Kategoria BISAC: Biography & Autobiography >> Literary Figures

In this affectionate memoir one of the principal scholars of southern literature reflects of his lifelong study and offers his view of how the great writers of the South chanced to emerge during the worst of economic eras in that region.

Though he sees this phenomenon through the lens of his own experience in Mississippi, he brings into focus the questions so often asked by literary critics and historians: -Why did the American literary renaissance between 1920 and 1940 occur in the South?-

Young provides a fresh answer. His own background in a Mississippi hamlet, his growing...

In the final volume of the Collected Works of A.M. Klein, Elizabeth Popham completes the process of restoring the public voice of one of Canada's most respected authors. A.M. Klein: The Letters is the first compilation of a significant body of Klein's correspondence. Using his communications to construct a compelling narrative, Popham traces Klein's career from his apprenticeship to great critical success and his tragically premature silence.

The content of Klein's letters gives new resonance to his works, most notably to his critically acclaimed novel The...

Rita Mae Brown s earliest memory is of the soothing purr of Mickey, her family s long-haired tiger cat, who curled up and claimed a spot in her crib. From there, a steady parade of cats, dogs, horses, and all manner of two- and four-legged critters have walked, galloped, and flown into and through her world. In Animal Magnetism, the bestselling author shares the lessons she s learned from these marvelous creatures as well as her deep appreciation for them. We meet Franklin, a parrot with a wicked sense of humor; R.C., a courageous Doberman who defined loyalty and sacrifice;...

John Oliver Killens's politically charged novels "And Then We Heard the Thunder" and "The Cotillion; or One Good Bull Is Half the Herd," were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His works of fiction and nonfiction, the most famous of which is his novel "Youngblood," have been translated into more than a dozen languages. An influential novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and teacher, he was the founding chair of the Harlem Writers Guild and mentored a generation of black writers at Fisk, Howard, Columbia, and elsewhere. Killens is recognized as the spiritual father of the Black Arts Movement....

If Russell Banks (b. 1940) says he doesn't -think about his] reader at all when he's] writing, - he clearly enjoys talking with his actual readers, whether they be students, writers or academics, delighting in the diversity of his audience and in the -greater democratization of commentary- provided by alternative media.

These conversations span a period of over thirty years, from 1976 with the publication of his first novel, Family Life, and his first collection of short stories, to 2008 with The Reserve. Most date from the late 1990s on, when the publication of...

The Modern Language Association (MLA) awarded the Lois Roth Award to John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski of the University of Ottawa's Slavic Research Group for their translation of Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya's My Life memoirs.

My Life was selected among the top 100 non-fiction works of 2010 by The Globe and Mail.
It has also won an honourable mention in the Biography and Autobiography category of the 2010 American Publishers Awards for the Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) awards.
And, finally, it made it into the Association of American...