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Cover of Louis Owens co-edited by Joe Lockard


Louis Owens
Writing Land and Legacy
Edited by Joe Lockard and A. Robert Lee

"Louis Owens: Writing Land and Legacy" explores the wide-ranging oeuvre of this seminal author, examining Owens’ work and his importance in ...


Cover of Bodies Built for Game edited by Natalie Diaz


Bodies Built for Game
The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing
Edited by Natalie Diaz, Hannah Ensor

Sport has always been central to the movements of both the nation-state and the people who resist that nation-state. Think of the Roman Colosseum ...


Cover of The Daily Jane Austen by Devoney Looser


The Daily Jane Austen
A Year of Quotes
Jane Austen
Edited by Devoney Looser

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is eminently, delightfully and delectably quotable. This truth goes far beyond the first ...


Cover of The Kingdom of Glee by Nicholas Tana
Illustrated by: Jessica Abbott and Elise Leutwyler


The Kingdom of Glee
Nicholas Tana

A mean wizard sends three monsters to torment the Kingdom of Glee led by King Gentle, with the hope of discovering why the people living there are ...


Cover of Monsters Are Afraid of Babies by Nicholas Tana
Illustrated by: Elise Leutwyler and Jessica Abbott


Monsters Are Afraid of Babies
Nicholas Tana

A boy learns to face his fear of monsters after discovering that monsters are afraid of his baby sister. Inspired by a child's ...


Cover of The Kitten, The Cat and The Apple by Nicholas Tana
Illustrated by: Matthew Molleur


The Kitten, The Cat and The Apple
Nicholas Tana

A cat tries to entertain its bored and impatient kitten leading to profound questions about the meaning of life, until eventually, both discover ...


Cover of Winter by Sarah Vap


Winter
Effulgences and Devotions
Sarah Vap

In "Winter: Effulgences and Devotions," Sarah Vap documents the obstacles to writing a single poem over a 12-year period. Her account becomes a ...


Cover of Legal Realisms by Christine Holbo


Legal Realisms
The American Novel Under Reconstruction
Christine Holbo

U.S. historians have long regarded the U.S. Civil War and its Reconstruction as a second American revolution. Literary scholars, however, have yet ...

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