Sugar in Milk
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This is a timeless and relevant children’s book about immigration, emphasizing the importance of diversity, acceptance, and tolerance. The story follows a young immigrant girl who moves to a new country with her aunt and uncle.
Binny's Diwali
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This heartwarming story by Thrity Umrigar, featuring enchanting illustrations by Nidhi Chanani, provides detailed information about the Hindu festival of lights, making Binny's Diwali a delightful holiday treat.
Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage
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Last Acts argues that the Elizabethan and Jacobean theater offered playwrights, actors, and audiences important opportunities to practice the arts of dying.
The Secrets Between Us: A novel
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Bhima, a poor and illiterate servant, has faithfully worked for the upper-middle-class Parsi Dubash family for over two decades. However, when she courageously reveals a heinous crime against her own family, she is cruelly fired by her confidante, Sera Dubash. Bhima, stoic in the face of despair and loss, must now find a way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Parvati, a bitter older woman. Together, they form a tentative business partnership, selling fruits and vegetables. As they work side by side, sharing their truths and wounds, Bhima discovers her first true friend. The novel explores gender, strength, friendship, and second chances, vividly portraying the complexities of life in modern India for women born without privilege.
A Theology of Sense: John Updike, Embodiment, and Late Twentieth-Century American Literature
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Argues that post-1945 American literature integrates theology, aesthetics, and the body, particularly about sensory experiences.
Killers in Tutus
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In a work that ranges from Beirut, Middle America, and New York City to Eastern Europe, Paris, and painting, Marling is always alert to the fallibility of the senses, the small victories of innocence and wonder.
Blasphemous Modernism: The 20th-Century Word Made Flesh
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Modernism is often seen as rebellious, challenging secular norms in literature. However, its use of blasphemy—religious offense—as a literary tool has been overlooked. Authors like Joyce and Barnes used blasphemy to critique both religious and secular ideologies, showing religion’s enduring cultural impact. This approach also highlights the political aspects of religion in literature. The book Blasphemous Modernism connects these themes to the ongoing influence of modernism in literature.
The Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead
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Examines these overlooked spaces and what they tell us about ourselves and the passing of those we love--how we grieve them, and how we attempt to forget them.
Everybody's Son: A Novel
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In 1991, during a severe heat wave, ten-year-old Anton is trapped alone in an apartment for seven days. He escapes, injured, and is found by police while his mother, Juanita, is found incapacitated nearby. Despite their strong bond, Anton is taken into foster care as Juanita faces jail. Judge David Coleman, seeking to fill the void left by his son's death, uses his influence to foster Anton, leading to future turmoil. As an adult, Anton, now successful, grapples with the truth of his past and the actions of his loved ones.
Gatekeepers: The Emergence of World Literature and the 1960s
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The book "Gatekeepers" examines the overlooked role of various literary intermediaries—friends, agents, editors, translators, and publishers—in shaping literature. It challenges the outdated notion of the solitary writer by highlighting the collective effort behind literary success. Focusing on authors like Marquez and Murakami, it reveals how their works' reception was influenced by savvy gatekeepers and translations. The study underscores literature's dependency on social forces and historical contexts, emphasizing the increasing influence of English in global literature.
The Strawberry Room--:And Other Places Where a Woman Finds Herself
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Three-Way Street: Jews, Germans, and the Transnational
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The book examines the transnational experiences of German Jews who emigrated during the 19th and 20th centuries, carrying their cultural heritage while also engaging with and absorbing new practices from other Jewish communities. Post-Holocaust, these Jews reassessed their ties to Germany and their identities abroad. The volume, a pioneer in studying German-Jewish transnationalism, spans multiple disciplines to explore the lives of notable emigrants and their impact on Jewish culture globally.
Always on My Own: My Life on the Street
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The autobiography of James "Diz" Long who grew up on the mean streets of Detroit to become the muscle for a collections of thugs and celebrities, including porn king Ruben Sturnam, boxing impresario Don King, and celebrity author Harold Robbins.
Gamelife
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In *Gamelife*, Michael W. Clune recounts his childhood shaped by technology. Through seven computer games, he explores the uncanny aspects of 1980s suburban Illinois. From pixelated maps to locker-room hazing, these games reveal a unique perspective on growing up.
Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property
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The book *Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property* addresses the growing interdisciplinary focus on intellectual property (IP), which now interests various fields beyond law. It explores the evolution of IP rights, their justification, and their application in today's knowledge-driven economies.
Rhetoric in the Flesh
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Rhetoric in the Flesh is an ethnographic study of the gross anatomy lab to explain how rhetorical discourses, multimodal displays, and embodied practices facilitate learning and technical expertise and how they shape participants' perceptions of the human body.
A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films
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This book moves systematically through the elements that make up most films, focusing on aspects of the art of cinema that are common across history and national cinemas. It introduces and explains the principles and conventions of film in engaging, straightforward language and includes almost 200 images to illustrate film techniques.
The Story Hour
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Maggie, an experienced psychologist, usually maintains emotional distance from her patients. However, when she meets Lakshmi, a young Indian woman who attempted suicide, her professional detachment crumbles. Lakshmi, cut off from her family in India, is trapped in a loveless marriage. Moved by her plight, Maggie treats her for free, realizing that Lakshmi needs a friend more than a shrink. Their close bond is affectionate but complicated by conflicting expectations. As they share long-buried secrets, their relationship faces challenges that force them to confront painful choices.
Emily Dickinson and Philosophy
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This collection situates Dickinson within the rapidly evolving intellectual culture of her time and explores the degree to which her groundbreaking poetry anticipated trends in twentieth-century thought.
Loom
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Sarah Gridley's poetry collection *Loom* uses the motif of the loom as a boundary of creation and existence. It invokes The Lady of Shalott, a figure from Tennyson's work, as a symbol of the silenced feminine spirit. The poems explore the intersections of text and textile, spirit and matter, and gender roles, seeking to reconnect with the sacred amidst disconnection and distraction.
Queer Visibility in Post-Socialist Cultures
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Queer Visibility in Post-socialist Cultures explores the public constructions of gay, lesbian, and queer identities, as well as ways of thinking about sexuality and gender, in post-socialist cultures across the European region formerly known as the Eastern bloc.
White Out
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Michael W. Clune’s gripping memoir, White Out, delves into an addiction where the drug of choice erases memory, creating a perpetual sense of newness and fascination. With black humor and rhythmic prose, Clune takes us inside the heroin underground, revealing the mind of an addict as we navigate his dual life between Baltimore’s streets and a university campus. From abandoned row houses to crowded lecture halls, we witness his descent, detox, treatment, and eventual recovery. As the heroin-induced “white out” fades, Clune returns to a world of color
Writing Against Time
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By examining pivotal works from the last two centuries through the lens of their shared ambition, Clune offers a fresh perspective on some of our most significant literature.
The World We Found
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This skillfully wrought, emotionally resonant story revolves around four women and the indelible friendship they share.
The Appearance of Print in Eighteenth-Century Fiction
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Eighteenth-century fiction, particularly the novel, rose with publishing advances and influenced them in turn. Authors like Swift and Austen manipulated print to shape reader reception. Christopher Flint's book examines this dynamic, showing how writers used typography to enhance prose fiction and the novel's self-definition as a genre.
Black Dogs and Blue Words
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Winston Churchill's "black dog" metaphor for depression reflects today's encouragement to seek medical advice for mood issues. Since FDA marketing changes in 1997, drug promotion has targeted women and girls, promoting self-diagnosis and medication. *Black Dogs and Blue Words* by Kimberly K. Emmons critiques this trend, highlighting gendered health messages and the broadening definition of mental illness, advocating for critical reading strategies.
Green Is the Orator
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Green follows Sarah Gridle's brilliant first collection, Weather Eye Open, in addressing the challenge of representing nature through language.
A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--And A Trove Of Letters--Revealed The Hidden History Of The Great Depression
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An inspiring account of America at its worst and Americans at its best, woven from the stories of Depression-era families who were helped by gifts from the author's generous and secretive grandfather.
The Weight of Heaven
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In a devastating look at cultural clashes and divides, Umrigar illuminates how slowly we recover from unforgettable loss, how easily good intentions can turn evil, and how far a person will go to build a new world for those he loves.
American Literature and the Free Market, 1945-2000
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Post-WWII, there’s been a keen interest in the free market explored in postwar literature. Michael W. Clune examines this through various works, from Frank O’Hara’s poetry to '90s gangster rap, where the market is reimagined as an alternative lifestyle.
Final Salute
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler weaves together the stories of the fallen and of the broken homes the military casualties of the Iraq war have left behind, through Major Steve Beck, who has made it his personal mission to learn each dead marine's name and help those families grieving for them.
If Today Be Sweet
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In the novel *If Today Be Sweet*, Tehmina Sethna faces a pivotal decision. After her husband's death, she visits her son, Sorab, in suburban Ohio. Now, she must choose between her familiar life in India and a new one in America with her son, his American wife, and their child. As a middle-aged Parsi woman, Tehmina grapples with the tension between staying a stranger or embracing American citizenship. Destiny intervenes through two troubled children next door, compelling her to make a life-altering choice. The novel celebrates family, community, and the complexities of immigration, identity, and hope in contemporary America. It beautifully portrays how cultures intersect and evolve.
Nation of Secrets
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In this follow-up to The Book of Honor, Gup exposes how and why American institutions keep secrets from the very people they are supposed to serve. He argues that a preoccupation with secrets has undermined the very values in whose name secrecy is so often invoked.
The Novel and the Menagerie
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Examines the interplay between English novels and zoological collections, and how both reflect and shape perceptions of the British Empire. The study analyzes literary works and cultural artifacts to understand how Englishness and empire are intertwined in the national consciousness. It offers new insights into the role of the novel and imperial institutions in defining English identity during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Uncanny Bodies
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Uncanny Bodies argues that the coming of sound inspired more in these massively influential horror movies than screams, creaking doors, and howling wolves. A close examination of the historical reception of films of the transition period reveals that sound films could seem to their earliest viewers unreal and ghostly.
Obit
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This book is a collection of obituaries that are both humorous and poignant, highlighting the lives of individuals who may not be widely known but whose stories offer valuable life lessons. It's a celebration of the human experience, casting a spotlight on the everyday people we encounter and the profound impact they can have.
How American Is Globalization?
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William Marling's work challenges the notion of global Americanization, suggesting that the influence of American culture and technology abroad is less pervasive than assumed. He highlights the resilience of local cultures, which adapt and reinterpret American imports to fit their own contexts, often enhancing their cultural identity. Marling's case studies reveal that while American innovations like ATMs and franchising spread worldwide, they integrate into foreign societies in unique ways that reflect local customs and values, rather than imposing a uniform "American" way of life.
The Space Between Us
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A profound narrative set against Bombay's backdrop, exploring the intricate social fabric of modern India. It tells the story of two women forming a bond while navigating the challenges posed by a strict caste system. The novel is celebrated for its honest depiction of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family, drawing comparisons to the works of Hurston, Smith, and Kingsolver for its intense and evocative portrayal of human connections.
Life on the Death Beat
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A guide on obituary writing that helps journalists effectively research and write obituaries that inform readers.
Weather Eye Open - Poems
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Anticipatory in mood, Weather Eye Open adopts the emblem of the windmill, seeking what Merleau-Ponty calls the "inspiration and expiration of Being."
First Darling of the Morning
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First Darling of the Morning is the powerful and poignant memoir of bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, tracing the arc of her Bombay childhood and adolescence from her earliest memories to her eventual departure for the United States at age twenty-one.
A Tibetan Revolutionary
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This is the as-told-to political autobiography of Phüntso Wangye (Phünwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century.
Studies in the History of the English Language II
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The volume contains selected papers from the SHEL-2 conference held at the University of Washington in Spring 2002. Scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories/methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax.
Crossing Cultures
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In this important new study, Judith Oster looks at the literature of Chinese Americans and Jewish Americans about each other. Examining what is most at issue for both groups as they live between two cultures, languages, and environments, Oster focuses on the struggles of protagonists to form identities that are necessarily bicultural and always in process.
Jarrell, Bishop, Lowell, and Co
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A collection of eighteen essays edited by Suzanne Ferguson that delves into the friendships and influences of poets Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Lowell. These essays explore their literary, personal, and political connections during the transition from modernism to postmodernism.
Bombay Time
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At the wedding of a young man from a middle-class apartment building in Bombay, the men and women of this unique community gather together and look back on their youthful, idealistic selves and consider the changes the years have wrought. The lives of the Parsi men and women who grew up together in Wadi Baug are revealed in all their complicated humanity: Adi Patel's disintegration into alcoholism; Dosamai's gossiping tongue; and Soli Contractor's betrayal and heartbreak.
The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives
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The CIA headquarters honors fallen agents with a marble wall and "The Book of Honor," though many remain unnamed. Ted Gup's investigative work reveals their complex, heroic stories, challenging stereotypes and illuminating the CIA's history.
The New Economic Criticism: Studies at the Intersection of Literature and Economics
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This collection brings together twenty-seven essays by influential literary and cultural historians, as well as representatives of the vanguard of postmodernist economics.
The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering
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This autobiography details the life of Tsering, a Tibetan educator who overcame adversity and political imprisonment.
The American Roman Noir: Hammett, Cain, and Chandler
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A study of classic hard-boiled fiction and film in the contexts of narrative theories and American social and cultural history. The book integrates economic history, biography, consumer product design, narrative analysis and film scholarship.
The Author, Art, and the Market: Rereading the History of Aesthetics
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Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented art as we know it today.
The Construction of Authorship: Textual Appropriation in Law and Literature
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In a rapidly changing landscape where technology shapes how texts are produced and disseminated, the concept of "authorship" needs reevaluation. This volume challenges contemporary copyright law, which often views authors as solitary creative geniuses. Drawing on scholars from literature, law, and social sciences, the book explores the social and cultural construction of authorship.
Folk Roots and Mythic Wings in Sarah Orne Jewett and Toni Morrison
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As women of different eras, cultural backgrounds, racial identities, and places of origin, Sarah Orne Jewett and Toni Morrison would appear to have little in common. But in her study of these two seemingly dissimilar writers Marilyn Sanders Mobley finds elements that unite their fictional concerns.
Stealing Time
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Grimm writes poignantly and humorously of characters on the verge of a new awareness.
Left to Themselves
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Mary Grimm’s novel explores the themes of loss and love in the mundane aspects of life. It follows Lucette, a passive yet passionate catalyst for change, who enters Harry’s aimless life. Harry, skilled in avoidance, and his cousin Cynthia, trapped in a stagnant marriage, embody the denial and repression of complex emotions stemming from their past.
Toward Robert Frost
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This study considers what Frost meant by entanglements, how he braved them in his poetry, and how he invited his readers to do the same.
Raymond Chandler
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The book provides an informative survey of Chandler's biography, his art - its imaginative evolution, scope, thematic direction, and stylistic proclivities -- and the literary assessment of his work.
From Reading to Writing: A Composition Text with Readings for English as a Second Language
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Textbook for ESL learners.
Dashiell Hammett
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Marling draws on several previous studies of the man and his work to provide the essential details of Hammett's life and a cogent evaluation of his stories and five novels.
Fictional Techniques and Factual Works
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Examines the effects that great factual works can display in studies of Newman's Apologia, Gosse's Father and Son, and Boswell's Life of John.
William Carlos Williams and the Painters 1909-1923
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Limiting his concern to the poet's early years, Marling stresses Williams' alliances with graphic artists during a period when he could find little support or solace from other writers. Marling discusses Williams' friendships, and shared aesthetics, with Marcel Duchamp, Marsden Hartley, Walter Arensberg, Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, and others, drawing from previously unpublished materials -- not only of Williams but of the artists..
Faulkner's Career: An Internal Literary History
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Offers a literary criticism and interpretation of Faulkner's work.