Thomson, Virgil

Summary: "In this second volume in the Library of America's definitive Virgil Thomson edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page collects for the first time the great composer's four witty, incisive, and compulsively readable full-length works. Written with authority and élan, these classic books offer an engrossing tour of the tumultuous twentieth-century musical scene and Thomson's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 THO

McCarthy, Jesse

Summary: "This is a very smart and soulful book. Jesse McCarthy is a terrific essayist." --Zadie Smith. A supremely talented young critic's essays on race and culture, from Toni Morrison to trap, herald the arrival of a major new voice in American letters.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 MCC

Van Ness, Jonathan

Summary: In Jonathan Van Ness' New York Times bestselling memoir Over the Top, he showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexual abuse and addiction, being diagnosed with HIV) have existed alongside great joy and positivity (landing a breakout role on Netflix's Queer Eye, becoming an amateur figure skater and professional stand-up comedian, doting on his cats). If...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VAN NESS, JONATHAN VAN