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Sometimes humorous, sometimes heart-wrenching, this gathering of new work by writers over fifty is always honest.
Who Is Mark Twain? is a collection of twenty six wickedly funny, thought-provoking essays by Samuel Langhorne Clemens—aka Mark Twain—none of which have ever been published before, and all of which are completely...
Short stories, essays and poems from the talented writers who live in the shadow of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Here is a volume that is true Maine--as eloquent of "downeast" as a bough of fir balsam, as the thunder of a wave of a rocky shore, as the lonely splendor of the northern lights in the sky behind Katahdin. ...
A collection of evocative and versatile works by the National Medal of Arts recipient.
Mark Twain's legendary insight and wit shine throughout this new selection of his writings, the first to focus on California. As a young man, the celebrated author of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and other...
With a keen eye for detail and a lyrical style, Jeff Klinkenberg sets his sights on the contradictions that make up the Sunshine State. No one else would think to engage a professional symphony orchestra tuba...
An annual dedicated to the life and writings of one of America's most prolific and popular authors. Like its pioneering predecessor, the one-volume review published in 1952 by William F. Nolan, The New Ray Bradbury...
This collection of 44 poems, by Jean Arthur Jones, is edited and published by Bruce Whealton. It reflects the editor's personal impression of what are the best poems of the many that have been written by Mr....
In this collection of stories and essays, the beloved author of the classic, best-selling novel A Lesson Before Dying shares the inspirations behind his books and his reasons for becoming a writer. Told in the...
This is a powerful story of an African-American man's struggle to raise his son in a period of overt discrimination and segregation in America. Diversified characters portray the reality of the period, as the...
A new look at Malcolm X's life and times from his Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer, Manning Marable
Manning Marable's Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, has already...
Letters from Black America fills a literary and historical void by presenting the pantheon of African American experience in the most intimate way possible—through the heartfelt correspondence of the men and...
Florida can seem like a child's dream of paradise: endless sunny days, trips to the beach to swim and build sandcastles, bike riding without a jacket in the middle of January, and magical themeparks only a short...
Penguin Classics commemorates the 50th anniversary of Steinbeck's Nobel Prize with Portable Steinbeck for the 21st century
It would be impossible to overstate John Steinbeck's enduring influence on American letters....
Theophobia continues Beasley's postmodern spiritual meditations in the tradition of John Donne, George Herbert, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Eliot.
The poet's brother disappears mysteriously in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. These deeply felt poems explore loss, grief, acceptance.
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. This special edition contains selections from the following editions:
The Best American Short...
The accidental wit and wisdom of Sarah Palin, drawn verbatim from her public comments, Facebook updates, and tweets, by the head of the SLATE group and longtime collector and editor of GEORGE W. BUSHISMS....
Philosophy meets satire, poetry, cosmology, and absurdity in this tragicomic brew of magical realism and 1970s rural Mormon Utah.