Short Takes

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ISBN: 0393326004

Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction

Invigorating creative nonfiction-short, but never slight-gathered by the co-editor of In Short and In Brief. Get Short Takes literature books for free.
/strong>In the years since the perennially popular In Short and In Brief were published, readers have come to delight in the deft focus of the succinct piece we now call The Short. Extending this trend, Short Takes presents over seventy-five writers whose range and style demonstrate the myriad ways we humans have of telling our truths. Themes develop and speak to or collide with one another: musings about parents, childhood, sports, weather, war, solitude, nature, loss-and, of course, love. The stellar roster of contributors includes well-known writers-Verlyn Klinkenborg, Jo Ann Beard, Check Short Takes our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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