A working library is an exploration of—and advocate for—All books by farrar straus and giroux
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Trickster Makes This World
Lewis Hyde
Hyde exceeds the terrain of “creative nonfiction” (a term I always find slightly disparaging) to write academic tomes that feel alive, unlike the usual ivory tower fare. Trickster shows how our most playful, devious stories are also (perhaps not surprisingly) our most revealing.
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Common as Air
Lewis Hyde
Hyde addresses the history of copyright, and demonstrates that the founding fathers were not at all fans of it. Rather, they understood that a cultural commons needed to be regulated and protected, much as an agricultural commons needs to be defended against enclosure. As such, any encroachment on the commons must be limited and temporary, and designed for the public good, not private gain.
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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis
Davis’ shorts are very short—sometimes only a paragraph—but they leave impressions larger than the tiny space they consume. The juxtaposition of bold, centered type and handwritten borders on the cover is a near perfect representation of the stories therein.
