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Molly und Amy haben in der Highschool alles richtig gemacht. Mit Bestnoten blicken sie nun wohlverdient einer glänzenden Zukunft an Elite-Unis entgegen und herab auf die Loser ihrer Klasse. Doch am letzten Schultag stellt Molly voller Entsetzen fest, dass es auch ihre Mitschüler an die besten Unis geschafft haben - obwohl diese offenbar nur Party im Kopf hatten. Fest entschlossen, sich nichts entgehen zu lassen, überredet sie Amy den Spaß der ...

Molly und Amy haben in der Highschool alles richtig gemacht. Mit Bestnoten blicken sie nun wohlverdient einer glänzenden Zukunft an Elite-Unis entgegen und herab auf die Loser ihrer Klasse. Doch am letzten Schultag stellt Molly voller Entsetzen fest, dass es auch ihre Mitschüler an die besten Unis geschafft haben - obwohl diese offenbar nur Party im Kopf hatten. Fest entschlossen, sich nichts entgehen zu lassen, überredet sie Amy den Spaß der ...

A dazzling collection and already a standard reference for those interested in contemporary drama, Plays in One Act is a unique compilation of plays and monologues that showcases a stunning and diverse array of work from some of the most important voices in theater.Forty-three modern works are collected here: from plays by important contemporary artists such as David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein, Sam Shepard, and John Guare, to gems by masters lik...

After seeing a new translation of Jorge Luis Borges′s mini-essay "Borges and I" (included here), Halpern asked numerous writers to muse briefly on "the fictional persona ′behind the scenes, ′" the alter(ed) ego that accompanies creation. He asked some 50 well-known authors-such as Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, William Gass, Czeslaw Milosz, James Michener, Joyce Carol Oates, and Cynthia Ozick-to write pieces on this idea. The essays are mostly o...

Unavailable for 10 years, this classic work brings together 22 writers, from Joyce Carol Oates to M.F.K. Fisher, Alice Waters to Charles Simic and Francine Prose, to discuss eating as more than simple sustenance.

Journals and diaries are the most intimate form of writing. But by defintion, these wellsprings of self-reflection are meant for the writer's eye alone, depriving the reading public of insight into a crucial step in the creative process. This invaluable anthology, re-issued by Ecco, gathers the private thoughts of many of the most praised novelists, essayists, and poets (and one American president) of our time and exposes the writerly sensibil...

A new telling of Dante's "Inferno, " this translation is the most fluent, grippingly readable version of the famous poem yet, and--with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of Sean O'Brien's own poetry--manages the near-impossible task of preserving the subtle power and lyric nuance of the Italian original, while seeking out an entirely natural English music. No other version has so vividly expressed the horror, cruelty, bea...