Goodbye to All That (Revised Edition) ali crossFrom Roxane Gay to Leslie Jamison, thirty brilliant writers share their timeless stories about the everlasting magicand occasional miseryof living in the Big Apple, in a new edition of the classic anthology. In the revised edition of this classic collection, thirty writers share their own stories of loving and leaving New York, capturing the mesmerizing allure the city has always had for writers, poets, and wandering spirits. Their essays often begin
Adopting a sense of perpetual reinvention from the late David Bowie
But their return heralds only war and destruction
she can't figure out where she is
Assassin Cassandra Marius knows Leo Villius’s secret—one that could thwart his ambitions to conquer Kisia
Steve describes the sadness of never having known his real dad
Morrow traces Roxanna's steps to Helensburgh
Information on what to expect during labor and birth
more than thirty-nine millions civilians had died as a direct result of the war
and the detail is so mesmerizing you won't be able to look away
and safe in the book-lined offices of scholars whom she admired
and existential threats are as vital today as they were during the conquests of Alexander the Great
Coming of age on Martha's Vineyard
