Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

A fierce and witty portrait of an unraveling nation. Salt and Pepper is a collection of literary columns that...  Read More >>

Disillusioned former high school sweethearts must come to terms with their past and present in the face of a tragedy....  Read More >>

A study of the city of Pittsburgh's unique history and spirit. Maybe you never wondered if any metro area nearly...  Read More >>

Poems that capture a transformative and visionary way of life in Haiti. Konbit is a Haitian Creole word, a way...  Read More >>

An ambitious collection of poems that reckon with life and death through the point of view of famous speakers throughout...  Read More >>

Follow the everyday lives of those trying to keep up with a changing Nashville, Tennessee. Set in the rapidly...  Read More >>

A ruminative collection of poetry that is mystified by life in our built and natural world. Cameo Blue is a spiritual...  Read More >>

Reflects on the dark rise and fall of an ambitious rock music collective in the upper Midwest. Matthew Pitt's...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging critical survey of British Fiction in the 1950s, from J.R.R. Tolkien to Samuel Beckett, Kingsley...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging critical survey of British fiction of the 1930s, from Virginia Woolf and George Orwell to Sylvia...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging critical survey of British fiction of the 1960s, from J.G. Ballard and Angela Carter to A.S. Byatt,...  Read More >>

Bertolt Brecht in Context examines Brecht's significance and contributions as a writer and the most influential...  Read More >>

Ibsen in Context identifies thirty different contexts for understanding Ibsen's life and career at home, and considers...  Read More >>

Introducing readers to the broad socio-cultural contexts that shaped Chekhov's works and legacy, this insightful...  Read More >>

This open access book offers an array of educational perspectives aimed at fostering inclusive, multicultural, critical,...  Read More >>

A stage adaptation of the bestselling novel, a beautiful and compassionate story of lives disrupted by war. Published...  Read More >>

This book brings together a diverse array of researchers and seasoned educators to present a sweeping exploration...  Read More >>

Interweaving Tapestries of Culture and Sexuality, Volume 2 looks at Caribbean sexuality from around the region and...  Read More >>

This newly updated edition of John Day’s The Parliament of Bees includes both the 1641 quarto and also a complete...  Read More >>

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This groundbreaking anthology presents a century of Russian writing for children-from the Soviet era to the present-bringing...  Read More >>

A scholarly consideration of Akínwùmí Ìsòlá and his anthology, Àfàìmò Àti Àwon Àròfò Mìíràn, via the analysis of...  Read More >>

An accessible and wide-ranging all-in-one craft guide and anthology to the mode of speculative fiction writing,...  Read More >>