A collection of reminiscences that illuminate the career and private life of the iconic author of 'Slaughterhouse-Five' Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), who began his writing career working for popular magazines, held both literary aspirations and an attraction to genre fiction.
A comprehensive biography of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, one of the nineteenth-century America's best-selling authors A fascinating biography about Augusta Jane Evans, a nearly forgotten writer who was nevertheless one of the most popular writers of her era.
Captain Billy's Troopers is a frank, literary memoir about William Cobb's life as a southern writer-his struggles with addiction and illness, his career as a teacher and novelist, and his hard won return to creative life.
Although much is known about the mature Truman Capote--his literary genius and flamboyant life-style--details of his childhood years spent in Monroeville, Alabama, have remained a mystery.
Frank Norris Remembered is a collection of reminiscences by Norris's contemporaries, friends, and family that illuminate the life of a popular American novelist.
Sinclair Lewis Remembered is a collection of reminiscences and memoirs by contemporaries, friends, and associates of Lewis that offers a revealing and intimate portrait of this complex and significant Nobel Prize-winning American writer.
"e;Described by Jose Garcia Villa as America's 'greatest short story writer,' by Alistair Cooke as the 'the unrecognized genius of our time,' and by his biographer as 'one of the most remarkable, talented, and shamefully neglected writers that America has pro- duced,' William March (1893-1954) is remembered, if at all, for The Bad Seed, which March ironically regarded as his worst work.
Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritage During the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has produced hundreds of new Scottish clan and heritage societies.
This thoughtful, engaging collection examines resilience, identity, and inequality in the modern workplace produced by one of the nation's most observant and incisive writers.
A study of realism and folk literature and of the sources and techniques of storytelling Alias Simon Suggs is a study in the life and writings of Johnson J.
The great writer's irascible wit shines in this comprehensive collection Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews is an annotated and indexed scholarly edition of every known interview with Mark Twain.
Exhibiting Slavery examines the ways in which Caribbean postmodern historical novels about slavery written in Spanish, English, and French function as virtual museums, simultaneously showcasing and curating a collection of "e;primary documents"e; within their pages.
James Still (19062001) first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet, and he remains one of the most beloved and important writers in Appalachian literature.
James Still (19062001) first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet, and he remains one of the most beloved and important writers in Appalachian literature.
John Keats's biographers have rarely been fair to George Keats (17971841)pushing him to the background as the younger brother, painting him as a prodigal son, or labeling him as the "business brother.
Nature was always vital in Thomas Merton's life, from the long hours he spent as a child watching his father paint landscapes in the fresh air, to his final years of solitude in the hermitage at Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he contemplated and wrote about the beauty of his surroundings.
This collection of Twain's fiction and nonfiction on the subject "e;provides insight into the war's influence on this great American writer"e; (The Post and Courier, Charleston).
John Keats's biographers have rarely been fair to George Keats (17971841)pushing him to the background as the younger brother, painting him as a prodigal son, or labeling him as the "business brother.
Nature was always vital in Thomas Merton's life, from the long hours he spent as a child watching his father paint landscapes in the fresh air, to his final years of solitude in the hermitage at Our Lady of Gethsemani, where he contemplated and wrote about the beauty of his surroundings.
The influential literary magazine The Dial is regarded as a titanic artistic and aesthetic achievement for having published most of the great modernist writers, artists, and critics of its day.
The influential literary magazine The Dial is regarded as a titanic artistic and aesthetic achievement for having published most of the great modernist writers, artists, and critics of its day.
Florida is a civilized place with eighteen million residents and all of the modern amenities one might expect: fine universities, art museums, world-class restaurants, and luxury accommodations.
The first deeply researched and sustained biographical treatment of a man who has become recognized as a significant figure in American publishing, transatlantic modernism, and the development of obscenity law.
In recent years Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894) has been fictionalized at least three times, perhaps most notably in Colm Toibin's award-winning work The Master, a novelization of the life of Woolson's close friend Henry James.
Henry David Thoreau, one of America's most prominent environmental writers, supported himself as a land surveyor for much of his life, parceling land that would be sold off to loggers.
