Search Results for: American
Jean-Claude van Itallie
…Atlantic Books, San Francisco. Jean-Claude van Itallie’s 1985 translation of Jean Genet’s The Balcony was commissioned and produced by the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Traveller, van Itallie’s…
Wilmington’s Lie
by David ZucchinoFrom Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans
Amy Alexander
…and classic American musicals (including “Kiss Me Kate,” “The Boyfriend,” “Gypsy,” “Mame,” “A Chorus Line,” and “Chicago.”) Alexander is also a big fan of American cinema, particularly films of the…
The Indispensables
by Patrick K. O'DonnellFrom the bestselling author of Washington’s Immortals and The Unknowns, an important new chronicle of the American Revolution heralding the heroic actions of the Marbleheaders from Massachusetts…
Jam on the Vine
by LaShonda BarnettAn explosive debut novel that chronicles the life of a trailblazing African American woman journalist through the start of the twentieth century.
The Perfect War
by James William Gibson“Powerfully and persuasively, William Gibson tells us why we were in Vietnam. This book is a work of daring brilliance–an eye-opening chronicle of waste and self-delusion.” –Robert Olen Butler…
Sherman Alexie
…Kuo, Alexie excelled at writing and realized he’d found his new career choice. Shortly after graduating in American Studies from WSU, Alexie received the Washington State Arts Commission Poetry Fellowship…
King of the Blues
by Daniel de ViséThe first full and authoritative biography of an American—indeed a world-wide—musical and cultural legend
First to Fly
by Charles Bracelen FloodFrom a critically acclaimed historian, the lively story of the American pilots who defied neutrality and flew for France before the United States entered World War I.
