Description: A beautifully designed new edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson's most famous essay, "Self-Reliance," bringing his timeless classic to a contemporary audience.
Brief description: Jessica Helfand is is an artist, designer, and writer. She grew up in Paris and New York City, and was educated at Yale University, where she taught for more than two decades. A founding editor of Design Observer, she is the author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism, including Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Culture; Design: The Invention of Desire; and Face: A Visual Odyssey.
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One of Fortune's Best Books of 2021
This slim volume...is in part, a gorgeously reimagined new edition of Emerson's original 1841 essay, then, a call for perspective during time of tremendous cultural upheaval. Helfand does the world a favor by adding 12 essays of her own which help modern readers process this current moment of upheaval with much-needed Emersonian grace.
-- "Fortune"