Novelist Anne Lamott presents contemplative essays on the challenges--including the everyday and the life-changing--she has faced in her faith as a Christian.
A memoir in which the author describes her experiences caring for her father in the final months of his battle with Alzheimer's disease, and shares the insights she gained into his, and her own, life.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the life and writings of William Faulkner, covering major characters and themes; literary and cultural contexts; relatives and friends; historical events, people, and places; social and cultural developments; and literary and philosophical terms and movements.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and analytical information about 145 American and Canadian fiction writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their works, each with an annotated bibliography; and includes a glossary of terms and techniques, a time line of author birthdates, and an index.
A documentary detailing the life of twentieth-century African-American author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston that describes her childhood, education, travels, professional accomplishments, novels, and more.
the letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964
Hughes, Langston
2001
Personal letters help profile the lives and careers of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, and recount the unique friendship the two men had with one another.
Examines the life and accomplishments of author Amy Tan, discussing her Chinese heritage, her youth in California, her early literary talent, and her success as a novelist.
