American - 20th century
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A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: The Story of Madeleine l’Engle and the Making of a Wrinkle in Time
$18.99 Read moreAn inspiring picture book biography of beloved author Madeleine L’Engle and the making of A Wrinkle in Time.
When Madeleine L’Engle was very small, she often found herself awake at night, marveling at- Author: Voiklis, Charlotte Jones
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0374388482
- Language: English
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Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag
$28.00 Read moreFrom the author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award.
“The masterpiece of the ‘I knew Susan’ minigenre” – A.O. Scott, The New York Times
A poignant, intimate memoir of one of America’s … [more below]- Author: Nunez, Sigrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1594633347
- Language: English
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The Liars’ Club: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cart#4 on The New York Times‘ list of The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years
The New York Times bestselling, hilarious tale of a hardscrabble Texas childhood that Oprah.com calls the best memoir of a ge- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Karr, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0143107798
- Language: English
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Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
$16.99 Read more“Knowledge is what’s important, you know? Not the erasure, but the confrontation of it.” — TONI MORRISON
In this wide-ranging collection of thought-provoking interviews — including her first and la- Series: Last Interview
- Author: Melville House
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1612198732
- Language: English
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The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village
$19.95 Read moreWinner of the Hugo Award for Non-fiction
Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany marrie
The unexpurgated edition of the award-winning autobiography- Author: Delany, Samuel R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: May 13, 2004
- ISBN10: 0816645248
- Language: English
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Who Was E. B. White?
$6.99 Read moreAn entertaining biography of the man behind Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web, two of the best loved children’s books of all time. Learn about E.B. White’s exciting life in this new addition to the #… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Herman, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0593386728
- Language: English
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Ernest Hemingway in the Yellowstone High Country
$36.33 Add to cartIn the 1930s, iconic American author Ernest Hemingway spent five summers at a ranch on the edge of Yellowstone National Park. Here he did some of his best writing, and his experiences in the mountains… [more below]
- Author: Warren, Christopher Miles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1606391143
- Language: English
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Life Among the Savages
$18.00 Add to cartIn a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America’s celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children.
In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkne- Author: Jackson, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0143128043
- Language: English
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There’s Something Strange about My Brain: Writing Horror for Kids
$25.00 Read moreCalling all literary enthusiasts and aspiring authors! R.L. Stine, the maestro of fright and a creative genius, has finally unveiled his secrets to the world of storytelling in his latest masterpiece.
- Author: Stine, Rl Stine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1955690537
- Language: English
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On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison
$18.99 Read moreDiscover the early life and legacy of groundbreaking American writer Toni Morrison in this beautifully illustrated and “awe-inspiring” (School Library Journal, starred review) nonfiction picture book … [more below]
- Author: Nolen, Jerdine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1534478523
- Language: English
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Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
$18.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction Winner of the Shilts-Grahn Triangle Award for Lesbian Nonfiction Winner of th- Author: Perry, Imani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0807039837
- Language: English
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An American Childhood
$17.99 Add to cart“An American Childhood more than takes the reader’s breath away. It consumes you as you consume it, so that, when you have put down this book, you’re a different person, one who has virtually experien
- Author: Dillard, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0060915188
- Language: English
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You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartA searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indi
- Author: Alexie, Sherman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 12, 2019
- ISBN10: 0316270741
- Language: English
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Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections on Sixty and Beyond
$18.99 Add to cartIn a lucid, brilliant work of nonfiction, Larry McMurtry has written a family portrait that also serves as a larger portrait of Texas itself, as it was and as it has become.
Using an essay by the Germ- Author: McMurtry, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 07 2001
- ISBN10: 0684870193
- Language: English
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Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction
$26.95 Read moreThere has never been a full-length biography of Mickey Spillane, the most popular and influential mystery writer of his era–until now.
Beginning in 1947 with I, the Jury, and continuing with his next
- Author: Collins, Max Allan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1613163797
- Language: English
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On Writing
$19.99 Add to cartSharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.
Charles Bukowski’s stories, poems, and novels have
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 26, 2016
- ISBN10: 0062417401
- Language: English
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Philip Guston Now
$65.00 Add to cartA sweeping retrospective of Philip Guston’s influential work, from Depression-era muralist to abstract expressionist to tragicomic contemporary master
A Wall Street Journal 2020 holiday gift guide pick
- Author: Guston, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1942884567
- Language: English
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A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
$16.00 Add to cart“One of the Finest Memoirs Ever Written” –The New Yorker
The highly acclaimed memoir of one of the most original American storytellers of the rural South A Penguin Classic Harry Crews grew up as the s- Author: Crews, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0143135333
- Language: English
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Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde
$30.99 Add to cartDuring her lifetime, Audre Lorde (1934-1992), author of the landmark Cancer Journals, created a mythic identity for herself that retains its vitality to this day. Drawing from the private archives of
- Author: De Veaux, Alexis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 474
- Publish Date: November 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0393329356
- Language: English
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The House by the Sea
$23.99 Add to cartHere she found the peace and aloneness she sought–and partly feared. The journal records the renewing of her life and work in this place.
- Author: Sarton, May
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: July 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0393313905
- Language: English
