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Best American Poetry 2018 (The Best American Poetry series)
- ASIN: 1501127802
- ISBN: 1501127802
- Brand: Scribner
- Manufacturer: Scribner
The 2018 edition of the Best American Poetry—“a ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune)—collects the most significant poems of the year, chosen by Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia.The guest editor for 2018, Dana Gioia, has an unconventional poetic background. Gioia has published five volumes of poetry... [Read More]
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The Best American Poetry 2019
- ASIN: 1982106573
- ISBN: 1982106573
- Brand: Scribner
- Manufacturer: Scribner
The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry—“one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world” (Academy of American Poets)—now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review.Since 1988, The Best American Poetry has been the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry. The Washington Post... [Read More]
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Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759471393
- ASIN: 048647139X
- ISBN: 9780486471396
- Brand: Blaisdell, Bob (EDT)
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," C... [Read More]
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The Best American Essays 2013 (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: 0544103882
- ISBN: 0544103882
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Selected and introduced by Cheryl Strayed, the New York Times best-selling author of Wild and the writer of the celebrated column “Dear Sugar,” this collection is a treasure trove of fine writing and thought-provoking essays.
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
- ASIN: 0679745130
- ISBN: 0679745130
- Brand: Vintage
- Manufacturer: Vintage
Variously funny, frightening, poignant, and exhilarating, these collected stories displays the best American writers at the peak of their powers and the national narrative at its most eloquent, truthful, and inventive.The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As select... [Read More]
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An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
- ASIN: 1616208686
- ISBN: 1616208686
- Brand: Algonquin Books
- Manufacturer: Algonquin Books
A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR * TIME * BUSTLE * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTA... [Read More]
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Contemporary Jewish American Writers and the Multicultural Dilemma: Return of the Exiled (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
- ASIN: 0815628463
- ISBN: 0815628463
- Brand: Brand: Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
Exploring the ambivalent relationship between multiculturalists and contemporary Jewish American literature, this text advocates a more inclusive and intellectually valid form than is currently practiced. It includes an historical overview of Jewish American fiction.
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)
- UPC: 046442843676
- ASIN: 0395843677
- ISBN: 0395843677
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the b... [Read More]
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Contemporary Latin American Literature : Original Selections from the Literary Giants for Intermediate and Advanced Students
- ASIN: 0658015060
- ISBN: 0658015060
- Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education
Contemporary Latin American Literature reflects the wealth of great writers of Latin America over the last hundred years, including Jorge Luis Borges, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Noble Prize winners Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Gabriel Garcia Márquez. The selections--almost 100 works in their original form--include English definiti... [Read More]
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The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology
- ASIN: 0316380318
- ISBN: 0316380318
- Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Collects short stories by African American writers such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker
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You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe
- ASIN: 0060982020
- ISBN: 0060982020
- Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Thirty-four of America's most distinguished fiction writers--including Oscar Hijuelos, John Irving, and Joyce Carol Oates--introduce the short stories that inspired them most.
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The Bob Verdi Collection (Contemporary American Sports Writers)
- ASIN: 0878336087
- ISBN: 0878336087
- Brand: Brand: Taylor Pub
- Manufacturer: Taylor Pub
Essays discuss baseball, football, golf, basketball, boxing, hockey, horse racing, and the Olympics
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Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Formative Period, (Understanding Contemporary American Literature)
- ASIN: 0872498700
- ISBN: 0872498700
- Brand: Brand: University of South Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press
During the past 50 years American science fiction has become one of the most popular forms of fiction throughout the world. It provides the best index to the impact of all fields of science, as well as technology, on the literary and popular imaginations. Indeed, it has helped to shape the dreams that lie behind the worldwide interest in space expl... [Read More]
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Ask Again, Yes: A Novel
- ASIN: 1982106980
- ISBN: 1982106980
- Brand: Scribner
- Manufacturer: Scribner
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Mrs. Everything: A Novel
- ASIN: 1501133489
- ISBN: 1501133489
- Brand: Atria Books
- Manufacturer: Atria Books
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The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
- ASIN: 0316055441
- ISBN: 0316055441
- Brand: Back Bay Books
- Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Ab... [Read More]
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The Great American Novel
- ASIN: 0679749063
- ISBN: 0679749063
- Manufacturer: Vintage
Gil Gamesh, the only pitcher who ever literally tried to kill the umpire. The ex-con first baseman, John Baal, "The Babe Ruth of the Big House," who never hit a home run sober. If you've never heard of them—or of the Ruppert Mundys, the only homeless big-league ball team in American history—it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist... [Read More]
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Anne Tyler: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)
- ASIN: 0313302499
- ISBN: 0313302499
- Manufacturer: Greenwood
Anne Tyler's novels strike a deep chord of responsiveness in her readers because her novels bring to life contemporary characters to whom we can instantly relate and in whose experiences we can see mirrored our own. Tyler's novels deal with the human experience: relationships between marital partners, between parents and children…between siblings... [Read More]
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Worlds in Our Words: Contemporary American Women Writers
- ASIN: 013182130X
- ISBN: 013182130X
- Manufacturer: Pearson
Encompassing several genres of literary composition, this up-beat, multi-cultural anthology provides an integrated curriculum of contemporary American women writers from diverse backgrounds whose works have recently emerged or made an impact on American literature in the last several decades. Juxtaposing the works of emerging writers with thos... [Read More]
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The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel
- ASIN: 0061537969
- ISBN: 9780061537967
- Brand: Harper Paperbacks
- Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein—a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders a... [Read More]
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