Black Boy
Richard Wright
Harper Perennial Restored Edition
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Wise Blood
Flannery O'Connor
Farrar, Strauss, Giroux
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Vintage
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On the Road
Jack Kerouac
Penguin
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Franny and Zooey
J. D. Salinger
Little, Brown
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Lost in the Funhouse
John Barth
Anchor
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The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pinchon
HarperCollins
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The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Knopf
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The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston
Vintage
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Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
Picador
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Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage
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The Human Stain
Phillip Roth
Houghton Mifflin
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The Known World
Edward P. Jones
Amistad
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Everything is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
Houghton Mifflin
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Postmodern Belief: American Literature and Religion since 1960
Princeton University Press
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The Holocaust of Texts: Genocide, Literature, and Personification
University of Chicago Press
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post 45.org
Amy Hungerford, site editor

This book offers the original hypothesis that the novels of Russian-turned-American writer Vladimir Nabokov are highly relevant to the political transformation underway in Russia today. Nina Khrushcheva suggests that Nabokov’s fictional Western characters can be useful guides for acquiring new skills that the advent of democracy, capitalism, and open borders requires.

One of our best contemporary writers explores the tension between science and religion and reveals how our concept of mind determines how we understand and value human nature and human civilization.

For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us through the labyrinthine paths which link the writers and critics who have informed and inspired him for so many years. The result is "a critical self-portrait," a sustained meditation on a life lived ...

A major reassessment of the literary legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most revered writers that explores the mysteries surrounding his unfinished second novel.

An extraordinary collection of lyrics showcasing rap’s poetic depth and diversity.

The internationally celebrated author Alberto Manguel leads an intimate and exhilarating journey through the world of books, arguing that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species.

Chinese author Can Xue’s Five Spice Street stands out as one of the most astonishing novels written in any language over the last twenty years. The first of Xue’s full-length works to be translated into English, this compelling book explores a secret that takes on a life of its own as neighbors speculate, argue, indulge their fantasies, and reveal their deepest anxieties.

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