American

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063223790Author Zora Neale HurstonFormat PaperbackImprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 2585gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 206mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536947Author Claudia Roth PierpontFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

"Over the years I have developed a distaste for the spectacle of joie de vivre, the knack of knowing how to live," begins the title essay by Phillip Lopate. This rejoinder to the cult of hedonism and forced conviviality moves from a critique of the false...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544817333Author Leslie JamisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

Reflections on the profound influence of poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks through examinations of her life and work. Poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks was a singular force in American culture. The first black woman...

The original and insightful collection that combines Mark Twain's journal writings with his rarely seen sketches and doodles. Fascinating and often hilarious, this is a complete record of the thoughts, ideas, and observations of the father of American...

'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison 'You Don't Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston ... her words make it impossible for readers to consider her anything but one of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375726286Author Raymond CarverFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

For some, a sense of place is about travel, about plunging oneself into new settings. For others, it is about being-and knowing-home. This book is a collection of essays, memoirs, nature writing, and travel narratives that document the impact this sense...

When African American intellectuals announced the birth of the "New Negro" around the turn of the twentieth century, they were attempting through a bold act of renaming to change the way blacks were depicted and perceived in America. By challenging...