american literature

A collection of short fiction and nonfiction writings from mainstream and alternative American periodicals that features an introduction by Marjane Satrapi and selections from Philip Connors, Nathan Englander, Rivka Galchen, David Grann, and others.

A guide to reading "The Great Gatsby" with an analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.

Presents essays, poems, and art created by young women addressing such themes as race, class, sexuality, and family.

A collection of short fiction and poetry that displays the breadth and achievement of celebrated Latina authors while introducing the next generation of voices.

A collection of early American literature from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. Includes selections by Anne Bradstreet, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Emily Dickinson.

An anthology of more than 150 selections, some never published before, taken from slave narratives, memoirs, novels, poems, short stories, essays, biographies, and position papers.

The historical novel, Across five Aprils, set at the time of the Civil War, chronicles the war as well as the story of a young boy's growing up.