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The destiny thief : essays on writing, writers, and life / Richard Russo.

Russo, Richard, 1949- (author.). Russo, Richard, 1949- Address to the graduates of Colby College. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- Boss in Bulgaria. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- Essays. Selections. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- Getting good. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- Gravestone and the commode. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- Imagining Jenny. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- Mark Twain's nonfiction. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- Pickwick papers. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- What frogs think. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 1524733512
  • ISBN: 9781524733513
  • Physical Description: 205 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

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The destiny thief -- The gravestone and the commode (The Sewanee review, summer 2017) -- Getting good (The Sewanee review, fall 2017) -- Address to the graduates of Colby College -- The pickwick papers (introduction to Modern Library Classics edition, 2003) -- Imagining Jenny (afterword to Jennifer Boylan's She's not there: a life in two genders, 2003) -- What frogs think: a defense of omniscience -- Mark Twain's nonfiction (introduction to volume 2, Everyman's Library edition, 2016) -- The boss in Bulgaria.

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