Complete Writings
9 best books like Complete Writings (Phillis Wheatley): Vanity Fair, The Raw Shark Texts, Freak Show, Hobomok Other Writings on Indians by Lydia Maria Child, The Norton Anthology of African American Literature, Blacks, That This, Riddance: Or the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children, Charlotte Temple
| Author | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| ISBN | 0141439831 |
Here I am, 54 years old, and for the very first time reading William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair. "Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero." I disagree with Thackeray. The 'Hero' of Vanity Fair is the steadfast and stalwart William Dobbin; of that there is no doubt. This novel is not the coming of age,...
| Author | Steven Hall |
| ISBN | 1841959111 |
Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no idea who or where he is. A note instructs him to see a Dr. Randle immediately, who informs him that he is undergoing yet another episode of acute memory loss that is a symptom of his severe dissociative disorder. Eric's been in Dr. Randle's care for two years...
| Author | James St. James |
| ISBN | 0525477993 |
Billy Bloom is gay, but it's mostly theoretical, as he hasn't had much experience. When he has to move to Florida, he can't believe his bad luck. His new school is a mix of bible belles, amberzombies, and football heroes -- none of which are exactly his type.
Billy's efforts to fit in and stand out...
| Author | Lydia Maria Francis Child |
Hobomok, A Tale of Early Times is the provocative story of an upperclass white woman who marries an Indian chief, has a child, then leaves him--with the child--for another man. This novel, originally published in 1824, is a powerful first among antipatriarchal and antiracist novels in American literature....
| Author | Nellie Y. McKay |
| ISBN | 0393977781 |
Welcomed on publication as "brilliant, definitive, and a joy to teach from," The Norton Anthology of African American Literature was adopted at more than 1,275 colleges and universities worldwide. Now, the new Second Edition offers these highlights.
This landmark anthology includes...
| Author | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| ISBN | 0883781050 |
Here is a necessary collection of poetry for admirers of words and treasurers of literary beauty. Spanning more than 30 years, this collection of literary masterpieces by the venerable Ms. Gwendolyn Brooks, arguably Illinois' most beloved Poet Laureate and Chicago's elder black literary stateswoman,...
| Author | Susan Howe |
| ISBN | 0811219186 |
“What treasures of knowledge we cluster around.” That This is a collection in three pieces. “Disappearance Approach,” an essay about the sudden death of the author’s husband (“land of darkness or darkness itself you shadow mouth”), begins the book with paintings by Poussin, an autopsy,...
Riddance: Or the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children
"Shelley Jackson is a writer of such extraordinary, uncanny power that the hair on the back of my neck stands up when I encounter her work. What an exhilarating, prickling, blistering book Riddance is! I made myself read it as slowly as possible in order to stay in as long as I could." —Kelly Link, author...
| Author | Susanna Rowson |
| ISBN | 0195042387 |
Charlotte Temple, a "best seller" that went through more than 200 editions, was the most popular American novel until Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. It tells of a beautiful English girl who at the age of 15 is courted by and runs away with a British lieutenant named Montraville. Once in America,...
