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Gordo

by Jaime Cortez

Shedding profound natural light on the inner lives of migrant workers, Jaime Cortez’s debut collection ushers in a new era of American literature that gives voice to a marginalized generation…

Book of the Little Axe

by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Ambitious and masterfully wrought, Lauren Francis-Sharma’s Book of the Little Axe is an incredible journey, spanning decades and oceans from Trinidad to the American West during the tumultuous days of…

Returning to Earth

by Jim Harrison

“[Harrison’s] books glisten with love of the world, and are as grounded as Thoreau’s in the particulars of American place—its rivers and thickets, its highways and taverns. Bawdily and with…

The Middleman and Other Stories

by Bharati Mukherjee

…that no one has looked at with quite so clear an eye since approximately World War II, the queasy crucible in which the American identity itself is alloyed.” –Chicago Tribune…

John L’Heureux

…Jesuit and upon leaving the Jesuits taught American literature and fiction writing at Tufts, Harvard, and for the past thirty years at Stanford University. I am married to Joan Polston,…

Guitar

by Tim Brookes

“Brookes takes us on a riveting autobiographical odyssey through a charged, emotional world atremble with soulful yearnings, suspense and evolving American musical styles. . . . Makes you want to…

Horton Foote

Horton Foote’s distinguished career in American theater, film, and television spans more than fifty years. Born in Wharton, Texas, he moved to New York to study acting, but he soon…

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was a poet, activist, and one of the Beat Generation’s most renowned writers. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and cofounder…

Glengarry Glen Ross

by David Mamet

“One of his best plays. Crackling tension . . . ferocious comedy and drama. A top American playwright in bristling form.” –Frank Rich, The New York Times…

Mary Brave Bird

Richard Erdoes (1912-2008) was one of America’s leading writers on Native American affairs. A prominent illustrator and photographer, Erdoes was the author of more than thirty books, including Lame Deer,…