Literary Figures
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The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
$16.99 Add to cartA tribute to the brilliant craftsmanship of one of our most distinguished writers, providing valuable insight into her inspiration and her method
Joyce Carol Oates is widely regarded as one of America
- Author: Oates, Joyce Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0060565543
- Language: English
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The Golden Age of Murder
$19.99 Add to cartThe new and updated 10 year anniversary edition
Winner of the Edgar, Agatha, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating crime-writing awards, this definitive account of the secretive Detection Club and its trail-bla
- Author: Edwards, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0008708940
- Language: English
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Unmasking The Humourist: Alexander Gordon’s Lost Essays of Colonial Charleston, South Carolina
$27.95 Add to cartColonial America’s Greatest Literary Mystery Solved at Last
Unmasking The Humourist is a groundbreaking literary investigation that solves one of Colonial America’s greatest mysteries: Who wrote The Hu
- Series: The Wired Researcher
- Author: Kendrick, Brent L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 18 2025
- ISBN10: 9798886799156
- Language: English
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The Queen of Swords
$24.00 Add to cartIn what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916-1988), Jazmina Barrera’s deep curiosity and exploration give us a singular portrait of a complex l… [more below]
- Author: Barrera, Jazmina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1949641872
- Language: English
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Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre
$17.00 Add to cartStep into the fascinating and gothic world of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of macabre, with this compelling literary biography that unravels his dark genius, iconic works, and enduring influence on got… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Portraits
- Author: Leland, Levi Lionel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1507224133
- Language: English
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A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson
$24.00 Add to cartThe country’s most noted writers, poets, and artists converge at a singular moment in American life, a great companion to fans of the film A Quiet Passion, starring Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson. … [more below]
- Author: Benfey, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0143115081
- Language: English
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Jane Austen: The Original Romance Novelist
$17.00 Add to cartTake a trip back in time to the Regency-era life of Jane Austen, one of literature’s most beloved novelists, with this captivating exploration of her works and the timeless themes of romance, family, … [more below]
- Series: Pocket Portraits
- Author: Saidi, Janet Lewis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 150722415X
- Language: English
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The Poetry of Chiyo-Ni: The Life and Art of Japan’s Most Celebrated Woman Haiku Master
$19.99 Add to cart“Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi are to be deeply thanked for having given us with such articulate care a poetry major in any language and in any place or time.” –Robert Creeley, poet
The Poetr- Author: Donegan, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 480531866X
- Language: English
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Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
$24.00 Add to cart“Fiercely revealing, bluntly unsentimental. . .a telling portrait of the artist as a young man that illuminates the hidden source of his art.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
J.M. Coetzee’s lat- Series: Scenes from Provincial Life #1
- Author: Coetzee, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 014026566X
- Language: English
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Running with the Bulls: My Years with the Hemingways
$23.00 Add to cartA chance encounter in Spain in 1959 brought young Irish reporter Valerie Danby-Smith face to face with Ernest Hemingway. The interview was awkward and brief, but before it ended something had clicked … [more below]
- Author: Hemingway, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 08 2005
- ISBN10: 0345467345
- Language: English
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Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard
$31.00 Add to cartA revelatory, magisterial biography of Sam Shepard–the dark, rugged genius of modern American theater and film, “the poet laureate of America’s emotional badlands” (Jack Kroll).
Sam Shepard was a tru- Author: Dowling, Robert M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1501195735
- Language: English
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The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature
$35.00 Add to cartA delightful and majestic reckoning with the ascent of American fiction in the twentieth century through the prism of the under-known man who had an astonishing amount to do with it
Malcolm Cowley is- Author: Howard, Gerald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0525522050
- Language: English
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The Durrells: The Story of a Family
$32.00 Add to cartA variously tragic tale of escapism and assimilation, Richard Bradford’s The Durrells explores the truth behind the image.
The Durrells are probably the most celebrated literary family of the 20th ce- Author: Bradford, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1448218098
- Language: English
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J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy
$17.00 Add to cartExplore the extraordinary life of J.R.R. Tolkien, the legendary creator of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, in this captivating literary biography that celebrates the father of modern fantasy and… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Portraits
- Author: Marshall, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1507224176
- Language: English
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Philip Roth: Stung by Life
$28.00 Add to cartA landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life
In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Phili- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Zipperstein, Steven J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0300251556
- Language: English
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Damaged People: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons
$29.00 Add to cartThe son of renowned author Joe McGinniss–celebrated for works like The Selling of the President and true crime blockbusters Fatal Vision and Cruel Doubt–delivers a raw and deeply moving memoir that … [more below]
- Author: McGinniss, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1668004852
- Language: English
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Writers Revealed: Treasures from the British Library and the National Portrait Gallery, London
$35.00 Add to cartA magnificent collection of portraits combined with selections from the archives of great writers
Telling the stories of the best-loved writers in English literature, Writers Revealed investigates thei
- Author: Ault, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1855145995
- Language: English
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The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford
$29.95 Add to cart“The full-throated biography fans have been yearning for.”
“McWilliams does a remarkable job connecting Stanford’s poetry with his personal life, particularly his l
–Kirkus Starred Review, April 2025- Author: McWilliams, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 686
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1682262790
- Language: English
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True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
$40.00 Add to cartThe first biography of Peter Matthiessen, the novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi, whose trailblazing work championed Native American rights and helped usher in the modern environmental movement, by a… [more below]
- Author: Richardson, Lance
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1524748315
- Language: English
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Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel
$35.00 Add to cartThe award-winning biographer Frances Wilson presents an exhilarating new look at Muriel Spark, a consummate artist of the twentieth century.
“Is the story fact? Is it fiction? It is what it is,” said- Author: Wilson, Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0374613206
- Language: English
