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Emily Raboteau

Emily Raboteau is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Professor’s Daughter. Her fiction and essays have appeared in Best American Short Stories, Best African American Fiction, The Guardian,…

What We Are

by Peter Nathaniel Malae

“A rollercoaster ride inside the haunted house of American multi cultural sin and shame. Violent and smart and funny. I am excited by this new writer.” —Sherman Alexie…

Hettie Jones

American ought to read; and Lawrence Ferlinghetti said: “A feminist scrutiny such as this is just what those lost decades needed, as the Beats themselves needed it.” The New York…

The Black Calhouns

by Gail Buckley

Gail Lumet Buckley tells the story of her dynamic family during the most crucial century in African American history.

Revolutionary Snipers

by Patrick K. O'Donnell

…and The Indispensables, the dramatic untold story of the snipers whose marksmanship and irregular warfare altered the outcomes of crucial battles and influenced the way the American Revolution was fought…

The Poker Bride

by Christopher Corbett

“The Poker Bride is a gorgeously written and brilliantly researched saga of America during the mad flush of its biggest Gold Rush. Christopher Corbett’s genius is to anchor his larger…

Nine Plays of the Modern Theatre

by Harold Clurman

“The nine plays included in this volume are not only modern by date, 1944-1975, but in their dramatization . . . . Though each may differ from the others in…

Wash

by Margaret Wrinkle

…the painful inheritance and implications of such a horrendous moment in American history. . . . Wash is both redemptive and affirming.” —Major Jackson, The New York Times Book Review…

Central America Inside Out

by Tom Barry

“A thorough, well-documented . . . investigation of the extend and consequences of North American government and business influence over Central American politics and economics.” –Kirkus Reviews…

Lonesome Traveler

by Jack Kerouac

“Kerouac’s work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.”–Ann Douglas