{"product_id":"dont-save-anything-uncollected-essays-articles-and-profiles-9781619029361","title":"Don't Save Anything: Uncollected Essays  Articles  and Profiles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In Dont Save Anything . . . Kay Eldredge Salter assembles her late husbands breadandbutter journalismyet how delicious good bread and butter can be! . . . As always  Salter emphasizes simple  vivifying details.\" Michael Dirda  The Washington Post  One of the greatest writers of American sentences in our literary history  James Salters acute and glimmering portrayals of characters are built with a restrained and poetic style. The author of several memorable works of fictionincluding Dusk and Other Stories  which won the PEN\/Faulkner Awardhe is also celebrated for his memoir Burning the Days and many nonfiction essays.  In her preface  Kay Eldredge Salter writes  Dont Save Anything is a volume of the best of Jims nonfictionarticles published but never collected in one place until now. Though those many boxes were overflowing with papers  in the end its not really a matter of quantity. These pieces reveal some of the breadth and depth of Jims endless interest in the world and the people in it . . . One of the great pleasures in writing nonfiction is the writers feeling of exploration  of learning about things he doesnt know  of finding out by reading and observing and asking questions  and then writing it down. Thats what youll find here.  This collection gathers Salters thoughts on writing and profiles of important writers  observations of the changing American military life  evocations of Aspen winters  musings on mountain climbing and skiing  and tales of travels to Europe that first appeared in The New Yorker  Esquire  People  Conde Nast Traveler  the Aspen Times  among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646909800501,"sku":"ByrdShop_1619029367","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781619029361.jpg?v=1781681292","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dont-save-anything-uncollected-essays-articles-and-profiles-9781619029361","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}