Finally, he has edited other anthologies ( Writing New York and American Movie Critics), and is currently completing a three-volume historical anthology of the American essay. The rug merchant Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item.

Additionally, he has written books of fiction ( Confessions of Summer, The Rug Merchant, Two Marriages) and poetry ( At the End of the Day). in a Fine D.J.SIGNED, his most interesting book, group sex, Dante's Inferno revisited. He is also the author of such book-length nonfiction works as Being with Children Waterfront, Notes on Sontag, Rudy Burckhardt: Photographer and A Mother’s Tale. : The Rug Merchant: 8vo, very good, some off setting on f.e.p. Phillip Lopate is a central figure in the revival of the American essay, both through his ubiquitous edited anthology, Art of the Personal Essay, and his own essay collections, Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body and Portrait Inside My Head. Phillip Lopate 8 Hardcover 32 offers from 4.43 Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Melancholic, shy rug merchant Cyrus Irani is a middle-aged, steadfast bachelor whose relationships with women dissolve, whose store rent has been tripled, whose mother wants him to marry a nice Zoroastrian girl. Vivian Gornick’s books include Approaching Eye Level, The End of The Novel of Love, and The Situation and The Story. In nine essays that traverse literary criticism, memoir, and biography, one of our most celebrated critics writes about the importance of reading―and re-reading―as life progresses. Phillip Lopate, a central figure in the revival of the American essay joins Lets Talk Memoir for a conversation about the integral role the divided self. Philip Lopate is the author of Against Joie de Vivre, Bachelorhood, The Rug Merchant, Being with Children, and Confessions of Summer. Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader is Vivian Gornick’s celebration of passionate reading, of returning again and again to the books that have shaped her at crucial points in her life.

The Rug Merchant by Phillip Lopate