New York times

A collection of essays which attempt to capture the raw emotions and candid words which often surround race relations in the United States.

An alphabetically arranged collection of photographs and brief biographical sketches from the "Portaits of Grief" feature of the "New York Times, " which for several months profiled men and women who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Also includes lists of all those who were killed at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 on that day.

A collection of essays from the "New York Times" column "Writers on Writing, " in which forty-six contemporary authors discuss literature and the literary life.

Contains more than forty essays by major writers such as Saul Bellow, Alice Walker, and Elie Wiesel that previously appeared in the "Writers on Writing" series in the "New York Times.".