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“To forget its Creator is one of the functions of a Creation.”
– E. M. Forster

Lewis Hyde is a national treasure, one of our true superstars of nonfiction.
David Foster Wallace
David Foster WallaceCEO
One of our country’s greatest public thinkers.
Lawrence Weschler
Lawrence Weschler
The most original and 'slantingly' (in Emily Dickinson’s sense) profound book I’ve read in ages.
David Rieff on A Primer for Forgetting
David Rieff on A Primer for ForgettingCEO
Yet another invaluable work that advances humanity.
Maxine Hong Kingston on A Primer for ForgettingCEO
Essential reading, no matter where you stand in the ongoing debate about the ownership of art and ideas.
Anna Deavere Smith on Common as Air
Lewis Hyde's second masterpiece...
Margaret Atwood on Trickster Makes This WorldCEO
Lewis Hyde is a national treasure, one of our true superstars of nonfiction.
David Foster Wallace
David Foster WallaceCEO
One of our country’s greatest public thinkers.
Lawrence Weschler
Lawrence Weschler
The most original and 'slantingly' (in Emily Dickinson’s sense) profound book I’ve read in ages.
David Rieff on A Primer for Forgetting
David Rieff on A Primer for ForgettingCEO
Yet another invaluable work that advances humanity.
Maxine Hong Kingston on A Primer for ForgettingCEO
Essential reading, no matter where you stand in the ongoing debate about the ownership of art and ideas.
Anna Deavere Smith on Common as Air
Lewis Hyde's second masterpiece...
Margaret Atwood on Trickster Makes This WorldCEO
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