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Wives of Bath Press Corliss And Other AwardWinning Stories
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Legare Street Press Il Pecorone Di Ser Giovanni Fiorentino...
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Austin Macauley Publishers Third Collection of Short Stories
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Austin Macauley Publishers Folk Tales of Old Europe
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Austin Macauley Publishers Folk Tales of Old Europe
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Austin Macauley Publishers An Open Letter to Everyone I Have Ever Loved
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Austin Macauley Publishers A Different Drum
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Canongate to Cannon Shell
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£10.92
Cambridge University Press The Cause of Humanity and Other Stories
Book SynopsisRudyard Kipling''s (18651936) work is known and loved the world over by children and adults alike; it has been translated into many languages, and onto the cinema screen. This volume brings together for the first time some 86 uncollected short fictions. Almost all of them will be unfamiliar to readers; some are unrecorded in any bibliography; some are here published for the first time. Most of them come from Kipling''s Indian years and show him experimenting with a great variety of forms and tones. We see the young Kipling enjoying the exercise of his craft; yet the voice that emerges throughout is always unmistakably his own, changing the scene every time the curtain is raised.Trade Review'… brings together for the first time … a single volume [of] some 86 uncollected short fictions by Kipling. Almost all of them will be unfamiliar to readers; some are unrecorded in any bibliography; some are here published for the first time. … The Cause of Humanity and Other Stories: Rudyard Kipling's Uncollected Prose Fictions is especially recommended to the attention of students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the career and literature of Rudyard Kipling.' Library Bookwatch'The pieces printed here represent work in progress in the making of a great writer, and in at least one of them, genius finds its perfect vehicle.' Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph'… a rare insight into the young Kipling.' The Observer'This fascinating collection lays bare the early development of Kipling's art, before giving us a single, powerful glimpse of where it would take him.' Andrew Glazzard, New Statesman'Only now, thanks to Thomas C. Pinney (a mighty Kiplingologist, editor of his complete correspondence), do we have a definitive list (of Kipling's short fiction), and a whole new book of these early pieces, many of which have never been reprinted before.' Sir Noel Malcolm, The Sunday Telegraph'For students of Kipling's writing, this will open a window into the work of a young, but very talented, writer as he rehearses and practices his craft, finding his way as he develops a style that will become distinctly his own.' Rosi Hollinbeck, San Francisco Book Review'A treasure trove for Kipling's fans and for anyone interested in fiction set in India during the British Raj …' Desi News'Pinney's editorial skill and scholarship are everywhere evident in these pages.' Jan Montefiore, The Times Literary Supplement'… this whole volume is a helpful addition to the library of anyone with a serious interest in this prolific and extraordinary writer.' John Batchelor, Modern Language ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; The cause of humanity and other stories; Appendices; Glossary.
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St Martin's Press Unrestored Woman
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St Martin's Press The Wolfe at the Door
Book SynopsisAn all new collection from an American literary iconThe circus comes to town and a man gets to go to the stars. A young girl on a vacation at the sea meets the man of her dreams. Who just happens to be dead. And an immortal pirate. A swordfighter pens his memoirs and finds his pen is in fact mightier than the sword. Welcome to Gene Wolfe's playground, a place where genres blend and a genius's imagination straps you in for the ride of your life. The Wolfe at the Door is a brand new collection from one of America's premier literary giants, showcasing some material never been seen before. Short stories, yes, but also poems, essays, and ephemera that gives us a window into the mind of a literary powerhouse whose world view changed generations of readers in their perception of the universe.
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Lulu.com A Frustrated Persons Thoughts
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Austin Macauley Publishers Seventeen Going Under
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Austin Macauley Publishers Seventeen Going Under
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Austin Macauley Publishers Dead Serious
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Menagerie
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Dodo Press The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of
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AuthorHouse Tales from 316 Depot Street
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Xlibris MixedMedia
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Xlibris Lighting the Dark Side
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Pan Macmillan A Baby at the Beach Cafe
Book SynopsisA Baby at the Beach Cafe is an engaging short story follow-up to Lucy Diamond's bestselling novel The Beach Cafe.Evie loves running her beach cafe in Cornwall but with a baby on the way, she's been told to put her feet up. Let someone else take over? Not likely. Helen's come to Cornwall to escape the stress of city living. She hopes a seaside life will be the answer to all her dreams. When she sees a job advertised at the cafe it sounds perfect. But the two women clash and sparks fly. . . and then events take a dramatic turn. Can the pair of them put aside their differences in a crisis?Trade ReviewStuffed with guilty secrets and characters you'll root for from the start, this warm and emotional summer novel about a family in crisis makes for delicious summer reading. * Sunday Express on Summer at Shell Cottage *A great summer read from Lucy Diamond. * Hello on Summer at Shell Cottage *Enthralling drama about family secrets. * Heat on Summer at Shell Cottage *
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Read Books The Pit and the Pendulum
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AuthorHouse Beautiful Illusions
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AuthorHouse Tinamikas Morning
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Lulu.com The Schoolmistress and Other Stories The Tales of
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Dundurn Group Ltd Brilliance Is the Clothing I Wear
Book SynopsisA diverse anthology of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction compiled from writers in the mental health and addiction communities.The latest in InkWell Workshops' groundbreaking anthology series, this volume features poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction from twenty-eight talented writers who are participants in the workshops. Led by accomplished professional writers with unruly minds, InkWell is a liberatory project that offers free creative opportunities to people with mental health and addiction issues. With themes of nourishment and desire, madness and connection, grief and hunger for a new world, these are fierce writings from the margins: honest, defiant, funny, and wise.Trade ReviewThe authors of the pieces collected in this anthology are clad in brilliance ... Through their collective vulnerabilities and sensitivities, they seek to guide and welcome us into a community of bravery and battered hearts. * Roxanna Bennett, winner of the Trillium Award for Poetry *By sharing their truths in this polished, triumphant collection, [the contributors] prove their moments of darkness don't define them. * Quill & Quire *
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Dundurn Group Ltd The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar
Book SynopsisA creepy collection of spooky short stories perfect for reading out loud any time you want the fun of a good fright.Boo! See, scared you already. This collection of short, spooky stories is perfect for reading out loud on Halloween night, at a sleepover, or around the campfire. Jeremy John takes you on a frightening trip to the past, where Wild West criminals meet the hangman and brave knights battle monsters in the forest, through to today, where young vampires find victims through dating apps and spirits possess smart speakers.Turn out the lights, grab a flashlight, hide under the blankets, and enjoy the fun frights of ghosts who feed on trick-or-treating kids, a pumpkin patch that hides a terrible secret, and who or what is buried in the grave of Mikey Dunbar.Trade ReviewI can't wait to share these stories with my kids. Jeremy John has the perfect stories for a frightening good time. A fun spooky read, like Goosebumps meets the Treehouse of Horror. * Drew Kozub, host of KiSS radio Winnipeg & Breakfast Television *Dark and whimsical with plenty of wickedly unexpected twists that will most certainly stop your heart and delight even the more experienced fans of horror literature. * Trevor Shand, host of Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew podcast *Jeremy John is a master of putting himself into the mindset of a kid and capturing the magic and mystery of a good scary tale. This collection of short stories is easy to read and best read in the dark with a flashlight. * Pay Chen, TV & radio host, writer *This guy scares me. * Jay “Maddog” Michaels, host of CHOM 97-7 Montréal *A fun read for all ages. And a little off the hinge in all the right places. * Tarzan Dan, host of Q107 Calgary *Table of ContentsContentsThe Hangman........................................................................... . 1Daddy-Daughter Halloween..................................................... 25The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar, Number 1...................... 33The Young Knight and the Quest to Kill the Woldger............... 39Making Plans for Halloween..................................................... 61The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar, Number 2...................... 67Our Little Pumpkin Patch........................................................ 71The Haunting — A Poem.......................................................... 85The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar, Number 3...................... 89A New Device........................................................................... 93Dead Drunk: The Story of a Monster Hangover.................... 111The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar, Number 4.................... 117Ancient History...................................................................... 123The Hunt................................................................................. 135Acknowledgements ............................................................... 149About the Author................................................................... 151
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Little, Brown Book Group Picnic in the Storm
Book SynopsisWinner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice''In Yukiko Motoya''s delightful new story collection, the familiar becomes unfamiliar . . . Certainly the style will remind readers of the Japanese authors Banana Yoshimoto and Sayaka Murata, but the stories themselves?and the logic, or lack thereof, within their sentences?are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen and George Saunders'' ?Weike Wang, New York Times Book ReviewA housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique - which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus stop, mocking businessmen struggling to keep their umbrellas open in a typhoon - until an old man shows him that they hold the secret to flying. A woman working in a clothing boutique waits endlessly on a customer who won''t come out of the fitting room - and who may or may not be humTrade ReviewDelightful . . . At face value, the stories are fun and funny to read, but weightier questions lurk below the surface. . . . The writing itself is to be admired . . . Certainly the style will remind readers of the Japanese authors Banana Yoshimoto and Sayaka Murata, but the stories themselves - and the logic, or lack thereof, within their sentences - are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen and George Saunders. * Weike Wang, The New York Times Book Review *Unsettlingly good * The Sunday Times *Ingenious stories * The Guardian *These arresting, hyper-real stories linger in the imagination . . . By the first few sentences, you know you're hearing the voice of a remarkable writer; by the end of [the story] "An Exotic Marriage", you're certain that Yukiko Motoya's shivery, murmuring voice will never completely leave you. * Financial Times *These uncanny stories surprise, unnerve and haunt * Spectator *Incredibly enjoyable stories * Daily Mail *11 arresting, hyper-real and delightful stories * Independent i paper *The stories are funny and creepy; they have a campfire vibe, a brush of the moonless night. . . . The tales boil down to the problem of balancing empathy with self-assertion - of both practicing kindness and expressing your own needs, and all while the people around you are behaving like wraiths or aliens. Motoya's protagonists feel quietly radical in a literary moment that seems particularly interested in unpacking various forms of narcissism. They treat the importance of others' inner lives as a given. . . . Meanwhile, the reader watches each transformation and stab at connection. She becomes the bulge in the curtain, the shadow on the other side of the glass-the strange one. * The New Yorker *Motoya is a writing talent who's not afraid of doing things her own way . . . Mixing the absurd with the psychological, Motoya takes the reader on flights of fancy that also seem to capture the bizarreness of our own minds, preconceptions and concerns. If you feel like reading something that little bit different this year then these stories are the perfect place to start. * Stylist magazine *Channeling the surrealist spirit of Banana Yoshimoto and Aimee Bender, Yukiko Motoya's trippy debut story collection alchemizes commonplace frustrations - a malfunctioning umbrella in a downpour, a tedious meeting - into marvelous allegories. . . . Weird and wonderful * Michelle Hart, O, The Oprah Magazine *Charming, bizarre, and uncanny, PICNIC IN THE STORM is Etgar Keret by way of Yoko Ogawa. I'd follow Yukiko Motoya anywhere she wanted to take me. * Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties *In 11 short stories, Yukiko Motoya pulls back the curtain from everyday lives, to reveal that beneath the most mundane lies a world bizarre and alien * Bustle, 1 of 11 Most Anticipated Books *I wish I could live inside a Yukiko Motoya book. Her perception and wisdom make the everyday experience feel magical and weird and the strangest experience seem strangely familiar * Etgar Keret, author of Missing Kissinger *
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Read Books Night Watches
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Duke University Press Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet
Book SynopsisPlatinum Bible of the Public Toilet is the first English-language collection of short stories by Cui Zi’en, China’s most famous and controversial queer filmmaker, writer, scholar, and LGBTQ rights activist. Drawing on his own experiences growing up in socialist and postsocialist China, Cui presents ten queer coming-of-age stories of young boys and men as they explore their sexuality and desires. From a surreal fairytale depicting a ragtag crew of neighborhood boys in the throes of sexual awakening to a chronicle of the gender-bending and homoerotic entanglements of university students to romantic love triangle erotica to a story that examines teacher-student love and the norms of sex and age, Cui centers queer sexuality as a core part of human experience. Richly imaginative and vividly written, Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet portrays the emergence of queer cultures in postsocialist China while foregrounding the commitments to one’s erotic and passioTrade Review“Artist, activist, pioneer, and provocateur, Cui Zi’en is known for shaking up the world of Chinese queer cinema and standing at the forefront of the queer rights movement in China. Now, for the first time, a selection of his avant-garde literary works is available in English. This collection reveals Cui Zi’en’s strange literary universe, brimming with the uncanny, the philosophical, and the beautiful.” -- Michael Berry, author of * Enter the Clowns: The Queer Cinema of Cui Zi’en *“In Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet Cui Zi’en invites readers into an enchanted world of childhood innocence, family legends, and young love. Through vivid language and skilled storytelling, Cui creates a queer utopia where gender and sexual fluidity are celebrated in ways that challenge the patriarchal, heterosexual, and homosexual norms of our times. This collection showcases Cui as one of the most talented and original queer writers in the world today.” -- Hongwei Bao, author of * Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance *"The volume’s abundant supplementary material includes meticulous footnotes, a lengthy interview with the author, and an appendix that illustrates the diversity of his artistic output. Throughout, Cui’s impulses to provoke the forces that repress sexuality and uphold literary conventions are grounded in joie de vivre. Reminiscent of the writings of Pier Paolo Pasolini, this is an indelible portrait of an artist." * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Introduction / Carlos Rojas vii Editors’ Introduction / Petrus Liu and Lisa Rofel xi Preface / Translated by Petrus Liu xxiii Uncle’s Elegant Life / Translated by Lisa Rofel 1 Intrigue Like Fireworks / Translated by Fran Martin 10 Some Admire Wisdom, Others Do Not / Translated by Derek Hird 20 Orphans of the Japanese Empire / Translated by Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen 45 The Silent Advent of the Age of Sexual Persuasion / Translated by Petrus Liu 71 Men Men Men Women Women Women / Translated by Yizhou Guo 82 Men Are Containers / Translated by Casey James Miller 117 Fire and Wolf Share a Fondness for Male Beauty / Translated by Yizhou Guo 129 Teacher Eats Biscuits Thin as Parchment / Translated by William F. Schroeder 141 Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet / Translated by Wenqing Kang and Cathryn H. Clayton 153 Interview with Cui Zi’en / Petrus Liu and Lisa Rofel 257 Appendix: Works by Cui Zi’en 273 Bibliography 279 Contributors 283 Place of First Publication 285
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Pan Macmillan Swimmer Among the Stars
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Graphic Arts Books Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of
Book SynopsisMaggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) is a novel by American writer Stephen Crane. Self-published by Crane when the author was only 22 years old, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets has since been recognized as the first work of American literary Naturalism. Inspired by his experience as a working reporter in Manhattan, Crane sought to explore the effects of poverty, alcoholism, and abuse on a character whose determination and moral goodness are entirely ill-suited for survival. The story begins with Jimmie Johnson, a young boy whose family lives in squalor in Manhattan’s Bowery neighborhood. When he tries to fight a gang of older boys, Jimmie is saved by his best friend Pete, only to go home to parents who—in a drunken rage—frighten and abuse their three young children. The deaths of their father and young brother Tommie place an enormous burden Jimmie, who works as a teamster to support himself and his alcoholic mother. Although Maggie finds work as a seamstress and begins a promising relationship with Jimmie’s childhood friend Pete, her life is derailed by her family’s resentment and by the hypocrisy of her community. Forced onto the streets, Maggie Johnson must do whatever she can to survive. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a gritty novel that takes a hard look at the lowest and darkest parts of American society in the age of industry. What it finds is a loss of morality and a need for not only assistance and education, but a complete reassessment of what it means to be human. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Stephen Crane’s Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Graphic Arts Books Heart of the West
Book SynopsisHeart of the West is a collection of 19 short stories highlighting the complicated relationship between men and women, law and order, honor and obligation. These compelling tales are filled with memorable characters and fascinating conflicts. In Heart of the West, O. Henry explores the illustrious region featuring cowboys, outlaws, rangers and sheepherders. It consists of 19 short stories celebrating the unique culture and happenings in the Old West. “Telemachus, Friend,” follows an unconventional love triangle, while "The Caballero's Way" centers an unexpected tragedy fueled by jealousy and betrayal. This collection features a variety of tales ranging from sentimental romance to humorous adventure. O. Henry breathes new life into the American West with vivid plots and unforgettable characters. This diverse group of stories transports readers to a bygone era of rugged heroes and sinister villains. Originally published in 1904, Heart of the West epitomizes this extraordinary moment in time. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Heart of the West is both modern and readable.
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Fantastic Books Non-Parallel Universes
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END OF LINE CLEARANCE BOOK The Mysterious Portrait
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FriesenPress The First Year: 97 Stories Distilled From 87
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Male Tears
Book Synopsis'One of the most singular, moving and crucial voices of our times' David Peace In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that brings together over fifteen years of work, Benjamin Myers lays bare the male psyche in all its fragility, complexity and failure, its hubris and forbidden tenderness. Farmers, fairground workers and wandering pilgrims, gruesome gamekeepers, bare-knuckle boxers and ex-cons with secret passions, the men that populate these unsettling, wild and wistful stories form a multi-faceted, era-spanning portrait of just what it means to be a man.Trade ReviewMoving fast and deadly, the stories in Male Tears carry us from bleak farms to lonely reservoirs and snowbound woods. Benjamin Myers writes sentences with a charging pulse and the account they give of masculinity is a bloody one, stripped of romance and larded with wit -- Chris PowerBenjamin Myers' stories in Male Tears cut right to the heart of the matter. This is fiction to be taken in gulps of pleasure - full of fire and light, wisdom and violence -- Rob DoyleOne of the most interesting, restless writers of his generation * Daily Mail *A powerful new voice * The Times *Myers is the master of rural English noir -- Paul KingsnorthOne of the most singular, moving and crucial voices of our times -- David PeacePowerful, visceral writing -- Pat Barker
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Austin Macauley Publishers Epiphanies
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Arsenal Pulp Press We Had No Rules
Book SynopsisA defiant, beautifully realised story collection about the messy complications of contemporary queer life.
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Arsenal Pulp Press A Dream Of A Woman
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Arsenal Pulp Press Bad Houses
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Broadview Press Ltd Washington Irving: Selected Writings
Book SynopsisTwo of Washington Irving's works of short fiction from his 1819-20 work, The Sketch Book Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow are among the most enduringly popular of American classics. In his own day, Irving's works were widely read in Britain as well as in America; the English novelist William Makepiece Thackeray described him as 'the first ambassador whom the New World of Letters sent to the Old.' This edition takes notice of transatlantic literary history with an appendix of reviews from American and British newspapers, and by printing in facing page format the American and British versions of 'Traits of Indian Character' (which differed from each other in a variety of interesting ways). Also included are an excerpt from Irving's first major work, A History of New York; excerpts from a key source that Irving drew on for Rip Van Winkle and a selection of illustrations showing some of the ways in which this character was imagined in nineteenth-century America. With a concise but wide-ranging introduction and extensive explanatory notes, this edition is ideally suited for course use.This volume is one of a number of editions that have been drawn from the pages of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of American Literature; like the others, it is designed to make a range of material from the anthology available in a format convenient for use in a wide variety of contexts.Trade ReviewComments on The Broadview Anthology of American Literature“The expansion, diversification, and revitalization of the texts and terms of American literary history in recent years is made marvelously accessible in the … new Broadview Anthology of American Literature.” — Hester Blum, Penn State University“The Broadview Anthology of American Literature is, quite simply, a breakthrough. … Meticulously researched and expertly assembled, this anthology should be the new gold standard for scholars and teachers alike.” — Michael D’Alessandro, Duke University“So much thought has been put into every aspect of the Broadview Anthology of American Literature, from the selection of texts to their organization to their presentation on the page; it will be a gift to classrooms for years to come.” — Lara Langer Cohen, Swarthmore College “The multiplicity of early American locations, languages, and genres is here on wondrous display.” — Jordan Alexander Stein, Fordham University “Above all, this is a volume for the 21st century. … Its capaciousness and ample resource materials make for a text that is always evolving and meeting its readers in new ways.” — Russ Castronovo, University of Wisconsin-Madison“a rich collection that reflects the diversity of American literatures…. [and] that never forgets its most important audience: students. There is a wealth of material here that will help them imagine and reimagine what American literature could be.” — Michael C. Cohen, UCLA “The Broadview Anthology of American Literature is an instructor’s dream for introducing students to the diversity and complexity of American literature.” — Venetria K. Patton, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign“I am eager to teach with this anthology! It aligns with cutting-edge research through its selections, its introductions, and explanatory notes, and the texts are supplemented with primary documents that encourage teachers and students to think critically and dynamically.” — Koritha Mitchell, The Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroductionfrom A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the end of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker Chapter 5from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The Wife Rip Van Winkle English Writers on America Traits of Indian Character The Legend of Sleepy Hollow In Context: Responses to The Sketch Book in American and British newspapers A German Source for Rip Van Winkle In Context: Images of Rip Van Winkle
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University of Massachusetts Press Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam
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Coffee House Press Sansei and Sensibility
Book SynopsisIn these buoyant and inventive stories, Karen Tei Yamashita transfers classic tales across boundaries and questions what an inheritance—familial, cultural, emotional, artistic—really means. In a California of the sixties and seventies, characters examine the contents of deceased relatives' freezers, tape-record high school locker-room chatter, or collect a community's gossip while cleaning the teeth of its inhabitants. Mr. Darcy is the captain of the football team, Mansfield Park materializes in a suburb of L.A., bake sales replace ballroom dances, and station wagons, not horse-drawn carriages, are the preferred mode of transit. The stories of traversing class, race, and gender leap into our modern world with and humor.Trade ReviewLonglisted for the 2020 Believer Book Award in Fiction Kirkus, “Best Fiction of 2020” Poets & Writers, “New and Noteworthy Books Esquire, “Best Books of Spring 2020” Literary Hub, “Most Anticipated Books of 2020” Salon.com, “Must Read Spring Books” Refinery29, “Best Spring Books of 2020” “The range of characters, sparkling humor, connective themes, and creative ambition all showcase Yamashita’s impressive powers.” —Publishers Weekly,, starred review “An elegantly written, wryly affectionate mashup of Jane Austen and the Japanese immigrant experience. . . . Yamashita’s reimagining of Austen is sympathetic and funny—and as on target as the movie Clueless.” —Kirkus, starred review “Sansei and Sensibility challenges and delights, while laying bare the familial loyalties we work to preserve and eschew.” —Boston Globe “Karen Tei Yamashita is a contemporary virtuoso of milieu. . . . As gently humorous and entertaining as it is innovative and thought-provoking, Sansei and Sensibility is full of truths universally acknowledged, delivered in one of the most astute, idiosyncratic and important voices writing in America today.” —Star Tribune “Karen Tei Yamashita contends with the Western canon in this astute, pitch-perfect, and wryly funny short story collection. Yamashita recasts Jane Austen characters as Japanese Americans navigating themes familiar to anyone who has read Austen and her contemporaries—social tension, familial obligation, clumsy personal growth, all of the mundanities that add up to meaning—through the lens of Japanese immigrant and Japanese American experiences. A genuine pleasure to read.” —Buzzfeed “A dazzling array of short stories. . . . Yamashita explores the question of inheritance—of how and what we inherit from our cultures, families, and histories—with poignant insight and humor.” —Preety Sidhu and Jae-Yeon Yoo, Electric Literature “[C]ompelling. . . . Yamashita is a clever and spare writer. In many of her touching, surreal short stories, she uses Austen as a springboard into tales featuring Japanese Americans in California. . . . Yamashita’s writing echoes the pain and strength of the Japanese American experience. A potent mashup of Austen and Japanese American culture, Sansei and Sensibility is both entertaining and profound.” —BookPage “Exciting. . . . remarkable. . . . The tone of Sansei and Sensibility is lighthearted, yes, but under the surface is outrage against persistent racism and hierarchies of cultural influence that make evoking Austen here less an act of playful transposition and more a provocation. . . . ironic, wry, playful, with bright, shimmering surfaces and undercurrents strong and political.” —Ariel Djanikian, The Rumpus “[I]t’s in the section’s later stories that [Yamashita’s] trademark flamboyance comes forth and you can really feel her mind at work. It’s that torrent of voice she can spin out of anything, whether riffing on a visit to the gastroenterologist in ‘Colono:Scopy’ or testing out Marie Kondo’s world-famous tidying methods in ‘KonMarimasu’. . . . It doesn’t take a Janeite to enjoy these stories, or to sense that Yamashita’s engagement with Austen runs somewhere between pastiche and parody.” —Jed Munson, Full Stop “ What do you get when Jane Austen meets the Japanese-American community of contemporary California? This smart, witty, perfectly pitched collection of stories—definitely the best Austen adaptation since Clueless.” —Refinery29 “Karen Tei Yamashita is one of America’s great unsung geniuses . . . Here she’s mapped a series of stories onto the plots of Jane Austen novels, telling the tales of Japanese immigrants to the United States through the lens of their shared themes: inheritance, marriage, familial heritage. Yamashita is writing some of her finest stories yet.” —Literary Hub “The range of characters, sparkling humor, connective themes, and creative ambition all showcase Yamashita’s impressive powers.” —Buzzfeed “A dynamic collection. . . . Yamashita reconsiders canonical works, questions cultural inheritance, and experiments with genre and form.” —The Millions “Yamashita’s latest work sparks joy and acknowledges pain, remembers history and sources pop culture, traverses the modern American West, and returns to Japanese traditions—all in under 200 pages. By the book’s finale, the only thing you’ll want to do is pick up everything Yamashita has ever written. . . . Yamashita seamlessly incorporates the Sansei experience into all seven of Austen’s timeless stories, and the result is brilliant, impactful, and of course, hysterical. . . . An unmissable work.” —Paperback Paris “Yamashita’s dizzying amalgamation of fiction and history results in something that is both speculative and truthful. . . . Offers such Sansei/Janeite delights as an LA County Mansfield Park, a 1960s Emma with revolutionary inclinations, and a Lady Susan consisting of post-war postcards and aerograms between Tokyo and California. . . . A gratifying jigsaw puzzle of a book, certain to enrapture readers with both its individual pieces and the larger picture those pieces create.” —Arkansas International “Dazzling. An extraordinarily inventive collection of short stories that takes us from Japan to Brazil to the fractured heart of suburban postwar Japanese America. Whether she is riffing on Jane Austen, channeling Jorge Luis Borges, or meditating on Marie Kondo, Yamashita is a brilliant and often subversive storyteller in superb command of her craft.”—Julie Otsuka “Through vignettes, recipes, and correspondence, master writer Karen Tei Yamashita takes us through the rabbit hole of Japanese America—in particular, her hometown of Gardena, California, where an ethnic community culturally transformed a middle-class bedroom town. Part Ozu meditation of everyday life, part modern folk tale with colorful characters like a truth-telling dental hygienist, Sansei and Sensibility offers a unique and necessary perspective of what it means to be the aging grandchild of Asian immigrants, wondering what you will leave behind for the next generation. As in all of her books, Yamashita deconstructs form and genre to create a work that both delights and challenges” —Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of Snakeskin Shamisen and Hiroshima Boy “This capacious collection is witty, sharp—funny at times, angry at times—always amazing, and never, never dull. I think Jane Austen would be surprised, but delighted. I surely am.” —Karen Joy Fowler Praise for Karen Tei Yamashita Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction “This powerful, deeply felt, and impeccably researched fiction is irresistibly evocative and overwhelming in every sense.”—Publishers Weekly “Immensely entertaining.”—Newsday &ldquoShaped and voiced with literary flair, this is clearly a book Yamashita felt compelled to write, and her sense of purpose makes this historical excavation feel deeply personal.”—Kirkus “Yamashita incorporates satire and the surreal in prose that is playful yet knowing, fierce yet mournful.”—San Francisco Chronicle
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Soft Skull Press Imaginary Museums: Stories
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Athena Star Press Nameless
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Freeman's Animals
Book SynopsisOver a century ago, Rilke went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he watched a pair of flamingos. A flock of other birds screeched by, and, as he describes in a poem, the great red-pink birds sauntered on, unphased, then 'stretched amazed and singly march into the imaginary.' This encounter - so strange, so typical of flamingos with their fabulous posture - is also still typical of how we interact with animals. Even as our actions threaten their very survival, they are still symbolic, captivating and captive, caught in a drama of our framing.This issue of Freeman's tells the story of that interaction, its costs, its tendernesses, the mythological flex of it. From lovers in a Chiara Barzini story, falling apart as a group of wild boars roams in their Roman neighbourhood, to the soppen emergency birth of a cow on a Wales farm, stunningly described by Cynan Jones, no one has the moral high ground here. Nor is this a piece of mourning. There's wonder, humour, rage and relief, too.Featuring pigeons, calves, stray dogs, mascots, stolen cats, and bears, to the captive, tortured animals who make up our food supply, powerfully described in Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's essay, this wide-ranging issue of Freeman's will stimulate discussion and dreams alike.Trade ReviewThere's an illustrious new literary journal in town . . . [with] fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by new voices and literary heavyweights. * Vogue.com *A terrific anthology . . . Sure to become a classic in years to come. * San Francisco Chronicle *Freeman draws from a global cache of talent . . . An expansive reading experience. * Kirkus Reviews *Freeman's is fresh, provocative, engrossing. * bbc.co.uk *
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Modern History Press U.P. Reader -- Volume #5: Bringing Upper Michigan
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