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Essays and reviews (Library of America Edgar Allan Poe Edition Ser. #2)
By Edgar Allan Poe, G. R. Thompson. 1984
Collection of Edgar Allan Poe's writings includes his thoughts on poetry; reviews he wrote on many American, British, and Continental…
authors; his views of the literary world he moved in; essays; and more. Compilation material selected and notes written by G. R. Thompson. 1984Editor Datlow has selected twenty-eight standout stories from ten years' worth of her "best of the year" horror anthologies. Authors…
in the collection include Suzy McKee Charnas, Peter Straub, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, Brian Evenson, and Neil Gaiman. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2018A collection of classic science fiction short stories written by women from the 1920s through the 1960s. Includes stories from,…
among others, Leslie F. Stone, Judith Merril, Leigh Brackett, Kit Reed, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Some violence and some strong language. 2018The best American science fiction and fantasy 2018 (Best American series)
By John Joseph Adams, N. K. Jemisin. 2018
A collection of American speculative, science fiction, and fantasy short stories that were originally published in 2017. Includes selections by…
Charlie Jane Anders, Samuel R. Delany, Jaymee Goh, Cadwell Turnbull, Peter Watts, and others. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2018Appalachian reckoning: a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy
By Anthony Harkins, Meredith McCarroll. 2019
The editors respond critically to the book Hillbilly Elegy (DB 85796) and provide perspective from Appalachians of varied backgrounds through…
a blend of scholarship, prose, poetry, and more. Create a portrait of a region that is culturally rich but economically distressed and defies overly simplistic description. Strong language. 2019More deadly than the male: masterpieces from the queens of horror
By Graeme Davis. 2019
This collection of twenty-six stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcases the prominent role of women in the…
formation of the horror genre. Includes stories from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and more. Some violence. 2019Readymade bodhisattva: the Kaya anthology of South Korean science fiction (The Magpie series of modern and contemporary Korean literature)
By Sunyoung Park, Park Sang Joon. 2019
A collection of short stories from South Korea translated into English, including both classic and contemporary works. Includes a critical…
introduction, an essay on science fiction fandom in South Korea, and contextualizing information and annotations for each story. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019This bridge called my back: writings by radical women of color
By Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga. 2015
Collection of essays and poetry by women of color exploring issues including colonialism, homophobia, roots of radicalism, theory as it…
plays out in the real world, racism in the women's movement, and women's experiences in the developing world. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015The Moth presents Occasional magic: true stories of defying the impossible (The Moth Presents #2)
By Catherine Burns. 2019
Following The Moth Presents All These Wonders (DB 87801), this collection from the storytelling group The Moth includes inspirational true…
stories from people--both well-known and regular people from around the world--who have faced life s challenges. Some strong language. 2019Let me clear my throat: essays
By Elena Passarello. 2012
Exploration of the mechanics and impact of human voices through essays and stories. Topics include deconstructing the rebel yell, Howard…
Dean's infamous shout at a rally during his 2004 presidential campaign, and a 1941 article on tips for popular singing by Frank Sinatra. 2012Mythic journeys: retold myths and legends
By Paula Guran. 2019
A collection of twenty-eight stories that reexamine and reinterpret ancient myths and legends. The cultural roots of the stories come…
from around the world, with contributors including Neil Gaiman, Ken Liu, Rachel Pollack, Yoon Ha Lee, and Ann Leckie. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Have you seen Luis Velez?: a novel
By Catherine Ryan Hyde. 2019
Teenager Raymond leads a lonely life, shuttling between the homes of his divorced parents. Millie, an elderly blind woman who…
lives in his mother's building, asks him if he has seen the man who was her caretaker. He starts helping Millie, and looking for the missing Luis Velez. 2019The second volume of a two-part collection of essays and reviews by the literary critic includes uncollected reviews and three…
books of essays: The Triple Thinkers, The Wound and the Bow, and Classics and Commercials. Companion to Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & '30s (DB 96220). 2007Nobody's looking at you: essays
By Janet Malcolm. 2019
Collection of eighteen essays by the author of In the Freud Archives (DB 22346) and The Journalist and the Murderer…
(DB 89364). The title piece is a profile of fashion designer Eileen Fisher and the title is a quote from a frequent piece of advice from Fisher's mother. 2019Una historia de España
By Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Arturo Perez-Reverte. 2019
A history of the main events that have occurred since Spain's origins and up through the end of the Transition,…
with a subjective view. Originally written over the course of more than four years in the "Patente de corso" column for XL Semanal. Spanish language. 2019Literary essays and reviews of the 1920s & 30s: The shores of light ; Axel's castle ; Uncollected reviews (Library of America Edmund Wilson Edition #1)
By Edmund Wilson, Lewis M. Dabney. 2007
The first part of a two-volume collection of essays by the influential American critic and social chronicler includes pieces written…
during the 1920s and 1930s--an assortment of previously uncollected reviews and two books of literary criticism: The Shores of Light and Axel's Castle. 2007The Civil War: the first year told by those who lived it (Library of America: The Civil War Collection #1)
By Stephen W. Sears, Brooks D. Simpson, Sheehan-Dean Aaron. 2011
More than one hundred twenty pieces drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs…
that create a firsthand narrative of the first year of the Civil War. 2011Black from the future: a collection of Black speculative writing
By Lauren Cherelle, Stephanie Andrea Allen. 2019
A collection of stories by Black women writers from across the spectrum of Black speculative writing, including science fiction, fantasy,…
magical realism, and Afrofuturism. Includes stories from, among others, Jewelle Gomez, Eden Royce, Nicole Sconiers, Morgan Christie, Vernita Hall, Stefani Cox, and Leila Green. 2019Collection of critiques by renowned novelist Henry James (1843-1916). This first volume features his critical writings and appreciation of the…
works of famous authors, from Edgar Allan Poe to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Includes theoretical essays "The Art of Fiction" and "The Future of the Novel. 1984