Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, (Paperback)

from jonfaith

One of Ms. Smith's projects in this rather sprawling collection is an assembly of the disparate. That sounds Foucauldian and I think I am wide of the mark with my designation, but only just. Such strange pieces are collected between these soft covers and I remain on the margins of my wits to disc...

from ElizabethAndrew

Smart, smart, smart. I can't imagine reading literary criticism in bed written by anyone else. Her essay on Obama's capacity to speak multiple versions of English should be assigned college reading. And her memoirs are rich, lively, worth studying.

from lisapeet

My idea of escapist reading these days is something that requires my attention and engages me all the way, so I'm on a nonfiction kick-which is probably working too well, because I'm having trouble tearing myself away long enough to do a whole bunch of work reading I need to take care of at home,...

from RidgewayGirl

Zadie Smith is a British writer who achieved great fame with her first novel, White Teeth. The book was good, but the hype concentrated on the fact that it had been written by a young, beautiful black woman who had grown up on a council estate in Willesden. Her second novel did not do well, and S...

from bridget3420

This book is a collection of essays that give you a chance to befriend the author. The book is divided into four sections that are: Reading, Being, Seeing and Feeling. Reading this book made me look at some things a little differently. I started understanding things that I never understood before...