Literary companions books

A searingly personal memoir of the great Russian poet by his American friend and publisher, containing much previously...  Read More >>

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Euro tells you what you need to know--before or after...  Read More >>

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So much to read, so little time? Get an overview of Hidden Figures, the true story about the African American female...  Read More >>

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Underground Railroad tells you what you need to know--before...  Read More >>

The first edition of this readers’ advisory represented a pioneering effort to provide help and encouragement to...  Read More >>

World-renowned scholar, writer, and American intellectual Norma Elia Cantú’s autobiographical book Canícula: Snapshots...  Read More >>

Before the innovative work of Zora Neale Hurston, folklorists from the Hampton Institute collected, studied, and...  Read More >>

Occupy Pynchon examines power and resistance in the writer’s post–Gravity’s Rainbow novels. As Sean Carswell shows,...  Read More >>

Contemporary Latin American fiction establishes a unique connection between masquerade, frequently motivated by...  Read More >>

@text: The Art of John Webster, first published in 1972, is a study of the three extant plays of Webster known to...  Read More >>

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This title, first published in 1970, consists of essays on the individual tales and novels of George Eliot, with...  Read More >>

Modern readers and writers find it natural to contrast the agency of realistic fictional characters to the constrained...  Read More >>

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Explores how recent Brazilian lyric engages with its counterparts throughout the Western Hemisphere in an increasingly...  Read More >>

Provides the first comprehensive examination of Shteyngart's novels and memoir, introducing readers to one of the...  Read More >>

Offers a critical examination of children's and YA comics. The anthology is divided into five sections: structure...  Read More >>

Brings together candid, revealing interviews with one of the twentieth century's master prose writers. The twenty-eight...  Read More >>

Amplifies critical issues surrounding the racial and ethnic dimensions of science fiction. This edited volume explores...  Read More >>

Challenges the persistent assumption that the first decades after the Great Irish Famine were marked by a pervasive...  Read More >>

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Modern readers and writers find it natural to contrast the agency of realistic fictional characters to the constrained...  Read More >>

Gathering oral stories and visual art from both sides of the Atlantic, Istwa across the Water stitches together...  Read More >>