commencement speeches on living with bravery, empathy, and other existential skills text cau 2015 monographic eng

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192 pages ; 21 cm "The commencement speech is the most popular public address of our time, shared every spring and remembered for years. Here, in an anthology of some of the finest of the genre, brilliant creative minds in every sector offer their wisdom: David Foster Wallace on living a compassionate life, Debbie Millman on the importance of taking risks, Michael Lewis on the responsibility that good fortune merits--and so many other greats. Some of this advice is grand (believe in the impossible), and some of it is granular enough to check off a life list (donate five percent of your money or your time). All of it is universally uplifting. Handsomely packaged with a cloth spine and energetic typography throughout, this book is a smart, special gift for graduates and anyone embarking on a new adventure"-- Debbie millman, dick costolo, bradley whitford, Michael Uslan, Tom Wolfe, Madeleine L'engle, Michael Lewis, Nora Ephron, Ira Glass, Barbara Kingsolver, Eileen Myles, Jonathan Safran Foer, Khaled Hosseini, David Foster Wallace. Speeches, addresses, etc., American College graduates Conduct of life Graduandos Discursos PS 663 W358 2015 815.008 SEL009000 SEL031000 9781452135199 (hbk) DLC 190523 20230411090116.0 spa