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Maps and legends
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Michael Chabon |
A series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically argues for a … |
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lucky wreck
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Ada Limón |
Poetry by Ada Limón. The winner of the 2005 Autumn House Poetry Prize, selected by Jean Valentine.
"Ada’s new book has a smart clip of anger to some of the poems, edgy parameters of disappointment… |
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An American childhood
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Annie Dillard |
A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in t… |
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Sandra Cisneros
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Karen Clemens Warrick |
"Discusses the life of Latina author Sandra Cisneros, including her childhood in Chicago, her path to becoming an accomplished author, and her work in the Latino community"--Provided by publisher. |
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Seeing the circle
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Joseph Bruchac |
The author tells how he learned about his own Native American background, how he became a writer, and how he spends his days. |
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Zachary Kent |
"[E]xamines the life of the writer whose work, which includes such masterpieces as "The raven" and "The tell-tale heart," remains among the most memorable in the history of American literature"--P. [… |
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Lucking out
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James Wolcott |
""How lucky I was, arriving in New York just as everything was about to go to hell." That would be in the autumn of 1972, when a very young and green James Wolcott arrived from Maryland, full of lit… |
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Edith Wharton
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Hermione Lee |
From Hermione Lee, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning biographer of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather, comes a superb reexamination of one of the most famous American women of letters.Delving… |
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Meet Daniel Pinkwater
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McGinty, Alice B. |
A short biography of the author of more than seventy books for children, Daniel Pinkwater. |
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Wild
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Cheryl Strayed |
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed th… |
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The Glimmering Room
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Cynthia Cruz |
Cynthia Cruz’s second collection, <em>The Glimmering Room</em>, beckons readers down into the young speakers’ dark underworld, and because we are seduced by Cruz’s startling imagery and language rich… |
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Surprising myself
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Jean Fritz |
Fritz, a well-known author of books for young people, describes her daily life and the way she writes. |
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Beverly Cleary
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Susan Ring |
A biography of American author Beverly Cleary, who is best known for her books featuring Ramona Quimby, plus a chapter of creative writing tips. |
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Don't quit your day job
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Sonny Brewer |
Collects anecdotes from contemporary American authors on the jobs and careers they held before becoming successful authors, including Steve Yarbrough, Connie May Fowler, Daniel Wallace, and Cassandra… |
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Jeff Kinney
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Kelli L. Hicks |
"Presents the life and career of Jeff Kinney, including his childhood, education, and milestones as a best selling children's author"--Provided by publisher. |
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In Search of Our Mother's Garden
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Alice Walker |
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, the author speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces ranging from the personal to the political. Among the contents a… |
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Beverly Cleary
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Susan Ring |
Beverly Cleary wrote delightful and funny stories about identifiable characters like Ramona Quimby, the star of Beezus and Ramona and Ramona's World. This is an overview of her life and her most popu… |
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Alice Walker
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Caroline Evensen Lazo |
Discusses the personal life and literary career of the African American woman who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, "The Color Purple." |
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Judy Blume
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Jennifer Nault |
A biography of American author Judy Blume, whose award-winning children's books include "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and "Freckle Juice," plus a chapter of creative writing tips. |
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Muy Macho
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Ray Gonzalez |
From the Homeboy to the Latin Lover, America cherishes a host of images about Latino men, yet all are based on the belief in macho men, virile and brash, full of violence and testosterone. With the g… |
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