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You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them in Awe
by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard
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Thirty-four of America's most distinguished fiction writers--including Oscar Hijuelos, John Irving, and Joyce Carol Oates--introduce the short stories that inspired them most.... (read more)

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Good Poems
Good Poems
by Garrison Keillor
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Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by Keillor for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their... (read more)

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The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
by Richard Ford
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Fords first short story collection, published in 1992, became the definitive anthology of American short fiction. This new collection features more than 40 stories, including some he regretted overlooking the first time around, as well as many by a new... (read more)

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The Best American Short Stories 2012
The Best American Short Stories 2012
by Tom Perrotta
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more)

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The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction
The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction
by Linda H Peterson
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The Norton Reader has introduced millions of writing students to the essay as a genre. First published in 1965, it is still the best-selling thematic reader--and the only thematic reader that also supports a genre-based approach. The Thirteenth Edition... (read more)

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Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart : Poems for Men (92 Edition)
Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart : Poems for Men (92 Edition)
by Robert Bly
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Boys feel wild; they love their tree houses, their wild spots in the woods, they all want to go down to the river, with Huck, away from domesticating aunts. Boys love to see some wildness in their fathers, to see their fathers dancing or carrying on... (read more)

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Great Short Stories of the Masters
Great Short Stories of the Masters
by Charles Neider
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Forty-nine short stories, selected for their richness of detail, accurate depictions of human passion, and international scope, fill this collection. The authors include Americans such as Hemingway, Faulkner, Saul Bellow, and Flannery O'Connor, 19th and... (read more)

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Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure (Dover Thrift Editions)
Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure (Dover Thrift Editions)
by American Poetry & Li
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Collection of more than 80 poems by 50 American and British masters celebrates travel, adventure and the many real and metaphorical journeys each of us take in the course of our lives. Works by Whitman, Byron, Millay, Sandburg, Service, Bliss Carman... (read more)

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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories
by David Sedaris
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A bestseller in its own right and a must-have for fans of the #1 bestselling author David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction. David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them... (read more)

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Poetry Speaks: Hear Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath with CD (Audio)
Poetry Speaks: Hear Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath with CD (Audio)
by Elise Paschen and Rebekah Presson Mosby
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Hear the Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath. Includes three free audio CDs.... (read more)

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Words of Protest, Words of Freedom: Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement and Era
Words of Protest, Words of Freedom: Poetry of the American Civil Rights Movement and Era
by Jeffrey Lamar Coleman
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Poetry is an ideal artistic medium for expressing the fear, sorrow, and triumph of revolutionary times. Words of Protest, Words of Freedom is the first comprehensive collection of poems written during and in response to the American civil rights struggle... (read more)

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Believer Book of Writers Talking To Writers (08 Edition)
Believer Book of Writers Talking To Writers (08 Edition)
by Vendela Vida
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This collection of conversations between writers and their mentors includes Zadie Smith with Ian McEwan; Jonathan Lethem with Paul Auster; Adam Thirlwell with Tom Stoppard; Susan Choi with Francisco Goldman; ZZ Packer with Edward P. Jones; and Dave... (read more)

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Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction
Bending Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction
by Margot Singer
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Ever since the term "creative nonfiction" first came into widespread use, memoirists and journalists, essayists and fiction writers have faced off over where the border between fact and fiction lies. This debate over ethics, however, has sidelined... (read more)

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City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology
City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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"This comprehensive selection from the influential City Lights Pocket Poets Series is a landmark retrospective, celebrating forty years of publishing and cultural history. From the introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti: “Even though some say that... (read more)

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180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day
180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day
by Billy Collins
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Come full circle with 180 new, exciting poems selected and introduced by Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collinss poem-a-day program for American high schools that he began through the Library of Congress, the original Poetry 180: A Turning Back to... (read more)

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The Top 500 Poems
The Top 500 Poems
by William Harmon
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Here, for the first time, is our generations' definitive view of the greatest poetry in the English language. This is the story of poetry in English, a collection of the best 500 poems, based not on one critic's choice, not on one poet's choice, but on... (read more)

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Sixty Women Poets
Sixty Women Poets
by Linda France
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A Poetry Book Society Special Commendation. This anthology charts the irrepressible growth and flowering of women's poetry in Britain and Ireland from the early 1970s to the 90s. Included are many distinctive female voices, no longer apologetic, but... (read more)

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40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
by Beverly Lawn
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Economical in both size and price, 40 Short Stories offers a well-chosen array of popular and significant stories, enhanced by unobtrusive but effective editorial features. This volume in Bedford/St. Martins series of Portable Anthologies and Portable... (read more)

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Crossing State Lines
Crossing State Lines
by Bob Holman and Carol Muske-Dukes
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A collaborative poem about America, from fifty-four of our best poets Crossing State Lines: An American Renga is a poetic relay race across the continent: fifty-four poets responding to ideas of America—and to each other. This is a... (read more)

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Selected Translations
Selected Translations
by Ted Hughes
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“EXPAND[S] OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS FASCINATING LITERARY CHARACTER.” —STEVEN RATINER, THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Known (with Philip Larkin) as the most distinctly English of the postwar British poets, Ted Hughes was a... (read more)

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