Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and...
Literary arts
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A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Maya Angelou's poignant, powerful autobiography, starring Adjoa Andoh, Indie Gjesdal and Pippa Bennett-Warner. Abandoned by their parents, Maya and her older brother Bailey are sent to live with their...
- Author:Leedahl, Shelley A.Summary:
Some people claim they'd like to walk away from their lives -- Shelley A. Leedahl had the nerve to do it. Was it selfishness, or self-preservation? Drawing upon childhood memories, hikes, road trips, foreign travel, her self-...
- Author:Bogel, AnneSummary:
For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time'it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we...
- Author:Shakespeare, NicholasSummary:
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers. Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and...
- Author:Gruman, GalenSummary:
With Apple's iBooks Author app, you can create rich, interactive books for use on the iPad, and this new For Dummies handy portable guide shows you just how to do it. Whether you want to create textbooks, training materials, marketing...
- Author:Wayman, TomSummary:
The essays in If You're Not Free At Work, Where Are You Free?: Literature and Social Change focus on the interconnection of community/workplace/individual and how literature (and thinking about literature) has a role in social...
- Author:Merrett, Robert JamesSummary:
At war for sixty years, eighteenth-century Britain and France experienced demographic, social, and economic exchanges despite their imperial rivalry. Paradoxically, this rivalry spurred their participation in scientific and industrial...
- Author:Hilsum, LindseySummary:
Random House presents the audiobook edition of In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, written and read by Lindsey Hilsum. ** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ** 'It has always seemed to me that what I write about is...
- Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:
At a time when speculative fiction seems less and less far-fetched, Margaret Atwood lends her distinctive voice and singular point of view to the genre in a series of essays that brilliantly illuminates the essential truths about the...
- Author:Tillet, SalamishahSummary:
Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple. Alice Walker made history in 1983 when she became the first black...
- Author:Machado, Carmen MariaSummary:
In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of...
- Author:Ferrante, ElenaSummary:
Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the abiding preoccupations of a writer, and the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller.
- Author:McLeod, NealSummary:
Indigenous Poetics in Canada broadens the way in which Indigenous poetry is examined, studied, and discussed in Canada. Breaking from the parameters of traditional English literature studies, this volume embraces a wider sense of...
- Author:Whitehead, JoshuaSummary:
Evolving from a conversation between Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part dialogue, part collage, and part memoir. Beginning with memories of his childhood poetry and prose and travelling through the library of his...
- Author:Authers, Benjamin, Snauwaert, Maïté, Laforest, Daniel, Braz, Albert, Delisle, Jennifer, Gaboury-Diallo, Lise, Kamboureli, Smaro, Korkka, Janne, Lamontagne, André, Mackey, Margaret, Sing, Pamela, Wunker, ErinSummary:
This book examines the cultural work of space and memory in Canada and Canadian literature, and encourages readers to investigate Canada within its regional, national, and global contexts. It features seven chapters in English and five...
- Author:Laurence, MargaretSummary:
The books of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy are among the most beloved in Canadian literature. In 1976, when both were at the height of their careers, they began a seven-year written correspondence. Laurence had just published her...
- Author:Miller, Carole S.Summary:
Provides ten detailed drama lessons, or story drama structures, based on children's picture books, that permit direct learning experiences in language arts and literacy for elementary and middle school children.
- Author:Maclear, KyoSummary:
Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the...
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Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community. This collection features twenty-five original essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film.
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