Getting Personal Selected Essays [Paperback]

From the man whose name is synonymous with the contemporary personal essay,Getting Personalis a rich and ambitious collection that spans Phillip Lopate's career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful, deeply meditative, and self-revelatory, with his characteristic candor and curmudgeonly charm, he explores himself, his life, his family, his religion, and his friends.

Currently the John Cranford Adams Chair of the English Department at Hofstra University,Phillip Lopateis the author of five works of nonfiction, two novels, and two books of poems, as well as serving as editor of the best-selling collectionsWriting New YorkandThe Art of the Personal Essay. The recipient of two Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts grants, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.