1941年生，洛克菲勒大學細胞生物學博士，《時代雜誌》專欄作家，作品也常出現在《哈潑》、《國家》、《新共和》等重要刊物，是相當活躍的女性主義者與民主社會主義者。她出身於礦工家庭，讀大學時受到反戰運動啟蒙，於是放棄教職，投入寫作與社會運動，特別關注社會底層。她至今已出版近二十本著作，包括《紐約時報》暢銷榜作品《我在底層的生活》、《M型社會白領的新試煉》、《失控的正向思考》、《嘉年華的誕生》。 譯者簡介 林家瑄，畢業於清大外語研究所，現為期刊編輯，並從事多年翻譯工作。譯有《兩位嚴肅的女人》（行人出版社，2007）、《我在底層的生活》（左岸文化，2010）等專書及文章。

Responding to questions put to him at a Roundtable held at Villanova University in 1994, Jacques Derrida leads the reader through an illuminating discussion of the central themes of deconstruction. Speaking in English and extemporaneously, Derrida takes up with unusual clarity and great eloquence such topics as the task of philosophy, the Greeks, justice, responsibility, the gi...(展开全部)

Responding to questions put to him at a Roundtable held at Villanova University in 1994, Jacques Derrida leads the reader through an illuminating discussion of the central themes of deconstruction. Speaking in English and extemporaneously, Derrida takes up with unusual clarity and great eloquence such topics as the task of philosophy, the Greeks, justice, responsibility, the gi...(展开全部)

希文•巴内特是美国文学评论家和莎士比亚文学研究学者。他曾是英国塔夫斯大学教授。他撰写了很多文学书籍及关于评论莎士比亚戏剧的文章。他曾出版多本有关艺术写作类图书。