{"product_id":"vicious-nonsense-kristen-hewitt-9781616899905","title":"Vicious Nonsense: Quips, Snubs \u0026 Jabs by Literary Friends \u0026 Foes","description":"The pen is truly mightier than the sword in this collection of more than a hundred digs, jabs, and outright put-downs from the world's most respected writers, about--each other! \u003ci\u003eVicious Nonsense\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the acerbic side of beloved authors who became brutal critics when writing about their fellow wordsmiths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Baldwin writes on Langston Hughes, \"Every time I read Langston Hughes I am amazed all over again by his genuine gifts--and depressed that he has done so little with them...\" Dorothy Parker spares no love for Gertrude Stein: \"To quote the only line of Gertrude Stein's which I have ever been able to understand, 'It is wonderful how I am not interested.'\" Curated from letters, essays, and reviews, this sometimes stinging, sometimes good-natured, and always delightful collection will ignite the armchair critic in us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristen Hewitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616899905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616899905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton Architectural Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 5.20w x 0.50d","brand":"Kristen Hewitt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046839480575,"sku":"9781616899905","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d359a28f-b65f-4357-875e-f1f17d606385.jpg?v=1684986791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vicious-nonsense-kristen-hewitt-9781616899905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}