wealth of the finest personal essays from the last four centuries, editor Phillip Lopate, himself an acclaimed essayist...... more

, and respectability, provoking and inspiring through the pleasure of surprise. In 2016, Philip Lopate, who has been writing...... more

This book is full of tips, refinements, and practical advice for parents who have children, nieces, ... more

In 1984, Phillip Lopate sat down with his mother, Frances, to listen to her life story. A strong, resilient...... more

A long-awaited and illuminating book on personal writing from Phillip Lopate--celebrated essayist, professor of writing...... more

Management of Pregnant and Neonatal Dogs, Cats, and Exotic Pets is a comprehensive yet practical ref... more

Philip K. Dick was one of the most incisive, subversive, and entertaining American authors of the la... more

," begins the title essay by Phillip Lopate. This rejoinder to the cult of hedonism and forced conviviality moves from a...... more

An anthology of unparalleled scope, American Movie Critics charts the rise of movies as art, industr... more

, personal essayist Philip Lopate also recovers a part of the city s soul. A native New Yorker, Lopate has embraced Manhattan by...... more

collection that spans Phillip Lopate s career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful...... more

Phillip Lopate s richest and most ambitious book yet--the final volume of a trilogy that began with Bachelorhood and...... more

This fall, Anchor Books proudly launches an annual essay series. Acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate has selected the...... more

inspiring writers and keenest critics of our time. In his introduciton to The Ordering Mirror, Phillip Lopate contrasts the...... more

Phillip Lopate fell hard for the movies as an adolescent. As he matured into an acclaimed critic and essayist, his...... more

Phillip Lopate fell hard for the movies as an adolescent. As he matured into an acclaimed critic and essayist, his...... more

, itinerant lecturer, and political activist. Finally, in his Foreword, Phillip Lopate makes the case for Emerson as a spectacular...... more

to David Foster Wallace and Zadie Smith--selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate "Not only an education but a joy...... more

the top of their form--from Normal Mailer to James Baldwin to Joan Didion--selected by acclaimed essayist Phillip Lopate...... more

Brooklyn has seen exponential change over the past fifteen years, and this book presents the best wo... more

One of BBC’s "10 Books to Read in August" "an altogether fresh take on the coming-of-age story...Bou... more

. Here Phillip Lopate, one of the finest essayists of our day, has selected the finest of Beerbohm s essays. Whether writing...... more

to understand and forgive, or to finger the guilt of not understanding and loving enough? writes Phillip Lopate, in his...... more

Immensely readable essays.... Phillip Lopate] remains a storyteller at heart who can liven up any subject with...... more

During two influential visits to England (in 1833 and in 1847) where he met with literary icons such... more

Opposites attract, and Helmut Holk and Christine Arne, the appealing married couple at the center of... more

Aperture is pleased to offer a very special limited-edition print and book box set, featuring three ... more

riveting oral histories--the images offer a rare peek inside a society described by Philip Lopate as "a precious last vestige...... more

Hidden pockets of wilderness still exist within the urban environs of New York City, and in Legacy J... more

In a beautiful Brooklyn apartment, the weekend transpires placidly for a New York couple: Eleanor an... more

that circle around a topic from different perspectives, renowned essayist Phillip Lopate considers the achievements and...... more

By the Waters of Manhattan was Charles Reznikoff s first novel, published in 1930 by Charles Boni in... more

In the 1960s, prizewinning writer Philip Lopate went into an urban school to teach poetry and became a part of the...... more

Robert Gardner’s classic Dead Birds is one of the most highly acclaimed and controversial documentar... more

For more than a century, the Hudson River piers in Greenwich Village bustled with the maritime comme... more

On Three Pillars: Torah, Worship, and Practice of Loving Kindness, The Synagogues of Brooklyn is not... more

riveting oral histories--the images offer a rare peek inside a society described by Philip Lopate as a precious last vestige...... more

Cyrus Irani can t seem to find his place in the world. The son of Iranian immigrants, educated, intr... more