american literature

"'In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed,' bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world, to addiction and grief, to identity and anti-Blackness, to finding love and speaking your truth. Full of both sorrow and joy . . . an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.

"A . . . compendium of James Baldwin's . . . nonfiction work, calling on us 'to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country'"--Provided by publisher.

"A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory"--Provided by publisher.

"An A-Z encyclopedia providing an overview of Latino literature and its myriad contributions to American cultures showcasing the diversity in modern Latino literary styles and narrative themes. Entries provide an introduction to the key figures and movements as well as general explanations of their significance for Latino literature"--Provided by publisher.

Contains writings that reflect on the ways American authors have influenced each other across more than two centuries.

Contains poems and short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

A graphic novel biography of feminist founder of Libertarianism and an alleged cowriter of the "Little House on the Prairie" series, Rose Wilder Lane.

"Provides information and examples of the various authors, works, and literary movements that make up American literature"--Provided by publisher.

"From essays about the Salem witch trials to literary uses of ghosts by Twain, Wharton, and Bierce to the cinematic blockbuster "The Sixth Sense", this book is the first to survey the importance of ghosts and hauntings in American culture across time. From the Puritans' conviction that a thousand preternatural beings appear every day before our eyes, to today's resurgence of spirits in fiction and film, the culture of the United States has been obsessed with ghosts. this book asserts that ghosts, whether in oral tradition, literature, or such modern forms as cinema have always been constructions embedded in specific historical ontexts and invoked for explicit purposes, often poitical in nature"--Adapted from publisher description.