July 2010

The Art of the Essay

July 20, 2010 — Hello Friends! When it comes to creative writing, creative nonfiction is hot. Dream of Things will publish two anthologies of creative nonfiction this fall: stories about saying goodbye to the people, places and things in our lives, and a collection of holiday-related stories tentatively titled It’s an Ambiguous Life. As I’ve said before, the goal for Dream of Things anthologies is to be easier to swallow than Chicken Soup and easier to digest that Best American Essays. I’m looking forward to sharing our first two anthologies with you this fall.

In the meantime, I’d like to share some other books with you. I recently created The Art of the Essay, a new section of Dream of Things that features 15 of the best collections of essays ever written.

Here you will find works by V.S. Naipaul, C.S. Lewis, Anne Fadiman, Phillip Lopate, Margaret Atwood, Larry McMurtry, and others. Most of the books are hardback editions, and none of them is more than $10. Visit The Art of the Essay today.