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The Songs We Know Best The Songs We Know Best Karin Roffman
Thomas McGrath. Start the Poetry Now! Thomas McGrath. Start the Poetry Now! Studs Terkel
Mr. Straight Arrow Mr. Straight Arrow Jeremy Treglown
Taste Taste Jehanne Dubrow
Agatha Christie’s Poirot Agatha Christie’s Poirot Mark Aldridge
Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Virginia Woolf
Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters Tom Santopietro
The Same River Twice The Same River Twice Chris Offutt
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The Chinese Love Story from the Tenth to the Fourteenth Century The Chinese Love Story from the Tenth to the Fourteenth Century Alister D. Inglis
Ethan Frome: The Original 1911 Edition (A Edith Wharton Classic Novel) Ethan Frome: The Original 1911 Edition (A Edith Wharton Classic Novel) Edith Wharton
An Admirable Point An Admirable Point Florence Hazrat
The Prophet: The Original 1923 Edition With Complete Illustrations (A Kahlil Gibran Classics) The Prophet: The Original 1923 Edition With Complete Illustrations (A Kahlil Gibran Classics) Kahlil Gibran
My Antonia: The Original 1918 Edition (A Willa Cather Classics) My Antonia: The Original 1918 Edition (A Willa Cather Classics) Willa Cather
The Call Of the Wild: The Original 1903 Edition (A Jack London Classic Novel) The Call Of the Wild: The Original 1903 Edition (A Jack London Classic Novel) Jack London
Spirit Deep Spirit Deep Tisha M. Brooks
How to Write a Sentence How to Write a Sentence Stanley Fish
Happy Landings Happy Landings Patti Bender
The Strangers' House The Strangers' House Alexander Poots
The Critical Situation The Critical Situation Robert T. Tally Jr
Will & Love Will & Love Darren Dyck
Reading Territory Reading Territory Kathryn Walkiewicz
Because You Have To Because You Have To Joan Frank
But Have You Read the Book? But Have You Read the Book? Kristen Lopez
Antisemitism Antisemitism Philip Slayton
Textile Orientalisms Textile Orientalisms Suchitra Choudhury
Modernism at the Beach Modernism at the Beach Hannah Freed-Thall
But Have You Read the Book? But Have You Read the Book? Kristen Lopez
The Wonder Paradox The Wonder Paradox Jennifer Michael Hecht
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Scandinavian Noir Scandinavian Noir Wendy Lesser
Pandora's Jar Pandora's Jar Natalie Haynes
The Art of Death The Art of Death Edwidge Danticat
Rapture's Roadway Rapture's Roadway Virginia Jealous
Craft in the Real World Craft in the Real World Matthew Salesses
The End of the Novel of Love The End of the Novel of Love Vivian Gornick
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic Daniel Mendelsohn
Too Much Too Much Rachel Vorona Cote
Conversation at Princeton Conversation at Princeton Mario Vargas Llosa
The Future as Catastrophe The Future as Catastrophe Eva Horn
Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Virginia Woolf
The Genius of Jane Austen The Genius of Jane Austen Paula Byrne
He Held Radical Light He Held Radical Light Christian Wiman
Around the World in 80 Books Around the World in 80 Books David Damrosch
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Toibin
Late Essays: 2006-2017 Late Essays: 2006-2017 J. M. Coetzee
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain A Swim in a Pond in the Rain George Saunders
Camp Austen Camp Austen Ted Scheinman
Seduced by Story Seduced by Story Peter Brooks
Character Character Marjorie Garber
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From Holmes to Sherlock From Holmes to Sherlock Mattias Boström
New And Selected Poems New And Selected Poems Donald Justice
Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Richard Ellmann
Cheever Cheever Blake Bailey
The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is Patrick French
Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism John Updike
Refusing Heaven Refusing Heaven Jack Gilbert
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens
Making Waves Making Waves Mario Vargas Llosa
The Undiscovered Country The Undiscovered Country William Logan
How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer Sarah Bakewell
Finding a Form: Essays Finding a Form: Essays William H. Gass
Distant Reading Distant Reading Franco Moretti
The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 Martin Amis