V.S. Pritchett - A story of Don Juan Don Juan, the legendary lover, stays at a lonely widowers house and... Don Juan, also known as Don Giovanni, is a legendary fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. The original version of the story of Don Juan appears in the 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina. The play includes most of the elements found and later adapted in subsequent works, including the setting, the characters, moralistic themes, and the dramatic ending in which Don Juan dines with and is then dragged down to hell by the stone statue of the father he had previously slain.

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37 hours left to grab a ticket for the Zoom Book Release Party for INCENDIARY. I’ll be reading from the new collection of poems & essays, and discussing the current state of the country. INCENDIARY is on sale now.

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Old Sport | A Review of “Playing Hard” by Peter Unwin | Literary Review of Canada J. D. M. Stewart reads “Playing Hard” by Peter Unwin, a memoir about sports, games, and familial connection from Cormorant Books.

"Unwin’s short essays reveal a curious mind and strong narrative skills. He revels in the characters from the annals of sport who once were famous but now are obscure." — JDM Stewart, Literary Review of Canada
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PLAYING HARD is the perfect book for Father's Day!
Peter Unwin examines our irresistible urge to move, to compete, to exult, and to play — whether we win, lose, or draw.
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A Mind Distilled, A We If I were to teach Carolyn Forché

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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author’s …

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