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El olor de la guayaba: conversaciones con Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza
By Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Má́́rquez. 1993
Jane Austen's names: riddles, persons, places
By Margaret Doody. 2015
Professor of literature reveals the stories behind many names and places mentioned in Jane Austen's novels to reveal greater meaning…
to the books. Explains these references to current events and recent history of Austen's time and the context they carried for readers of her day. 2015Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog
By James Grissom. 2015
As a young writer, author Grissom sent a letter to playwright Tennessee Williams, who invited him to New Orleans for…
a few days. He recorded the playwright's reminiscences and promised to seek out the many actresses who shaped Williams' work to ask them about his legacy. Some strong language. 2015Goldeneye: where Bond was born : Ian Fleming's Jamaica
By Matthew Parker. 2015
Author of Panama Fever (DB 66585) describes the Jamaica experienced by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series that…
includes Casino Royale (DB 56134) and Dr. No (DB 58875). Discusses the depictions of Jamaica in Fleming's work, his platonic and romantic relationships there, and the history of Jamaica. 2015Playwright Samantha Ellis inspects several classic literary ladies, including both characters and writers. Ellis evaluates the role they have played…
in her life within a tight-knit Iraqi-Jewish community before expanding her scope to examine how timeless characters often serve as guides for how many people live their lives. 2014The selected letters of Langston Hughes
By Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad, David Roessel, Christa Fratantoro. 2015
Collection of letters written by poet and novelist Hughes (1902-1967) between 1921 and his death. Includes letters to his family,…
luminaries of art and literature including Carl Van Vechten, his long-time editor Blanche Knopf, Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, and more. Commentary from editors expands on references. Some strong language. 2015La literatura es mi venganza (Colección Argumentos #471)
By Mario Vargas Llosa, Claudio Y Magirs. 2014
Compiled from a dialogue between award-winning authors Magris and Vargas Llosa, which took place in the National Library of Peru…
in 2009, in which they discussed the power of literature to change the world. With a prologue by Renato Poma. Spanish language. 2011The Zhivago affair: the Kremlin, the CIA, and the battle over a forbidden book
By Peter Finn, Petra Couvée. 2014
Journalist Finn and translator Couvée examine the life and major work of Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of Doctor Zhivago (DB…
75275). Details influences on the novel, writing culture in the Soviet state, how the novel was published, and its use by Western intelligence agencies as Cold War propaganda. Some strong language. 2014"Literchoor is my beat": a life of James Laughlin, publisher of New Directions
By Ian S. MacNiven. 2014
Founder of New Directions, an independent publishing house, James Laughlin preferred to stay private throughout his life. In this book,…
however, MacNiven produces a detailed portrait of Laughlin's life, including his doubts about his own abilities, the first New Directions anthology, and the ski resort Laughlin ran in Utah. 2014The selected letters of Norman Mailer
By Norman Mailer, J. Michael Lennon. 2014
Collection of 714 letters by Pulitzer Prize winner Mailer (1923-2007), written between the 1940s and 2000s. Includes letters to his…
family; fellow writers such as William Styron, Truman Capote, and Saul Bellow; and well-known figures such as Lillian Hellman, Abbie Hoffman, and Fidel Castro. 2014Portrait inside my head: Essays
By Phillip Lopate. 2013
Literary critic and essayist, author of Portrait of My Body (DB 45241), discusses his relationships over the years with people--including…
his rivalry with radio-host brother Leonard--places, ideas, and things. Examines how his life has changed over the years. Some strong language. 2013No joke: making Jewish humor (Library of Jewish ideas #4)
By Ruth R. Wisse. 2013
Yiddish literature professor examines the history of the use of humor in Jewish culture. Examines worldwide influences, including traditions in…
German, Yiddish, English, Russian and Hebrew. Positions Jewish humor in the context of popular culture in specific times and places. 2013American earth: environmental writing since Thoreau
By Bill McKibben. 2008
Anthology of the most significant American environmental writings of the last two centuries, including works by Thoreau, Muir, Burroughs, Carson,…
and more. Covers topics such as overpopulation, consumerism, energy policy, and endangered habitats. Provides a detailed chronology of American environmental history and the environmental movement. Foreword by Al Gore. 2008Penelope Fitzgerald: a life
By Hermione Lee. 2014
Author of Edith Wharton (DB 71610) profiles Booker Prize winner and author of The Blue Flower (DB 45885). Details Fitzgerald's…
growing up in England as the granddaughter of two bishops, the start of her literary career at age 58, and the influences of personal experiences and family on her work. 2013Insurrections of the mind: 100 years of politics and culture in America
By Franklin Foer. 2014
Centenary collection of more than fifty essays originally published in the New Republic magazine, covering one hundred years of American…
liberalism. In "The Birth-Control Raid," Margaret Sanger exposes the violation of civil liberties in an unlawful 1929 raid on the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau in New York City. 2014El profeta (Colección libros singulares)
By Kahlil Gibran, Khalil Gibran. 2009
Cuento místico por el poeta y pintor libanés Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) de un profeta, , que expone sobre los temas…
del amor, matrimonio, alegría y tristeza, crimen y castigo, dolor, y autoconocimiento. Traducido del original en inglésTennessee Williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh
By John Lahr. 2014
Biography of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), the author of The Glass Menagerie (DB 45893) and A Streetcar Named Desire (DB 46212).…
Details Williams's personal life and relationships, career as a playwright, and scandals surrounding him--even after his death. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. National Book Award Finalist. 2014Pimp: the story of my life
By Iceberg Slim. 2011
Autobiography of Iceberg Slim (1918-1992), born Robert Beck in Chicago. At the age of eighteen, he was initiated into the…
life of the pimp. After several stints in jail, Slim gave up the life and turned to writing. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1969Take this man: a memoir
By Brando Skyhorse. 2014
Memoir by the author of The Madonnas of Echo Park (DB 71696). Describes being raised as an American Indian by…
his single mother in Echo Park, California, in the 1970s and 1980s and discovering at the age of twelve or thirteen that he was really Mexican. Strong language. 2014The mockingbird next door: life with Harper Lee
By Marja Mills. 2014
Journalist describes becoming friends with author Harper Lee (born 1926), known to her family and friends as Nelle, and her…
sister Alice and eventually moving in next door to them. Provides insights into Lee's reclusiveness and reluctance about writing another novel after To Kill a Mockingbird (DB 36414/77672). Bestseller. 2014