Learn about James Baldwin, his books, essays, short stories, poems, and contribution to literature. Discover his challenges as a black writer in a white tradition. Updated: 11/21/2023 Who is James Baldwin? James Baldwin (1924 - 1987) is one of the most influential American voices and ...
For the Books On Books Collection, Barbara Tetenbaum’s works have offered a map for exploring the different ways that text, image, structure and material bring about enjoyment and meaning in book art and bookmaking. Broadsides, chapbooks, a codex, a sculpture and, yes, a map have joined ...
alternative history. In this novel, John Brown’s plan for a nation of escaped slaves in the Appalachian mountains actually happens. Having just been through a couple of books about Brown and also the underground railroad, and also just passing the 150th anniversary of Brown’s raid on Harper...
Tag-team novel writing wasn’t new: no lesser worthies than Henry James and William Dean Howells had banded with ten scribes in 1907 to produce The Whole Family, whose excellence is demonstrated by the fact that this may be the first and only time you’ll ever hear about it. The novelty...
James Fox December 19, 2024 'A Christmas Carol' Marvelously Captured the Holiday's Victorian Spirit and Inspired New Traditions for Centuries to Come Published on this day in 1843, at a time when Christmas was undergoing great transformation, Charles Dickens' novel centered the virtues of kindnes...
Bret Easton Ellis’s brutal, horrific novel is a biting satire about the rampant greed and heartlessness that consumed parts of the country during the 1980s. The film investigates many of the same themes, but adds an element of dark humor that drives home the absurdity of all its characters...
AI Is About to Turn Book Publishing Upside-Down 2 June 2023 (Publishers Weekly) “ChatGPT will become the patron saint of the slush pile. Its abilities to evaluate grammar and logical expression allow it to make a once-over assessment of whether a book is (reasonably) well written…” ...
—Ron Charles, The Washington Post From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird , a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, ...
Ryan explains that the book is about justice, or more accurately, the principle of justice as the Stoics saw it. This ended up expanding the topic to include virtues like integrity, incorruptibility, and empathy for others. The book pulled stories from the lives of many people involved in ...
Testa, Maria. SOMETHING ABOUT AMERICA Thayer, Ernest Lawrence. CASEY AT THE BAT Thomas, Rob. DOING TIME : NOTES FROM THE UNDERGRAD Thomas, Rod. RATS SAW GOD Thomas, Rob SLAVE DAY Thompson, Kate. THE NEW POLICEMAN Thomson, Celia. THE FALLEN ...