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Literature, American



link to catalog page MORRIS, Writing Fiction for Children

Writing Fiction for Children

Stories Only You Can Tell

Author: Judy K. Morris
Pub Date: August 2001

A practical, time- and workshop-tested approach to writing fiction for children, entertainingly told   learn more...

link to catalog page PARTCH, Bitter Music

Bitter Music

Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos

Author: Harry Partch
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2000

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link to catalog page EBERLY, Citizen Critics

Citizen Critics

Literary Public Spheres

Author: Rosa A. Eberly
Pub Date: 2000

The condition of our public discussions about literary and cultural works has much to say about the condition of our democracy and the author argues for more public discourse--in classrooms, newspapers, magazines, etc. to reclaim a public voice on national artistic matters.   learn more...

link to catalog page POE, Complete Poems Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Pub Date: 2000

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link to catalog page STANLEY, Cowboy Poets and Cowboy Poetry Author: Edited by David Stanley and Elaine Thatcher
Pub Date: 2000

This is the first sustained and serious look at the traditions, history, and contribution that cowboy poets and cowboy poetry have made to American life and culture.   learn more...

link to catalog page CONNOR, Imagining Grace

Imagining Grace

Liberating Theologies in the Slave Narrative Tradition

Author: Kimberly Rae Connor
Pub Date: March 2000

Extends the tradition of the slave narrative to contemporary artists and demonstrates how they all work toward a “liberation theology”--even though it may not be traditionally Christian or sacred.   learn more...

link to catalog page RUBIN, Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature Author: Rachel Rubin
Pub Date: April 2000

A look at the Jewish gangster between the wars (focusing on the Russian writer, Isaac Babel, and Americans Gold, Ornitz, and Fuchs but also taking into consideration cartoons, movies, and modernist painting), Rubin sees the “gangster” as a way Jewish writers could examine their place in world literature.   learn more...

link to catalog page BALCH, Lamps at High Noon Author: Jack S. Balch
Pub Date: 2000

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link to catalog page SALT, Life of Henry David Thoreau Author: Henry S. Salt
Pub Date: 2000

A definitive and much-admired biography of Thoreau, now made available (and affordable!) in this first-ever paperback edition of Henry Salt’s final version.   learn more...

link to catalog page BARNUM, The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself Author: Phineas T. Barnum Introduction by Terence Whalen
Pub Date: 2000

In this first reprinting in paperback of Barnum's “original” biography, it will be easy to understand how he was able to create the “Greatest Show on Earth,” a show as outrageous and entertaining as Barnum himself   learn more...

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