Terry Castle's new book "The Professor and Other Writings"
Susan Sontag once called Terry Castle “the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today.” But her new book, The Professor and Other Writings, proves she's one of our most expressive and enlightening memoirists as well. - (Salon.com)
"These essays are written by a brilliant mind at play. There is a sparkling intensity and wit in the tone, tempered by wisdom, but loosened by honesty and humor. Terry Castle is a great noticer, a superb and fearless observer of both herself and the world. The essays in The Professor are likely to become classics of their kind." - Colm Toibin, author of The Master and Brooklyn
Terry Castle will read from The Professor on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 at City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, S.F.
Professor and Writer W. S. Di Piero's Latest Book of Essays: City Dog
When the poet and cultural critic W. S. Di Piero turns his attention to things that have mattered in his life--cities, poetry, movies, photography, art--readers are in for an exhilarating ride. City Dog, both a series of essays and the autobiography of a consciousness, ranges from Di Piero's early years as the son of Italian immigrants in South Philadelphia to his working life as a writer. The collection includes a few choice pieces from out-of-print collections and new work that shows Di Piero puzzling over other preoccupations: memory, music, eros, the social order, Dante, Sid Ceasar, Van Gogh, and even hats. . . . This intimate compilation reveals the common themes that have connected his wanderings all along.