Billy, a solitary bisexual man, is dedicated to making himself worthwhile.

“The nearest thing to an autobiography Irving has written . . . worth saving and savoring."—Seattle Times Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir ...

... John W. Meaney, O'Malley of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN. University of Notre Dame Press, 1991), pp. 52–54. Hesburgh ... in author's possession. (Boland served as a Holy Cross priest at the time.) Hesburgh, interview by Conklin ...

Or someone dies. Mission Critical takes us from our world, across the Solar System, and out into deep space to tell the stories of people who had to do the impossible. And do it fast.

The longest of the memoirs, “The Imaginary Girlfriend,” is the core of this collection. The middle section of the book is fiction.

This reader’s edition, the largest one-volume edition of Thoreau’s Journal ever published, is the first to capture the scope, rhythms, and variety of the work as a whole.

Paperback reprint. Originally published: 2019.

... Meany Papers, George Meany Memorial Archives, University of Maryland, Silver Spring. HJP Hulan Jack Papers, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem, N.Y. JLP John Lindsay ...

Set over two hundred years from now, in a world very much like Imperial Rome, this is the story of General Peter Black, the last decent man, as told through the eyes of his devoted (and illegitimate) daughter, Justa.

Slides and additional exercises (with solutions for lecturers) are also available through the book's supporting website to help course instructors prepare their lectures.