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The Mother The Mother Germaine Delamain,Pearl S. Buck Pearl Buck paints the portrait of a poor woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide… OL1140106W
To everything on earth To everything on earth Kurt Caswell "Collected essays on the nexus of fate, community, and nature by a group of writers and scholars that have collaborated on several initiatives and projects tied to the same. By looking at external la… OL15626141W
Complete poetry and collected prose Complete poetry and collected prose Walt Whitman This is the most comprehensive volume of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose. This is also the only collection that includ… OL16319W
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 Emily Raboteau,Rana Dasgupta,Elizabeth Gonzalez,Emmanuel Guibert,Etgar Keret,Kurt Vonnegut,Stephen King,Gene Weingarten,David Rohde,David Gessner,Evan Ratliff,Laurie Weeks,Tamas Dobozy,Paul Hornschemeier,Rutu Modan,Dave Eggers,Andrew Sean Greer,Sherman Alexie,Patrick Tobin,George Saunders,Patricio Pron,Tea Obreht,Amy Waldman,Didier Lefèvre,Bryan Furuness,Laura van den Berg,Lilli Carré,Courtney Moreno,Marjorie Celona,J. Malcom Garcia,Jake Swearingen,Helon Haliba,Raffi Khartchadourian,Malerie Willens,Rachel Aviv,Nora Bonner,Frederic Lemercier,T Ott Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literatue including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects. OL16500767W
Afterimages of slavery Afterimages of slavery Marlene D. Allen,Seretha D. Williams "Since the election of President Barack Obama, many pundits have declared that we are living in a "post-racial America," a culture where the legacy of slavery has been erased. The essays in this coll… OL16531669W
Gothic to multicultural Gothic to multicultural A. Robert Lee "Gothic to Multicultural: Idioms of Imagining in American Literary Fiction, twenty-three essays each carefully revised from the past four decades, explores both range and individual register. The col… OL16988781W
The Best American Non-Required Reading 2014 The Best American Non-Required Reading 2014 Daniel Handler This is the 2014 collection of writing from the workshop at 826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA. OL17322635W
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 Tom Downey,David Rakoff,Joe Sacco,Kurt Vonnegut,Ian McEwan,Judy Budnitz,Art Spiegelman,Michael Lewis,Guy Delisle,Naguib Mahfouz,Miranda July,Gipi,Dave Eggers,村上春樹,Julia Sweeney,Matt Groening,David Foster Wallace,Rick Moody,George Saunders,Jeff Parker,Cat Bohannon,The Lincoln Group,Shaw, Sam Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects. OL17771376W
Letter to a future lover Letter to a future lover Ander Monson Readers of physical books leave traces: marginalia, slips of paper, fingerprints, highlighting, inscriptions. All books have histories, and libraries are not just collections of books and databases b… OL19996292W
Intersex narratives Intersex narratives Viola Amato This book explores representations of intersex – intersex persons, intersex communities, and intersex as a cultural concept and knowledge category – in contemporary North American literature and popu… OL20035993W
Challenges to the Dream Challenges to the Dream Jim Daniels 197 pages ; 23 cm OL24192294W
Next wave Next wave Walt Harrington,Mike Sager "Next Wave collects the work of today's finest young writers--nineteen creative reporters whose work builds upon foundations laid by previous generations. Although naysayers predicted the decline of … OL24288640W
The rediscovered writings of Rose Wilder Lane, literary journalist The rediscovered writings of Rose Wilder Lane, literary journalist Rose Wilder Lane "Famous as the editor of her mother's Little House books, Rose Wilder Lane worked for fifty years as a literary journalist, traveling widely and commenting on a broad range of topics. Amy Mattson Lau… OL2709962W
This stubborn self This stubborn self Bert Almon "According to Bert Almon, Texas autobiographies reveal as much about the state as about their authors, recording geography and history, economic, social and religious practices. A. sense of place dis… OL2724858W
Out there Out there Darryl Pinckney "Darryl Pinckney, the acclaimed author of the novel High Cotton and iconoclast known for his writings in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and elsewhere, affirms the literary power of the … OL3097960W
Many roads taken Many roads taken Losantiville Society of Writers "This memoir genre collection begins with a selection of short stories which bring inspirational characters and their admirable spirits and deeds to light. It continues through true stories about lif… OL31213678W
1870 1870 Joseph Fichtelberg "A crucial addition to American literary criticism on sentimental literature, Critical Fictions is a groundbreaking analysis of the relations between commercial and sentimental discourses in early Am… OL4782235W
The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight Marc Weingarten . . . In Cold Blood, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Armies of the Night . . .Starting in 1965 and spanning a ten-year period, a grou… OL5824538W
Chapters of Experience Chapters of Experience Gordon O. Taylor xviii, 162 pages ; 23 cm OL5902856W
The New Kings of Nonfiction The New Kings of Nonfiction Ira Glass The New Kings of Nonfiction heralds a collection of stories - some well-known, some slightly obscure - capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of non-fiction. These pieces on subj… OL8485048W
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