{"product_id":"vicious-nonsense-isbn-9781616899905","title":"Vicious Nonsense","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Princeton Architectural Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896114442469,"sku":"NP9781616899905","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/vicious-nonsense-isbn-9781616899905","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}