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Essays / Books and Random Wanderings of Mind and Body (formerly Lost Essays)
Essays / Books and Random Wanderings of Mind and Body (formerly Lost Essays) episodes
- Joan Didion and suspension of time
The magic of #joandidion #prose and the suspension of time and the wonders of words.
3 min - 7 min
- 3 min
- C.L. Sonnichsen "From Hopalong to Hud - Thoughts on Western Fiction"
Where have all the cowboys gone? - Explore two centuries of the American Cowboy with C.L. Sonnichsen in his essay investigating the character of the American Icon.
5 min - Lost Essays - D.S. Savage's criticism of Ernest Hemingway
Find out what D.S. Savage thought about Hemingway in his 1950 collection of criticism - The Withered Branch
4 min - Lost Essays - "Every Man's Natural Desire" - Samuel McChord Crothers
Revisit Crothers' essay exploring the difficulty of becoming a unique person in a society that limits the individual's interest.
5 min - Arnold Bennett "Translating Literature"
What is the objective of reading unless something definite comes of it?
3 min - Is the American Southwest Edward Abbey's land? Lawrence Clark Powell might disagree.
Is the American Southwest Edward Abbey's land? Lawrence Clark Powell might disagree with his extensive study of those who embraced the area decades and centuries before Abbey.
4 min - 5 min
- A love letter to Joan Didion - Episode 14
Joan Didion is a complex writer who created easily readable text. If you enjoy essays and period pieces check out her writing.
4 min
About Essays / Books and Random Wanderings of Mind and Body (formerly Lost Essays)
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The essay should be celebrated, and that is what we do here. We have found that all essays are not lost and that many are still being created so moving forward we will celebrate the lost and found,…
past and future essays.