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Changing my mind : occasional essays
Smith, Zadie.

Publisher::	Penguin Press,
Pub date::	c2009.
Pages::	xiv, 306 p. ;
ISBN::	9781594202377
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Summary

Divided into four sections--Reading, Being, Seeing, and Feeling--"Changing My Mind" features Smith's wonderfully engaging essays on topics as diverse as literature, going to the Oscars, feminism, Obama, and Anna Magnani. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Booklist Review

High-profile novelist Smith (On Beauty, 2005) has organized her sharp, funny, and agile essays into sections on reading, being, seeing, feeling, and remembering to create a strong and piquant collection. As the title implies, Smith's thinking evolves before our eyes as she articulates her responses to art and life. Her forthright essay on Zora Neale Hurston is brimming with confessions stemming from her struggle against politically oriented interpretation. Her shrewd take on E. M. Forster revolves around her keen analysis of his admixture of banality and brilliance. Her excellent explication of Middlemarch offers a fresh look at George Eliot, and the crafting of novels. A calm and collected yet searing chronicle of a trip to war-battered Liberia is a standout, as is Speaking in Tongues, in which Smith reflects on her own biracial heritage, identity, and voice as a path to understanding Barack Obama, a politician with the qualities of an artist. Cinematic dispatches, including praise for Katharine Hepburn, are followed by moving memories of her late father. Smith is a superb essayist of skill, candor, and caring.--Seaman, Donna Copyright 2009 Booklist From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Reading
1 Their Eyes Were Watching God: What Does Soulful Mean?	p. 3
2 E. M. Forster, Middle Manager	p. 14
3 Middlemarch and Everybody	p. 29
4 Rereading Barthes and Nabokov	p. 42
5 F Kafka, Everyman	p. 58
6 Two Directions for the Novel	p. 72
Being
7 That Crafty Feeling	p. 99
8 One Week in Liberia	p. 110
9 Speaking in Tongues	p. 132
Seeing
10 Hepburn and Garbo	p. 151
11 Notes on Visconti's Bellissima	p. 166
12 At the Multiplex, 2006	p. 179
13 Ten Notes on Oscar Weekend	p. 212
Feeling
14 Smith Family Christmas	p. 225
15 Accidental Hero	p. 130
16 Dead Man Laughing	p. 237
Remembering
17 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: The Difficult Gifts of David Foster Wallace	p. 255
Acknowledgments	p. 298
Index	p. 300

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key:	10033819
LCCN:	2009023419
ISBN:	9781594202377
ISBN:	1594202370
Local Dewey call num:	824 S 2009
Local call number:	110 RUSH
Personal Author:	Smith, Zadie.
Title:	Changing my mind : occasional essays / Zadie Smith.
Publication info:	New York : Penguin Press, c2009.
Physical descrip:	xiv, 306 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Foreword -- Reading. Their eyes were watching God: what does soulful mean? ; E.M. Forster, middle manager ; Middlemarch and everybody ; Rereading Barthes and Nobokov ; F. Kafka, everyman ; Two directions for the novel -- Being. That crafty feeling ; One week in Liberia ; Speaking in tongues -- Seeing. Hepburn and Garbo -- Notes on Visconti's Bellissima ; At the multiplex, 2006 ; Ten notes on Oscar weekend -- Feeling. Smith family Christmas ; Accidental hero ; Dead man laughing -- Remembering. Brief interviews with hideous men: the difficult gifts of David Foster Wallace.
Summary:	A volume of essays is comprised of top-selected pieces from the past decade and considers a broad range of topics organized under such main categories as "Reading," "Being," "Seeing," and "Feeling."
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