Literature: history & criticism books

An elegant biography of a prescient author whose novels portray Black women's experiences across the African diaspora...  Read More >>

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This book explores the development and features of Malawian poetry of resistance, which arguably began with the...  Read More >>

Music in World Literature: From Tolstoy to Manga examines the relationship between music and literary works within...  Read More >>

Contrasting works by queer Chicano writers against the legal landscape of sexuality and migration to interrogate...  Read More >>

An examination of early American literature that highlights how racial divides exacerbated—and were exacerbated...  Read More >>

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Poetry that considers migration and identity through formal experimentation with sonnets. José Felipe Alvergue's...  Read More >>

Poetry that seeks kinship and hopeful futures amid traumas of colonialism, displacement, and climate disaster. The...  Read More >>

A Togolese novel that delivers a rich, intimate portrait of a scholar whose life is inextricably bound to Africa....  Read More >>

A dreamlike novel from Palestine that traces a restless soul's journey through landscapes of memory, longing, alienation,...  Read More >>

A humorous and deeply human short story collection that celebrates outsiders, dreamers, and the queer. The award-winning...  Read More >>

Named for the Pulse nightclub shooting and the rhythm of heartbeats, this collection of poems grapples with finding...  Read More >>

History has shown that antisemitism reactivates and rises like a latent viral infection at the slightest crisis...  Read More >>

这是一部凝聚二十余年心血的自传体散文集。  Read More >>

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The definitive introduction to Queer Theory for anyone looking to understand its key terms, concepts, debates, and...  Read More >>

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An examination of early American literature that highlights how racial divides exacerbated—and were exacerbated...  Read More >>

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The sound of thought, from ancient acoustics to modern microphones.  What if we opened our ears to the sound of...  Read More >>

Based on the popular recurring sketch, Stephen Colbert “confesses” to all the shameful things we all think or do...  Read More >>

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First published in 1854, North and South is Elizabeth Gaskell’s boldest and most ambitious novel: a work of fierce...  Read More >>

A pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life.  Read More >>