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David Shields

David Shields

David Shields is the author of fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead; Reality Hunger, named one of the best books of 2010 by more than thirty publications; and Black Planet, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has been translated into twenty languages.

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The Private War of J. D. Salinger will be released on September 03, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Jun 15, 2013
The Private War of J. D. Salinger will be released on September 03, 2013 in eBook
Jun 15, 2013
The Private War of J. D. Salinger will be released on September 03, 2013 in Compact Disk
Jun 15, 2013
The Private War of J. D. Salinger will be released on September 03, 2013 in Audio Download
Jun 15, 2013
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Excerpt 1 from Body Politic
Aug 30, 2012
Body Politic is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Body Politic will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010

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New Yorker, May 23, 2013
...most durable and beloved books in American literature and, by any reasonable critical standard, two of the worst?). David Shields recently announced his boredom with ?Hamlet? (?I find myself wanting to ditch the tired old plot altogether and just harness...
Huffington Post, May 22, 2013
...David Shields is a literary polymath. He's done (and done with) fiction, and has recently written an astounding series of collage-inflected texts including the recent How Literature Saved My Life...
San Angelo Standard-Times, May 18, 2013
...Cyrus "Hitler’s Charisma: Leading Millions Into The Abyss" by Laurence Rees "How Literature Saved My Life" by David Shields "How the Light Gets In: Writing As A Spiritual Practice" by Pat Schneider "Just 10 lbs.: Easy Steps To Weighing What You...
Christianity Today, May 9, 2013
...wasting away of generations is how it transmits. It's not perfect; its basic reproduction rate varies. As David Shields puts it in How Literature Saved My Life, "Language is all we have to connect us, and it doesn't, not quite." And Wheeler's got it bad...
Bookslut, May 6, 2013
...in my present life. Around that time I was reading more and more nonfiction by writers such as David Shields, David Foster Wallace, Joan Didion, Geoff Dyer, and Wayne Koestenbaum, so the notion that I could take up my divided self in my writing...
Tri-Parish Times, May 1, 2013
...Alex Cross, Run David Shields "How Literature Saved My Life" James Martin "A Jesuit Off-Broadway" Leonard Maltin "2013 Movie Guide" Sarah Jannsen "The World Almanac 2013" BY Ray Saadi | Contributing Writer Tri-Parish Times...
The Quietus, May 1, 2013
...000. Five runners-up will each receive £1000. JUDGES Harry Mount (chair), Gaby Wood, Adam Mars-Jones, Lady Antonia Fraser, David Shields. ELIGIBILITY / SUBMISSIONS Authors of any nationality are eligible, but submissions must have been written...
Spend Matters UK Europe, May 31, 2013
...domination strategy which appears to be comp... more Might a change of strategic focus for GPS lie behind David Shields’ departure? : eSourcingSensei said: Hi Peter No postings from me for some while and I will actually keep this comment very ... ...
North West Evening Mail, May 30, 2013
...past 12 months. The newest nine staff started at the company in Lake House, Phoenix Road, this week. David Shields, Liberata’s head of revenue and benefits, says the company, which provides services for local authorities, is now aiming to fill the...
Spend Matters UK Europe, May 30, 2013
...Tags: L2, People, public procurement, Public Sector, Solution Providers Will the departure of David Shields from Government Procurement Service (GPS) help, slow or halt the march to greater centralisation of procurement in UK central government?...
Spend Matters UK Europe, May 29, 2013
...9:31 AM | Categories: Procurement Commentary Tags: L1, People, politics and procurement, public procurement, Public Sector David Shields departure from GPS (Government Procurement Service) is still a mystery. The man himself is being very tight...
Caribbean News Digital, May 27, 2013
...colorful lifestyle and unmatched warmth of the Grenadians who may be the very ‘spice’ of the island,” said David Shields, general manager, Island Routes Caribbean Adventures. “As we continue to expand our offerings in even more islands this...
Broadway World, May 25, 2013
...Union's production will be directed by Paul Taylor-Mills, with choreographer Racky Plews, musical director Huw Evans, designer David Shields, casting by Will Burton, Grindrod Casting, and producer Kylie Vilcins. Union Theatre is located at 204 Union...
Times Daily, May 25, 2013
...buildings, and UNA has narrowed those proposals to five companies, two of which are tops in the industry, David Shields, vice president of student affairs at UNA, said. “New housing at UNA will be a game changer,” Shields said. Developers toured...