critics

Presents a comprehensive guide to the life and writings of early twentieth-century American poet and critic Ezra Pound along with over two hundred fifty alphabetically-arranged entries on his acquaintances, publications, and interests.

Presents a brief biography of Henry Louis Gates Jr. African-American author and scholar, including information on his childhood, family life, and academic achievements.

A biography of the noted literary historian, critic, author, and scholar who taught at many leading universities before becoming head of the African American Studies department at Harvard.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and times of author Willa Cather.

A tribute to author Iris Murdoch, now stricken with Alzheimer's disease, written by her husband of over forty years, in which he discusses their passionate love relationship and traces the progression of her affliction.

Reprint of a 1934 text in which the author meditates upon the design and goals of literary culture, chronicling the conditions, ideas, and experiences that shaped American writing in the early twentieth century, and paying homage to the nurturing atmosphere of Paris in the 1920s.

The author recounts his early life in the African-American community of a small West Virginia town in the Allegheny Mountains where the major social event was the annual mill picnic.

The memoirs of the author during the early depression years.

A memoir by Vanity Fair columnist James Wolcott about coming of age in 1970s New York.