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Latin American Writers at Work
by Paris Review
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The fourth book in the Modern Librarys Paris Review Writers at Work series, Latin American Writers at Work is a thundering collection of interviews with some of the most important and acclaimed Latin American writers of our time. These fascinating... (read more)

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The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature
by Eugene Benson
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The Shattered Mirror: Representations of Women in Mexican Literature (Texas Pan American)
by Maria Elena Valdes
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Reading for the Truth
by Jan Sjavik
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British Literary Manuscripts, Series I: From 800 to 1800
by Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Contemporary Jewish Writing in Austria: An Anthology (Jewish Writing in the Contemporary World)
by Dagmar C G Lorenz
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Conversations with American Writers: The Doubt, the Faith, the in-between
by W. Dale Brown
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Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker: The Invisible Art of Editing (Continents of Exile)
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The Color of Democracy in Women's Regional Writing
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Oxford History of English Literature #12: English Literature 1815-1832: Scott, Byron, and Keats
by Ian Jack
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