Literary Collections
Explore our collection of literary books and timeless literary classics at our online bookstore, featuring the best in teenage literature, literary fiction, and modern literature. Discover must-read and best-selling titles, along with insightful criticism literature to enhance your reading experience.
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Poems; Volume 1Dive into the timeless beauty of verse with "Poems, Volume 1" by John Wilson. This collection showcases a range of poetic styles and themes, reflecting the depth and breadth of Wilson's literary talent. From reflective ballads to evocative sonnets, readers will discover a rich...
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Passing West: Essays from the BorderlandsWinner of the Pen/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Essays on the west, the Chicano movement, by one of its founders. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay A unique voice in American fiction, Dagoberto Gilb is...
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Letters of a Poet Dying: The Selected Correspondence of Frank StanfordLetters of a Poet Dying is a watershed publication--the first collection of correspondence by the virtuosic poet Frank Stanford (1948-78). Born in southeast Mississippi, Stanford lived most of his brief life in northern Arkansas, where he studied, loved, founded a publishing company, and wrote...
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Gonzo Neurotic: The Best (and Not So Best) of Jerry Stahl"Jerry Stahl should either get the Pulitzer prize or be shot down in the street like a dog."--Anthony Bourdain "[This] new, career-spanning collection -- which [includes] essays, reviews, profiles, think pieces and random blurts -- is issued by ZE Books, the iconoclastic independent publishing...
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Freely FrayedFreely Frayed gathers early poems, recent essays, and translation notes by National Book Award winning poet Don Mee Choi. Featuring Choi's radical modes of writing back to empire, the collection offers both the underpinnings of her acclaimed KOR-US trilogy (Hardly War, DMZ Colony, and...
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Fictions of America: The Book of FirstsAn unprecedented compendium of milestones in the history of American literature, this anthology presents all of the "first" literary works that broke barriers, inaugurated new traditions, and prove that the imagination of diverse authors was one of the most powerful forces in shaping our...
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Distant Neighbors: The Selected Letters of Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder"The letters are valuable for ecologists, students, and teachers of contemporary American literature and for those of us eager to know how these two distant neighbors networked, negotiated, and remained friends." --San Francisco Chronicle In 1969 Gary Snyder returned from a long residence in...
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All the Love You Can Use: The Letters of Carson McCullersAuthor: Carson McCullers,Carlos DewsPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 09/29/2026Pages: 1136Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.70lbsSize: 9.11h x 6.01w x 2.51dISBN: 9780358206705Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2026About the AuthorMcCullers, Carson: - Carson McCullers (1917-1967) was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Heart is a Lonely...
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About LookingOne of the writer and art critic's finest essay collections, which includes his influential essay on animal ethics, "Why Look at Animals?"; a critique of the "bourgeois sexual morality" of Rodin's sculptures; and an unlikely work of criticism linking Francis Bacon and Walt Disney....
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Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible WarFrom the author of Redeployment and Missionaries, an astonishing fever graph of the effects of twenty years of war in a brutally divided America When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago, after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself part...
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The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two"The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson", Harriette Wilson. Harriette Wilson was a celebrated British Regency courtesan (1786-1845).Author: Harriette WilsonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 05/23/2018Pages: 508Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.92lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.02dISBN: 9781719542999This title is not returnable
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Points of View: 100 Connections to ArtThis collection of essays provides dynamic new perspectives on 100 works of art that span centuries of human creativity around the globe Across ages and cultures, artists have found inspiration in the human urge for connection. This compendium of short, thought-provoking essays and surprising...
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How to Prepare for the Past: Travels in Music and TimeWriter and musician Brian Cullman's rapturous evocation of life in the bike lane, before the world was digital, when music was everything and magic was everywhere, encompassing friendships with Lester Bangs, Nick Drake, Big Joe Turner, Tim Hardin, and Paul Bowles. When people asked...
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Good Poems, American PlacesAnother wonderful poetry anthology from Garrison Keillor-rooted in the American landscape. Greatness comes in many forms, and as Garrison Keillor demonstrates daily on The Writer's Almanac, the most affecting poems in the canon are in plain English. Third in Keillor's series of anthologies, Good...
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Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American LyricA brilliant and unsparing examination of America in the early twenty-first century, Claudia Rankine's Don't Let Me Be Lonely invents a new genre to confront the particular loneliness and rapacious assault on selfhood that our media have inflicted upon our lives. Fusing the lyric,...
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...But At Least They're HumanAuthor: Bill KauffmanPublisher: School of the Unconformed PressPublished: 09/09/2026Pages: 76Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.18dISBN: 9781988604282This title is not returnable
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Brother EpistlesOn a Philadelphia street in 1992, Shanda McManus's brother Monir was killed in a drive-by shooting. Three decades later, still haunted by his murder, McManus traces her brother's life through their upbringing in North Philadelphia, Monir's teen fatherhood and stint in the U.S. Army...
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Blood in the Desert: The T. J. English Reader"English is such a vivid and skillful storyteller that it becomes impossible to resist the urge to turn the page."--CrimeReadsAn essential collection of T. J. English's finest literary journalism, spanning true crime, jazz, boxing, police corruption, the desert Southwest, and George Carlin.The world of...
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Birth of a CultureStep into the vibrant streets of the 1970s Bronx and witness the exact moment a global movement began. Birth of a Culture gives you a front-row seat to the origins of hip-hop, told through the firsthand experiences of Grandmaster Flash--one of the founding pioneers...
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Biblical Demonology: A Study of the Spiritual Forces Behind the Present World UnrestBiblical Demonology: A Study of the Spiritual Forces Behind the Present World Unrest is a comprehensive exploration of the topic of demonology as it relates to the Bible and contemporary society. Written by Merrill F. Unger, a renowned biblical scholar and theologian, the book...
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