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2. El Twain de Borges: alusiones, elisiones y desilusiones de la historia en un manuscrito de 1949
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Patriau, Gustavo Faverón
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Authors, American ,Manuscripts -- Criticism and interpretation -- Research ,Literary research ,Authors, Argentine ,Humanities ,Literature/writing ,Philosophy and religion ,Criticism and interpretation ,Works ,Research - Abstract
El manuscrito ocupa cuatro páginas de un cuaderno de espiral Avon: hojas amarillentas, cuadriculadas en gris, con un doble margen turquesa arriba y al lado izquierdo. Borges escribió las tres [...]
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- 2022
3. David Kranes papers
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Kranes, David and Kranes, David
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- Authors, American Archives. Utah, Drama Sources. Study and teaching Utah, Écrivains américains Archives. Utah, Théâtre (Genre littéraire) Sources. Étude et enseignement, Authors, American, Drama Study and teaching, Manuscripts, Universities and colleges Faculty, Utah
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The David Kranes papers (1958-2011) contain the plays, short stories, book manuscripts and teaching files of David Kranes. Also includes books with Kranes' annotations and several posters.
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- 2023
4. Borges and Melville; or, The Ambiguities
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Balderston, Daniel
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Authors, American ,Argentine fiction -- Criticism and interpretation ,Authors, Argentine ,American fiction -- Criticism and interpretation -- Influence ,Humanities ,Literature/writing ,Philosophy and religion ,Influence ,Criticism and interpretation - Abstract
Like some of the other articles in this issue of Variaciones Borges, this one will concentrate on newly available manuscript materials in Special Collections at Michigan State University, putting Borges's [...]
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- 2021
5. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Essays, American literature, Authors, American
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There are very few writers who have ever imparted more wisdom in so few words. If Thomas Jefferson is the spirit of America then Ralph Waldo Emerson was its soul. A person who reads the words of Emerson cannot help but be haunted by the feeling of an eternal season of spring infused with the eternal sadness of life's inevitable end. Emerson is required reading for all thoughtful men and women. This particular book is excellent and no one looking to purchase Emerson's work in the kindle format should hesitate to purchase it. (Amazon)
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- 2021
6. Spilt Milk
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Courtney Zoffness and Courtney Zoffness
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- Women--Conduct of life, Women authors, American--21st century--Biography, Authors, American, Motherhood, Jewish authors--Biography
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What role does a mother play in raising thoughtful, generous children? In her literary debut, internationally award-winning writer Courtney Zoffness considers what we inherit from generations past—biologically, culturally, spiritually—and what we pass on to our children. Spilt Milk is an intimate, bracing, and beautiful exploration of vulnerability and culpability. Zoffness relives her childhood anxiety disorder as she witnesses it manifest in her firstborn; endures brazen sexual advances by a student in her class; grapples with the implications of her young son's cop obsession; and challenges her Jewish faith. Where is the line between privacy and secrecy? How do the stories we tell inform who we become? These powerful, dynamic essays herald a vital new voice.
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- 2021
7. Boyz N the Void : A Mixtape to My Brother
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G'Ra Asim and G'Ra Asim
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- Punk rock musicians--United States, African American punk rock musicians, African American authors, Punk rock music--History and criticism, Authors, American
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Writing to his brother, G'Ra Asim reflects on building his own identity while navigating Blackness, masculinity, and young adulthood—all through wry social commentary and music/pop culture critiqueHow does one approach Blackness, masculinity, otherness, and the perils of young adulthood? For G'Ra Asim, punk music offers an outlet to express himself freely. As his younger brother, Gyasi, grapples with finding his footing in the world, G'Ra gifts him with a survival guide for tackling the sometimes treacherous cultural terrain particular to being young, Black, brainy, and weird in the form of a mixtape.Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother blends music and cultural criticism and personal essay to explore race, gender, class, and sexuality as they pertain to punk rock and straight edge culture. Using totemic punk rock songs on a mixtape to anchor each chapter, the book documents an intergenerational conversation between a Millennial in his 30s and his zoomer teenage brother. Author, punk musician, and straight edge kid, G'Ra Asim weaves together memoir and cultural commentary, diving into the depths of everything from theory to comic strips, to poetry to pizza commercials to mapping the predicament of the Black creative intellectual.With each chapter dedicated to a particular song and placed within the context of a fraternal bond, Asim presents his brother with a roadmap to self-actualization in the form of a Doc Martened foot to the behind and a sweaty, circle-pit-side-armed hug.Listen to the author's playlist while you read! Access the playlist here: https://sptfy.com/a18b
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- 2021
8. New Orleans Griot
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Tom Dent, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Tom Dent, and Kalamu Ya Salaam
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- Essays, Authors, American
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A mid-twentieth century African American writer and cultural activist, Tom Dent worked tirelessly to help cultivate the Black Arts Movement, mentoring numerous other artists and writers. Taken from his papers held at the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, this vital collection brings together Dent's fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and drama, including many previously unpublished works. With introductions by Kalamu ya Salaam, New Orleans Griot: A Tom Dent Reader showcases the remarkable life and writing of Tom Dent, from his early days in New York to working with the Free Southern Theatre in Mississippi to his astute observations of New Orleans and the black Mardi Gras Indians.
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- 2020
9. Delphi Complete Works of Louise Imogen Guiney (Illustrated)
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Louise Imogen Guiney, Delphi Classics, Louise Imogen Guiney, and Delphi Classics
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- Authors, American
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The American poet and essayist Louise Imogen Guiney was a prominent figure of the Boston literary circle of her day. She is chiefly known for her lyrical, Old English-style poems, recalling the conventions of seventeenth-century poetry. Informed by her religious faith, Guiney's works exhibit a concern for the Catholic tradition, while emphasising moral rectitude and heroic gallantry. By the end of the nineteenth century, Guiney was regarded as a major contributor to American literature. In later years, she turned to scholarship, concentrating on neglected poets. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Guiney's complete works, with numerous illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Guiney's life and works• Concise introduction to Guiney's life and poetry• Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts• Excellent formatting of the poems• Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry• Easily locate the poems you want to read• Includes Guiney's complete prose works• Features a bonus biography by the poet's close friend Alice Brown — discover Guiney's literary life• Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Louise Imogen GuineyBrief Introduction: Louise Imogen GuineySongs at the Start (1884)The White Sail and Other Poems (1887)A Roadside Harp (1893)Nine Sonnets Written at Oxford (1895)Poems from ‘Robert Louis Stevenson: A Study'(1895)England and Yesterday (1898)The Martyrs'Idyl and Shorter Poems (1899)Happy Ending (1909) The PoemsList of Poems in Chronological OrderList of Poems in Alphabetical Order The FictionBrownies and Bogles (1888)Lovers'Saint Ruth's and Three Other Tales (1895) The Non-FictionGoose-Quill Papers (1885)Monsieur Henri (1892)Martha Hilton (1894)A Little English Gallery (1895)Patrins (1897)James Clarence Mangan (1897)Hurrell Froude (1904)Robert Emmet (1904)Thomas Stanley (1907)Blessed Edmund Campion (1908)Contributions to ‘Catholic Encyclopedia'(1913) The BiographyLouise Imogen Guiney (1921) by Alice Brown Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
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- 2020
10. Salt Lake City History Minute : Edward Abbey
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Edward Abbey was an important environmentalist and advocate for the wild places in the state of Utah. He spent several of his formative years working in the national parks of our state and saw firsthand its beauty. In his writing, in books like the Monkey Wrench Gang and Desert Solitaire, he spoke of the need to protect Utah's wildlands and places. His teachings and radical influence have sparked movements that long outlived him and helped protect some of the wild spaces of Utah over the years. In the world of environmental writing and thinking, he is as influential as Henry David Thoreau and John Muir. He passed away in 1989 at the age of 62. His Spirit lives on in all those Utahns who work to protect our natural spaces from economic development and the encroachment of industry.
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- 2023
11. White Girls
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Hilton Als and Hilton Als
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- Gender identity, Sex role, Sex differences (Psychology), African American gay people, African American gay men, African American gay men--Identity, African American gay people--Biography, Masculinity, Race awareness, Authors, American
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'This book will change you.'--Chicago TribuneWhite Girls is about, among other things, blackness, queerness, movies, Brooklyn, love (and the loss of love), AIDS, fashion, Basquiat, Capote, philosophy, porn, Eminem, Louise Brooks, and Michael Jackson. Freewheeling and dazzling, tender and true, it is one of the most daring and provocative books of recent years, an invaluable guide to the culture of our time.
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- 2019
12. Sketches From Concord and Appledore
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Frank Preston Stearns and Frank Preston Stearns
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- Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Concord, Authors, American
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According to Wikipedia:'Frank Preston Stearns (1846-1917), the son of abolitionist George Luther Stearns, was a writer and abolitionist from Massachusetts during the 19th century. In addition to collaborating with Elizur Wright in ambitious abolitionist projects, such as the American Anti-Slavery Society, he is credited with several seminal works exploring the lives and careers of important American public figures and authors of note, including The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns.'
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- 2018
13. Practices of Surprise in American Literature After Emerson
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Kate Stanley and Kate Stanley
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- Authors, American, American literature--History and criticism
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Practices of Surprise in American Literature After Emerson locates a paradoxical question - how does one prepare to be surprised? - at the heart of several major modernist texts. Arguing that this paradox of perception gives rise to an American literary methodology, this book dramatically reframes how practices of reading and writing evolved among modernist authors after Emerson. Whereas Walter Benjamin defines modernity as a'series of shocks'inflicted from without, Emerson offers a countervailing optic that regards life as a'series of surprises'unfolding from within. While Benjaminian shock elicits intimidation and defensiveness, Emersonian surprise fosters states of responsiveness and spontaneity whereby unexpected encounters become generative rather than enervating. As a study of how such states of responsiveness were cultivated by a post-Emerson tradition of writers and thinkers, this project displaces longstanding models of modernist perception defined by shock's passive duress, and proposes alternate models of reception that proceed from the active practice of surprise.
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- 2018
14. Walden
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Henry David Thoreau and Henry David Thoreau
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- Natural history, Wilderness areas, Manners and customs, Solitude, NATURE / Essays, Authors, American--Biography--19th century, Wilderness areas--Massachusetts--Walden Woods, Natural history--Massachusetts--Walden Woods, Homes, Authors, American, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
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In 1845, Henry David Thoreau left his home in Concord, Massachusetts to live a contemplative life in the remote house that he built himself by the tranquil Walden Pond. Throughout his two years there, he diligently chronicled his observations.A positive and insightful look at human solitude, Walden remains a highly regarded work of transcendentalism, environmentalism, and individual enlightenment.
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- 2018
15. The Threads of the Veil: A Performance of Victimhood in 'The Spiced Chicken Queen of Mickaweaquah, Iowa'
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Naous, Mazen
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Skerrett, Joseph T., Jr. ,Authors, American ,Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies ,Literature/writing - Published
- 2018
16. A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction
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Howells, William Dean and Howells, William Dean
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- Fiction, Authors, American
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Although he was an important novelist, poet and playwright in his own right, William Dean Howells also played a major role in shaping the literary landscape of America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in his capacity as a critic. In this important essay from 1901, Howells holds forth on a then-current crop of novels dealing with social issues.
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- 2017
17. The reception of the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft in the early American republic
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Smith, Abigail M.
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820 ,Authors, American - Abstract
This thesis measures the influence of the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft in the culture of the early American Republic. It is an examination into American periodical literature, fiction, and theatre of the period in comparison to that of Britain. A transatlantic perspective takes into account that Britain was not only the first place of publication for Wollstonecraft’s works but also was the prime source of early American culture. The focus of this analysis is the impact of two main books, Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published in 1792, and William Godwin’s biography of her, Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published after her death in 1798. After the publication of the latter the former was reassessed in the light of the details of Wollstonecraft’s scandalous life. To her critics the enactment of the philosophies which she put forth in her treatise about the increased independence of women caused her to lead an immoral life, and they feared the effects that reading the Rights of Woman would have on other women. Godwin’s role in Wollstonecraft’s life and his own philosophies about women and marriage in An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice compounded his image with her sin the public imagination. Together they became notorious and their conservative detractors exploited their images and philosophy for numerous ends. I will discuss these and the effects they bore on other writers of various political and moral leanings to show how Wollstonecraft’s life and work helped to mould the evolving role of women in nineteenth century America. I will look in detail at the work of Charles Brockden Brown, William Dunlap, Sally S. B. K. Wood, Helena Wells, Martha Meredith Reed, Herman Mann, Deborah Sampson Gannett, and Benjamin Silliman.
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- 2009
18. Las mil caras del autor
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Paula Varsavsky and Paula Varsavsky
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- American literature, Authors, American
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La periodista cultural Paula Varsavsky recoge las conversaciones que mantuvo con escritores de lengua inglesa de Europa y Norteamerica: Joyce Carol, Oates,David Lodge, Michael Cunningham, E. L. Doctorow, Ali Smith, Russell Banks, Hanif Kureishi, Siri Hustvedt, Edmund White, Esther Freud, David Leavitt, Francisco Goldman, William Boyd, Richard Ford. Varsavsky cuenta al inicio “No deja de sorprenderme —aún hoy— cómo en cada encuentro con algún autor cuya obra me atrapa, algo de esa voz silenciosa del libro se hace presente por un detalle de su mundo privado y, a la vez, ese mundo está en total contradicción con la prosa del escritor.”
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- 2016
19. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Bright Summaries and Bright Summaries
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- Authors, American
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Unlock the more straightforward side of War Horse with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, told through the eyes of Joey, a brave army horse whose vision of World War I from both sides of the trenches is one in which the divisions of conflict disappear, and friendship and trust become fundamental values. Despite being primarily aimed at children, the universal reach of the writing appeals to all generations and has made the book extremely successful, having been adapted as a major motion picture by Steven Spielberg and as a highly popular theatre production in the West End and on Broadway. Morpurgo has written over one hundred books and has received many prestigious awards, including an OBE. Find out everything you need to know about War Horse in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:A complete plot summaryCharacter studiesKey themes and symbolsQuestions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
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- 2016
20. Ralph Waldo Emerson : The Major Prose
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, and Joel Myerson
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- Authors, American
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Upon its completion, The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971–2013) was hailed as a major achievement of scholarship and textual editing. Drawing from the ten volumes of the Collected Works, Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson have gathered some of Emerson's most memorable prose published during his lifetime and under his direct supervision. The editors have enhanced those selections with additional writings to produce the only anthology that represents in a single volume the full range of Emerson's written and spoken prose genres—sermons, lectures, addresses, and essays—that took on their public life in the pulpit or lecture hall, or on the printed page.Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Prose demonstrates the remarkable scope of Emerson's interests, from science, literature, art, philosophy, natural history, and religion to pressing social issues such as slavery and women's rights, to the character of his contemporaries, including Lincoln and Thoreau. Emerson's classic essays Nature, “Self-Reliance,” and “Experience” complement his less familiar but no less vital texts, including the deeply heterodox sermon on “The Lord's Supper,” which effectively announced his resignation from the ministry, and late essays on “American Civilization,” “Character,” and “Works and Days.” Edited according to the most rigorous modern standards, Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Prose provides an authoritative compendium of writings by one of America's most significant literary figures and public intellectuals.
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- 2015
21. Say It Hot, Volume II: : Industrial Strength Essays on American Writers
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Eric Miles Williamson, Joseph D. Haske, Eric Miles Williamson, and Joseph D. Haske
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- Books--United States--Reviews, American literature--History and criticism, Authors, American, Authors, American--Interviews
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Say It Hot Volume II: Industrial Strength is a collection of essays on American poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and issues of interest to artists and academics. A companion volume to Say It Hot, these essays are brutally honest and acutely intelligent.From the book: “Literary authors these days no longer make livings off their work. Their books are not to be found in bookstores, and the books are rarely printed by major New York publishing houses. No one reads their works except for other literary authors and the professors who are evaluating their tenure and promotion folders at the colleges and universities at which they are employed, and it's a minor miracle if a literary book from a small press sells a thousand copies. Fiction writers from wealth write about writing or they write about the ridiculous “sufferings” of the rich. Fiction writers from the lower classes write about the primordial filth from which they've physically escaped but from which they'll never mentally be able to leave behind. Like war veterans, people who've fought it out in the miasma of poverty and blue- collar hell can never get the stink out of their skins, try as they may. Just like people who haven't been to war can spot vets who have, middle-class people and the rich can spot people who've grown up poor, no matter what their position in life or the quality of their designer suits. Those suits just don't fit right, and the neckties make them fidget and sweat. What the well-heeled authors and the working-class writers have in common is that they've been trained not to pronounce moral judgment.”
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- 2015
22. Philip Roth at 80: A Celebration : A Library of America Special Publication
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Philip Roth and Philip Roth
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- Essays, Authors, American
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On March 19, 2013, a distinguished group of writers and critics gathered at the Newark Museum's Billy Johnson Auditorium in Newark, New Jersey, to celebrate the extraordinary career and lasting literary legacy of Philip Roth on the occasion of his 80th birthday. This keepsake volume gathers remarks from the evening's speakers, a fitting tribute to the only living novelist whose work is collected in the Library of America series. Here you'll find Jonathan Lethem, hilariously recounting his first consciousness-raising encounter with Roth's work through the Kafkaesque novel The Breast; Hermione Lee, tracing the Shakespearian themes in Roth's books, from Portnoy's Complaint to The Humbling; Alain Finkielkraut, offering a deep reading of Roth's final novel, Nemesis; Claudia Roth Pierpont, assessing Roth's portrayal of women in such books as Sabbath's Theater and The Human Stain; Edna O'Brien, recalling her long friendship with Roth; and the author himself, offering a quintessentially Rothian valediction.
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- 2014
23. Literary Rivals : Feuds and Antagonisms in the World of Books
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Richard Bradford and Richard Bradford
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- Authors, American, Authors, English, Literary quarrels--History
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Novelists, poets and playwrights live double lives, sharing the real world with everyone else while spending a good deal of time in a universe of their own making. When they fall out with each other, they are able to kindle feuds and antagonisms as passionate and public as workers in any trade. Richard Bradford's highly entertaining book looks at some of the closest and most complex relationships in literary history, as well as examining their dramatic effects on literature itself. - WHO WAS THE OBJECT OF COLERIDGE'S INFATUATION THAT DROVE A W EDGE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND WORDSWORTH? - WHERE DID THACKERAY UTTER THE SINGLE SENTENCE THAT ENDED HIS TENTATIVE FRIENDSHIP WITH DICKENS? - WHY DID DIFFERING OPINIONS LEAD TO THE CESSATION OF LETTERS BETWEEN FORMER CONFIDANTS AMIS AND LARKIN? - HOW DID HEMINGWAY USE AND ABUSE STEIN'S ARTISTIC CIRCLE IN PARIS? - WHAT AMERICAN L ITERARY AMBITION SPAWNED BRUTAL COMPETITION BETWEEN CAPOTE AND V IDAL? From Tolstoy's deferred duelling and Dostoevsky's defamatory fiction, to J. C. Squire's qualms with modernism and Salman Rushdie's run-in with Islam, Literary Rivals is an enjoyable romp through the world of the fiercest writers'rivalries and the most bizarre literary stand-offs.
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- 2014
24. At Seventy : A Journal
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May Sarton and May Sarton
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- Authors, American, Authors, American--20th century--Biography
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Winner of the American Book Award: May Sarton's honest and engrossing journal of her seventieth year, spent living and working on the Maine coast. May Sarton's journals are a captivating look at a rich artistic life. In this, her ode to aging, she savors the daily pleasures of tending to her garden, caring for her dogs, and entertaining guests at her beloved Maine home by the sea. Her reminiscences are raw, and her observations are infused with the poetic candor for which Sarton—over the course of her decades-long career—became known. An enlightening glimpse into a time—the early 1980s—and an age, At Seventy is at once specific and universal, providing a unique window into septuagenarian life that readers of all generations will enjoy. At times mournful and at others hopeful, this is a beautiful memoir of the year in which Sarton, looking back on it all, could proclaim, “I am more myself than I have ever been.”
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- 2014
25. I Knew a Phoenix : Sketches for an Autobiography
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May Sarton and May Sarton
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- Authors, American
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May Sarton's first memoir: A lyrical and enchanting look at her formative years from the onset of the First World War through the beginning of the Second Author of a dozen memoirs, May Sarton had a unique talent for capturing the wonder and beauty of nature, love, aging, and art. Throughout her prolific career, she penned many journals examining the different stages of her life, and in this, her first memoir, she laid the foundation for what would become one of the most beloved autobiographical oeuvres in modern literature. Sarton writes of her early childhood in Belgium in the years before World War I, her time in Boston while her father taught at Harvard, and her schooling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she fell in love with poetry and theater. She describes her first meetings and fast friendships with such notable figures as Virginia Woolf, Julian Huxley, James Stephens, and S. S. Koteliansky, many of whom would later come to populate her critically acclaimed journals. With sharp insights and captivating prose, I Knew a Phoenix introduces a generation of readers to one of the twentieth century's most cherished writers.
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- 2014
26. Larry Woiwode Dies at 80; Wrote of Rural Life
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Green, Penelope
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Woiwode, Larry ,Authors, American ,General interest ,News, opinion and commentary - Abstract
Raised in North Dakota and rural Illinois, he was a literary star in New York City in the 1970s. But he left the limelight to raise a family on a [...]
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- 2022
27. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 28, 2022: Interview with Hilary Mantel; Review of Words and Music
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Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., (1.) We remember author HILARY MANTEL who died last week at the age of 70. MANTEL was best known for her trilogy of novels about Thomas Cromwell, the political fixer for Henry VIII. She was the first woman to win the Booker prize twice for the first two of her Cromwell books, 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies.' The third novel 'The Mirror and The Light' was published in 2020 and was long-listed for the same prize. Mantel wrote 14 other books including the memoir 'Giving up the Ghost' in which she describes her long struggle with a debilitating form of endometriosis.(INTERVIEW FROM 11.26.12)(THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) KEN TUCKER reviews previously unreleased demos by Lou Reed. It's called Words & Music, May 1965, it offers 15 demos Reed recorded as a fledgling singer-songwriter who just two years later would lead the Velvet Underground into rock & roll history.
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- 2022
28. Mr. Penrose : The Journal of Penrose, Seaman
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William Williams and William Williams
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- Authors, American, American fiction
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An 18th century sailor is cast away in a multi-ethnic New World in this long-neglected classic regarded as the first American novel every written. Mr. Penrose narrates the adventures of a Llewellin Penrose who flees an unhappy home life to seek his fortune on the high seas. Having learned the sailor's trade, Penrose survives a series of nautical mishaps, only to be cast adrift on the Mosquito Coast. When rescue finally comes, Penrose refuses to abandon the new home he has made among the Indians. Though not officially published until 1815—posthumously and bowdlerized—painter and seafarer William Williams's dynamic adventure was actually written before 1780, making it unjustly forgotten as, arguably, the first American novel. Publishers may have been wary of “a work of imagination”, but Lord Byron could barely contain his enthusiasm for this unique tale: “I have never read so much of a book in one sitting in my life. He kept me up half the night, and made me dream of him the other half.” Equal parts travel narrative, sea-merchant yarn and historical document, this original version of Mr. Penrose reflects on some of the most pressing moral and social issues of its time: imperialism, racial equality, religious freedom, and the nature of an ethical government. In fact, it contains the first unequivocal critique of slavery in a transatlantic novel and the most realistic portrayals of Native Americans in early American fiction. In the afterword, Sarah Wadsworth imparts new research on the author and his career, shedding light on the novel's subjects and timely themes, and situating Mr. Penrose at the forefront of the American literary canon.
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- 2013
29. Untold. Amanda Gorman
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
30. Untold. Lois Lowry
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
31. Untold. Ray Bradbury
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
32. Untold. Lorraine Hansberry
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
33. Untold. Gwendolyn Brooks
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
34. Untold. Colson Whitehead
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
35. Untold. Alice Walker
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
36. Untold. Richard Wright
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
37. Untold. Mark Twain
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
38. Untold. Octavia Butler
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
39. Untold. Sandra Cisneros
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
40. Untold. Shirley Jackson
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Makematic (Firm), production company.
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- 2023
41. James Baldwin
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Douglas Field and Douglas Field
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- Authors, American
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This study provides an engaging overview and clear analysis of the fiction, non-fiction and drama of African-American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). Whilst giving close attention to Baldwin's popular works such as Go Tell it on the Mountain and Another Country; it also explores the important but less well known themes and texts including the use of the blues, masculinity, race and sexuality.
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- 2011
42. Author of baseball classic 'A Day in the Bleachers'
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Schudel, Matt
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Authors, American ,Hano, Arnold - Abstract
On the morning of Sept. 29, 1954, Arnold Hano took the subway to Upper Manhattan and bought a bleacher ticket - it cost $2.10 - for the first game of [...]
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- 2021
43. Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street
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Bloom, Harold and Bloom, Harold
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- American literature--History and criticism, Mexican Americans in literature, Girls in literature, Daughters in literature, Authors, American
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Discusses the writing of The house on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Includes critical essays on the work and a brief biography of the author.
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- 2010
44. Eve Adams
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Palmer, Emily
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Adams, Eve ,Authors, American ,News, opinion and commentary ,General interest - Abstract
Her 1925 book, ''Lesbian Love,'' is one of the earliest examples of American lesbian literature. She also ran Eve's Hangout, a literary haunt in Manhattan. This article is part of [...]
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- 2021
45. The Writing Life
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Annie Dillard and Annie Dillard
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- Authors, American--20th century--Biography, DILLARD, ANNIE, Authors, American
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'For nonwriters, it is a glimpse into the trials and satisfactions of a life spent with words. For writers, it is a warm, rambling, conversation with a stimulating and extraordinarily talented colleague.'— Chicago TribuneFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Dillard, a collection that illuminates the dedication and daring that characterizes a writer's life.In these short essays, Annie Dillard—the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and An American Childhood—illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that characterize the existence of a writer. A moving account of Dillard's own experiences while writing her works, The Writing Life offers deep insight into one of the most mysterious professions.
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- 2009
46. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, October 20, 2021: Interview with Gary Paulson; Review of the documentary The Velvet Underground, by Todd Haynes.
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Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., (1.) We remember writer GARY PAULSEN who died a week ago at the age of 82. He was a prolific writer of children's books.He began writing when he was coming to terms with his alcoholism. For many years he and his wife lived in poverty in rural Minnesota. This changed when Paulsen won the Newberry Award for children's fiction in 1985 with "Dogsong." He won two subsequent awards during the next three years. Paulsen's children's books often dealt with adventurous youths who triumph over adversity in the wilderness. His adult book "Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass" was the occasion of this interview. It celebrates American farm life and recounts the activities of a multigenerational farm family. (REBROADCAST from 10.6.1992) (2.) GARY PAULSEN talks about his book "Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod.' The Iditarod has been called "the last great race on earth." It is the grueling 1,180 mile dogsled race over the Arctic terrain from Anchorage to Nome. PAULSEN ran it three times. During training for the race, PAULSEN almost lost his dogs and his own life. Relying on a combination of luck and brute will, he saved himself and his team. (INTERVIEW BT MARTY MOSS COANE) (REBROADCAST from 3.10.94) (3.) Critic at large JOHN POWERS reviews Todd Haynes' new documentary about the band called The Velvet Underground, which is now showing in theaters and on AppleTV+[Plus].
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- 2021
47. Fresh Air with Terry Gross
- Abstract
Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., (1.) GRACE M. CHO talks about her new memoir 'Tastes Like War'. It's about her experiences growing up with an American father and Korean mother, and about her mother's struggles with mental illness. CHO believes the trauma her mother experienced in the Korean war and afterward was a factor in her deteriorating mental condition. She was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia in 1994. She died in 2008. GRACE CHO is associate professor of sociology and anthropology at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She's the author of an earlier book, Haunting the Korean Diaspora: Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THROUGH TO THE END OF THE SHOW).
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- 2021
48. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Interviews with J.R. Moehringer, Anne Rice, and Greg Tate
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Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., (1.) Pulitzer-prize winning writer (More-RING-er) is an American novelist and journalist. He is the author of the book Sutton, about the bank robber Will Sutton who became a folk hero in an era (the 1920s and 30s) when the public hated the banks. He robbed 100 banks, and claimed to never have fired a shot. He also had a reputation for escaping the prisons that held him. MOEHRINGER is also the author of the memoir, The Tender Bar, which has been adapted into a new film. It's directed by George Clooney and stars Ben Affleck, Christopher Lloyd, and Tye Sheridan as Moehringer He won the Pulitzer prize for a feature story about Gee's Bend, Alabama, that he wrote for the L.A. Times. (THIS INTERVIEW IS A REBROADCAST. IT ORIGINALLY AIRED ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2012.) (2.) We listen back to Terry's 1990 interview with ANNE RICE, famous for her 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire, which launched her Vampire Chronicles series. RICE died on December 11th, at the age of 80. The 1996 movie adaptation of 'Interview With the Vampire' was a hit, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Bitt. Rice said there was a strong gothic influence over her childhood. She wrote 30 novels over her lifetime. (THIS INTERVIEW IS A REBROADCAST. IT ORIGINALLY AIRED ON OCTOBER 31, 1990). (3.) We listen back to Terry's 1992 interview with GREG TATE, an African-American journalist who wrote for the Village Voice. He died on December 7 at the age of 64. Under the guise of writing about a single subject, often a musician or artist, Tate's essays branch out and explore culture, politics and economic issues. He's written about topics as diverse as African musician King Sunny Ade ("ah-DAY"), the crisis of the black intellectual, and the cultural significance of writer Don DeLillo. His collection of essays is called "Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America." (THIS INTERVIEW IS A REBROADCAST. IT ORIGINALLY AIRED ON JUNE 17, 1992).
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- 2021
49. Contributors' notes: spring 2014
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Authors, American ,Biography ,Literature/writing - Abstract
Erin Belieu's most recent book from Copper Canyon Press, Slant Six , is due in September 2014. Malachi Black is the author of the poetry collection Storm Toward Morning , [...]
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- 2014
50. Philip Levine
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Levine, Mark
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Authors, American ,Levine, Philip (American writer) - Published
- 2013
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