Books by Luc Sante
“He writes from a kind of private inspection of public experience. He has a lovely piece called ‘Masthead Anonymous’ about tabloid headlines and their evolution. And I think that omnivorous range of enthusiasms and passions is a stirring reminder in a time of specialization and compartmentalization of the essayist’s freedom to roam.” Read more...
The Best Essays: the 2021 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award
Adam Gopnik, Journalist
Interviews where books by Luc Sante were recommended
The best books on New York City, recommended by Ben Greenman
The New Yorker’s Ben Greenman selects books that get closer to the heart and history of the city. Street interviews, personal reflections and political struggles reveal NYC’s vibrant but troubled past.
The Best Essays: the 2021 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award, recommended by Adam Gopnik
Every year, the judges of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay search out the best book of essays written in the past year and draw attention to the author’s entire body of work. Here, Adam Gopnik, writer, journalist and PEN essay prize judge, emphasizes the role of the essay in bearing witness and explains why the five collections that reached the 2021 shortlist are, in their different ways, so important.
