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Essays
Paul Hoover
Pointed essays and an interview from one of contemporary literature's most engaging critics, poets, and editors
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Essays
Paul Hoover
Pointed essays and an interview from one of contemporary literature's most engaging critics, poets, and editors
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77. Cover image for 'Dearly Beloved Friends'
Henry James's Letters to Younger Men
Susan E. Gunter and Steven H. Jobe, Editors
The romantic side of Henry James, revealed through his letters to young male friends
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Essays on Literature and Culture
Marianne Novy, Editor
Engaging essays on the theme of adoption as seen in literary works and in writings by adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption activists
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Essays on Literature and Culture
Marianne Novy, Editor
Engaging essays on the theme of adoption as seen in literary works and in writings by adoptees, adoptive parents, and adoption activists
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American Theater, Culture, and Politics, 1915-48
J. Ellen Gainor
The first in-depth examination of the theatrical achievements of this acclaimed playwright
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American Theater, Culture, and Politics, 1915-48
J. Ellen Gainor
The first in-depth examination of the theatrical achievements of this acclaimed playwright
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80. Cover image for 'Barrier of a Common Language'
An American Looks at Contemporary British Poetry
Dana Gioia
The latest offering in the Poets on Poetry series from the acclaimed poet, critic, and current chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
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81. Cover image for 'Secret Spaces of Childhood'
Elizabeth Goodenough, Editor
This eclectic, wide-ranging anthology of essays, art, poetry, fiction, and memoir gathers distinguished contributors, from Wole Soyinka to Joyce Carol Oates
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Elizabeth Goodenough, Editor
This eclectic, wide-ranging anthology of essays, art, poetry, fiction, and memoir gathers distinguished contributors, from Wole Soyinka to Joyce Carol Oates
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82. Cover image for 'The Metaphysician in the Dark'
Charles Simic
From one of America's foremost contemporary poets, a scintillating, surprising collection of essays on everything from poetry and art to the fine art of sausage-making
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83. Cover image for 'Ezra Pound and China'
Zhaoming Qian, Editor
Explores Ezra Pound's long fascination with Chinese literature and culture
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83. Cover image for 'Ezra Pound and China'
Zhaoming Qian, Editor
Explores Ezra Pound's long fascination with Chinese literature and culture
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83. Cover image for 'Ezra Pound and China'
Zhaoming Qian, Editor
Explores Ezra Pound's long fascination with Chinese literature and culture
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with Trial of a Poet
Karl Shapiro
Now back in print, two brilliant verse-essays on poets and poetry by an American master
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84. Cover image for 'Essay on Rime'
with Trial of a Poet
Karl Shapiro
Now back in print, two brilliant verse-essays on poets and poetry by an American master
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Memoirs
Charles Simic
The coming-of-age of one of America's best-loved poets, from his childhood in war-torn Yugoslavia to his bohemian years in New York City
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Ten More Years with Ray
Tess Gallagher
Documents that chronicle the story of a literary partnership and marriage that did not end with death
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The Black Female Body in American Culture
Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Editor
Traces the evolution of the black female body in the American imagination
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Poetry and Identity
David Mura
Essays and interviews on the relationship of color and the literary canon
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A Theory of Revision and Editing for Book and Screen
John Bryant
The first coherent theoretical, critical, and editorial approach to the study of literary revision
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Essays, Conversations, and Interviews
Philip Levine
An engaging and intimate collection by an American original
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Essays, Conversations, and Interviews
Philip Levine
An engaging and intimate collection by an American original
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Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry
Thomas M. Disch
Eminently readable and refreshingly candid essays on literature and culture, by a master of many literary genres and forms
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Essays on Poetry
Mark Jarman
How a poem tells a story, and the importance of narrative as core of a poem's body and key to its soul
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Essays on Poetry
Mark Jarman
How a poem tells a story, and the importance of narrative as core of a poem's body and key to its soul
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93. Cover image for 'Imagining Wild America'
John Knott
Sheds light on notions of wilderness as reflected in the works of American authors from Audubon to Mary Oliver
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John Knott
Sheds light on notions of wilderness as reflected in the works of American authors from Audubon to Mary Oliver
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John Knott
Sheds light on notions of wilderness as reflected in the works of American authors from Audubon to Mary Oliver
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94. Cover image for 'The Instant of Knowing'
Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose
Josephine Jacobsen
A rich assortment of the writings of rediscovered octogenarian poet Josephine Jacobsen
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Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art
Annie Finch and Kathrine Varnes, Editors
Fifty poets examine the architecture of poems—from the haiku to rap music—and trace their history
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95. Cover image for 'An Exaltation of Forms'
Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art
Annie Finch and Kathrine Varnes, Editors
Fifty poets examine the architecture of poems—from the haiku to rap music—and trace their history
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Essays on Her Theater and Fiction
Linda Ben-Zvi, Editor
The first book-length critical assessment of American playwright and fiction writer Susan Glaspell
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Reliant Contemplation
Stephen Caldwell Wright, Editor
A reassessment of the art and achievements of the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize
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The Emergence of Network Culture
Michael Joyce
Meditations on network culture, hypertext, the geography of cyberspace, and interactive film
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Toward an Autobiography
Philip Levine
An extraordinary memoir from one of our most celebrated poets
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Narratives of Dangerous Remembering from Stein to Sapphire
Janice Doane and Devon Hodges
An exploration of how specific historical contexts, narrative conventions, and cultural politics shape the ways that stories of incest are told and heard
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100. Cover image for 'Telling Incest'
Narratives of Dangerous Remembering from Stein to Sapphire
Janice Doane and Devon Hodges
An exploration of how specific historical contexts, narrative conventions, and cultural politics shape the ways that stories of incest are told and heard
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