THEMATIC TABLE OF CONTENTS
BELIEFS & VALUES
"Advice to Youth," by Mark Twain (1882) Part 1, #1
”The Gettysburg Address,” by Abraham Lincoln (1863) Part 5 #3
"Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts," by Bruce Catton (1956) Part 3 #2
"A Hanging," by George Orwell (1931) Part 1 #5
"Happiness," by Nikos Kazantzakis (1965) Part 4 #3
"The Hills of Zion," by H. L. Mencken (1925) Part 2 #4
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Zora Neale Hurston (1928) Part 3 #4
"I Have a Dream," by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963) Part 2 #5
Inaugural Address, by John F. Kennedy (1961) Part 4 #1
Inaugural Address, by Barack Obama (2009) Part 3 #1
"Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963) Part 1 #6
"A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift (1729) Part 3 #6
"On the Decay of the Art of Lying," by Mark Twain (1882) Part 2 #6
"On National Prejudices," by Oliver Goldsmith (1763) Part 2 #7
"Self-Reliance," by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841) Part 1 #10
”Thinking As a Hobby,” by William Golding (1961) Part 5 #9
"This Is the Life," by Annie Dillard (2003) Part 2 #10
"Why Are Beggars Despised?" (1933) Part 5 #11
”Walking,” by Henry David Thoreau (1851) Part 5 #10
BELONGINGS
"Farewell, My Lovely," by E. B. White (1936) Part 1 #5
"A Piece of Chalk," by G. K. Chesterton (1905) Part 1 #8
”The Whistle,” by Benjamin Franklin (1779) Part 5 #11
FAMILY MATTERS
”The Death of My Father,” by Steve Martin (2002) Part 5 #1
"The Kitchen," by Alfred Kazin (1941) Part 4 #6
"My Mother, My Hair," by Deborah Tannen (2006) Part 3 #8
"Once More to the Lake," by E. B. White (1941) Part 2 #8
"Salvation," by Langston Hughes (1940) Part 3 #10
GROWING UP & GROWING OLDER
"Advice to Youth," by Mark Twain (1882) Part 1, #1
"Camping Out," by Ernest Hemingway (1920) Part 2 #2
”The Death of My Father,” by Steve Martin (2002) Part 5 #1
"My Mother, My Hair," by Deborah Tannen (2006) Part 3 #8
"Salvation," by Langston Hughes (1940) Part 3 #10
"Two Ways of Seeing a River," by Mark Twain (1883) Part 2 #11
”The Whistle,” by Benjamin Franklin (1779) Part 5 #10
MEDITATIONS
"The Death of the Moth," by Virginia Woolf (1942) Part 1 #3
"A Fable," by Mark Twain Part 2 #3
”The Gettysburg Address,” by Abraham Lincoln (1863) Part 5 #3
"Once More to the Lake," by E. B. White (1941) Part 2 #8
"A Piece of Chalk," by G. K. Chesterton (1905) Part 1 #8
"The Ring of Time," by E.B. White (1956) Part 4 #9
”Street-Haunting”: A London Adventure,” by Virginia Woolf (1930) Part 5 #8
"This Is the Life," by Annie Dillard (2003) Part 2 #10
”Walking,” by Henry David Thoreau (1851) Part 5 #10
PLACES & PEOPLE
"Bookshop Memories," by George Orwell (1936) Part 2 #1
"Coney Island at Night," by James Huneker (1906) Part 4 #10
"Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts," by Bruce Catton (1956) Part 3 #2
"A Hashish House in New York," by H. H. Kane (1883) Part 3 #3
"The Hills of Zion," by H. L. Mencken (1925) Part 2 #4
"Homeless," by Anna Quindlen (1987) Part 4 #4
"The Kitchen," by Alfred Kazin (1941) Part 4 #6
"The Land of Little Rain," by Mary Austin (1903) Part 1 #2
"My Wood," by E. M. Forster (1936) Part 3 #8
"Once More to the Lake," by E. B. White (1941) Part 2 #8
”Outcasts in Salt Lake City," by James Weldon Johnson (1933) Part 5 #5
"The Ring of Time," by E.B. White (1956) Part 4 #9
"Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell (1936) Part 1 #11
"The Story of an Eyewitness: The San Francisco Earthquake," by Jack London (1906) Part 4 #11
”Street-Haunting”: A London Adventure,” by Virginia Woolf (1930) Part 5 #8
"This Old House," by David Sedaris (2007) Part 2 #9
"Two Ways of Seeing a River," by Mark Twain (1883) Part 2 #11
"Why Are Beggars Despised?" (1933) Part 5 #11
SOCIAL ISSUES
"Coney Island at Night," by James Huneker (1906) Part 4 #10
"Drugs: The Case for Legalizing Marijuana," by Gore Vidal (1970) Part 4 #2
"The Education of Women," by Daniel Defoe (1719) Part 1 #4
"A Hanging," by George Orwell (1931) Part 1 #6
"A Hashish House in New York," by H. H. Kane (1883) Part 3 #3
"Homeless," by Anna Quindlen (1987) Part 4 #4
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Zora Neale Hurston (1928) Part 3 #4
"I Have a Dream," by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963) Part 2 #5
"In Defense of Talk Shows," by Barbara Ehrenreich (1995) Part 4 #5
"In Praise of Idleness," by Bertrand Russell (1932) Part 3 #3
"Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963) Part 1 #7
"A Modest Proposal," by Jonathan Swift (1729) Part 3 #7
"My Wood," by E. M. Forster (1936) Part 3 #9
”Outcasts in Salt Lake City," by James Weldon Johnson (1933) Part 5 #5
"Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell (1936) Part 1 #11
"Speaking in Tongues," by Zadie Smith (2008) Part 4 #8
"What Is Poverty?" by Jo Goodwin Parker (1971) Part 3 #11
"Why Are Beggars Despised?" (1933) Part 5 #11
WOMEN'S ROLES & RIGHTS
"The Education of Women," by Daniel Defoe (1719) Part 1 #4
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Zora Neale Hurston (1928) Part 3 #4
"Professions for Women," by Virginia Woolf (1942) Part 1 #9
"Speaking in Tongues," by Zadie Smith (2008) Part 4 #8
"Why I Want a Wife," by Judy Brady (1971) Part 3 #12
WRITING & LANGUAGE
”How to Mark a Book,” by Mortimer Adler (1940) Part 5 #4
”How to Say Nothing in 500 Words,” by Paul Roberts (1958) Part 5 #5
"Life Under the Chief Doublespeak Officer," by William Lutz (1989) Part 3 #6
”Of Studies,” by Francis Bacon (1625) Part 5 #7
"Politics and the English Language," by George Orwell (1946) Part 4 #7
"Speaking in Tongues," by Zadie Smith (2008) Part 4 #8
"Watching Out for Loaded Words," by Frank Trippett (1982) Part 4 #12
"Why I Write," by George Orwell (1946) Part 1 #12
"Why I Write," by Joan Didion (1976) Part 2 #12
”The Writing Life,” by Stephen King (2006) Part 5 #12
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