The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writing
ISBN: 9780395974698 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published 15 years after his suicide, this all-new, youthful work by Brautigan, was written a decade before he found sudden fame with "Trout Fishing in America".
Published 15 years after his suicide, this all-new, youthful work by Brautigan, was written a decade before he found sudden fame with "Trout Fishing i...
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This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation
ISBN: 9780415936828 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 20 years the anthology This Bridge Called My Back challenged feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices. Gloria E. Anzald'ua and AnaLouise Keating have brought together an ambitions collection of over 80 original contributions offering a bold new vision of women-of-colour consciousness for the 21st century.
Over 20 years the anthology This Bridge Called My Back challenged feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices. Gloria E. Anzald'ua an...
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248,25 zł |
Black Voices
ISBN: 9780451527820 / Angielski / Miękka / 816 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "If you don't know my name, you don't know your own."--James Baldwin Featuring fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism, Black Voices captures the diverse and powerful words of a literary explosion, the ramifications of which can be seen and heard in the works of today's African-American artists. A comprehensive and impressive primer, this anthology presents some of the greatest and most enduring work born out of the African-American experience in the United States. Contributors Include:
Sterling A. Brown Charles W. Chesnutt John Henrik... "If you don't know my name, you don't know your own."--James Baldwin Featuring fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism, B...
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51,49 zł |
The Subway Chronicles: Scenes from Life in New York
ISBN: 9780452287792 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some seven million people board the New York City subway every day, each one with a story to tell. The Subway Chronicles collects twenty-seven of the tales, dramas and comedies that unfold during the daily commute. From the mole people living in the subway tunnels, to the transit employees working behind the scenes, to the locals and tourists riding shoulder-to-shoulder in harmony, discord, or indifference, The Subway Chronicles offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives on this most public of spaces.
Prominent New York writers weigh in:
Some seven million people board the New York City subway every day, each one with a story to tell. The Subway Chronicles collects twenty-seven ...
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The Reed Reader
ISBN: 9780465068944 / Angielski / Miękka / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ishmael Reed has been described as cavorting "like a black bull in the china shop of Western culture," and The Reed Reader is a collection of the sharp, jagged results of his rampage. In it, one of the most renowned African American writers offers a generous sampling of the brilliant and witty satire, the politically charged, wildly imaginative storytelling, and the caustic cultural criticism that have become his trademarks. In these excerpts from his celebrated novels, poems, plays, and essays, Reed displays an ironic wit, a cold, keen eye for economic exploitation, a hilarious sense of the...
Ishmael Reed has been described as cavorting "like a black bull in the china shop of Western culture," and The Reed Reader is a collection of the shar...
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162,56 zł |
The Instant of Knowing: Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose
ISBN: 9780472066605 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Josephine Jacobsen, born in 1908, had her first poem published when she was just ten years old. Though Jacobsen has been writing and publishing for almost eighty years, she remained outside the literary world until she was named Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1971. She has since been honored numerous times, receiving such prestigious awards as the annual Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The Instant of Knowing: Lectures, Criticism and Occasional Prose joins... Josephine Jacobsen, born in 1908, had her first poem published when she was just ten years old. Though Jacobsen has been writing and publishing for al...
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101,08 zł |
Writing Ann Arbor: A Literary Anthology
ISBN: 9780472068999 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan have always been natural settings for the writing life, offering perennial inspiration to the many artists, poets, locals, and students who have called the city and the classroom home. Writing Ann Arbor collects fiction, essay, poetry, memoir, and drama by Max Apple, Charles Baxter, Sven Birkerts, Donald Hall, Robert Hayden, Tom Hayden, Jane Kenyon, Thomas Lynch, Ross Macdonald, Frank O'Hara, Marge Piercy, Dudley Randall, Ruth Reichl, Elwood Reid, Bob Ufer, Wendy Wasserstein, and Nancy Willard, among many others.
The anthology is eclectic... Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan have always been natural settings for the writing life, offering perennial inspiration to the many artists, p...
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90,42 zł |
The Hopwood Awards: 75 Years of Prized Writing
ISBN: 9780472069262 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a collection of some of the Hopwood Awards' best writing by the winners who went on to achieve fame as writers. Since they first began in 1931, funded by a bequest from the will of playwright Avery Hopwood, University of Michigan Class of 1905, the Hopwood Awards have grown to become one of the most sought-after writing prizes for students.
Offers a collection of some of the Hopwood Awards' best writing by the winners who went on to achieve fame as writers. Since they first began in 1931,...
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127,75 zł |
The Hopwood Awards: 75 Years of Prized Writing
ISBN: 9780472099269 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Permit me to say that I have won Hopwoods and also lost them, and I know the power that winning gives and the way the soul shakes when, all ears, you hear silence instead of your name."
-Arthur Miller The Hopwood Awards claim a gallery of prizewinners who rose to become the Who's Who of writers of the last three generations: Max Apple, John Ciardi, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Hayden, Laura Kasischke, Jane Kenyon, Arthur Miller, Howard Moss, Frank O'Hara, Marge Piercy, Ronald Wallace, and Nancy Willard, among many others. Since they first began in 1931, funded by a bequest from the will... "Permit me to say that I have won Hopwoods and also lost them, and I know the power that winning gives and the way the soul shakes when, all ears, you...
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320,04 zł |
The Best of Pickering
ISBN: 9780472113781 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praise for Sam Pickering:
"Pickering has all of Thurber's humor, and he writes as well as E. B. White. He writes with passion, wit, and a strange personal note of self-mockery; he is humanely educated, wise, and capable of a wide range of stylistic effects." ----Jay Parini ." . . he writes in the tradition of Montaigne hammering together a ramshackle affair of surprising nooks, crannies and additions-all under the same roof." ---The Oxford American "Pickering has the natural essayist's intimate yet distanced take on the world that combines a devotion to particulars .... Praise for Sam Pickering:
"Pickering has all of Thurber's humor, and he writes as well as E. B. White. He writes with passion, wit, and a strange ... |
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149,09 zł |
The Brooklyn Reader: 30 Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough
ISBN: 9780517883792 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is no other place quite like Brooklyn. Not only has it inspired and nurtured many native writers, it has had a profound impact on those passing through. The Brooklyn Reader features a rich diversity of writings -- short stories, poetry, essays, novels, biographies, and plays -- that offer thirty writers' unique and colorful experiences of New York City's biggest borough. Ranging from warm, nostalgic memories of childhood to humorous tales of new arrivals adjusting to the American way, or just stories of life's unplanned adventures, this reading tour is a true delight. Contributors...
There is no other place quite like Brooklyn. Not only has it inspired and nurtured many native writers, it has had a profound impact on those passing ...
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81,60 zł |
The Literature of California, Volume 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945
ISBN: 9780520222120 / Angielski / Miękka / 653 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Literature of California is a landmark publication--unmatched by any existing collection and distinguished by its breadth, variety of sources, and historical sweep. The editors have been refreshingly inclusive and imaginative in their selection: some of the writers are internationally known, others are anthologized here for the first time. The richness of material, ranging from Native American origin myths to Hollywood novels dissecting the American Dream; from the familiar voices of John Steinbeck, Jack London, and William Saroyan to the less-well-known narratives of Maria Amparo...
The Literature of California is a landmark publication--unmatched by any existing collection and distinguished by its breadth, variety of sourc...
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216,43 zł |
Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race
ISBN: 9780520242456 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Irreverent, charming, eminently quotable, this handbook--an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race--contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. Culled from Twain's personal letters, autobiographical writings, speeches, novels, and sketches, these pieces...
Irreverent, charming, eminently quotable, this handbook--an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race--contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, wh...
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101,29 zł |
Ravelings: A Collection of Poetry and Short Fiction
ISBN: 9780595091140 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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47,03 zł |
Kaleidoscope of Short Stories, Poems, Art, Prose
ISBN: 9780595122240 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,62 zł |
The Escapist
ISBN: 9780595133567 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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42,74 zł |
Hip-Hop-Perations: Surgical Essays and Poems for the Ghetto Mind
ISBN: 9780595137091 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,21 zł |
Epitaphs of a Broken Society
ISBN: 9780595141135 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,21 zł |
The Idea Mine: A Brief Note on Metafiction
ISBN: 9780595142644 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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47,03 zł |
Looking Through a Mirror Darkly: Collected Poems & Short Works
ISBN: 9780595167616 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,62 zł |