... Edgar , South Carolina in the Modern Age , 121. Black Elected Officials : A National Roster , 21st ed . ( Washington ... John Edgar Wideman , Fatheralong : A Meditation on Fathers and Sons , Race and Society ( 1994 ; New York ...

A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author’s grandson.

... John Edgar Wideman, “Michael Jordan Leaps the Great Divide,” in Signifyin(G), Sanctifyin', & Slam Dunking: A Reader ... in author's possession); David Morse, Motown and the Arrival of Black Music (Macmillan, 1971), 136–37; Clive ...

Fascinating and often hilarious, this is a complete record of the thoughts, ideas, and observations of the father of American literature.

All these stories and more come together in a generous, encompassing book about the making of a writer and a new American.

This third edition of the bestselling Essentials of the Theory of Fiction provides a comprehensive view of the theory of fiction from the nineteenth century through modernism and postmodernism to the present.

Along the way readers will spend a holiday in the Austen house, celebrate Jane's birthday, meet the inspiration for more than a dozen characters, attend the Christmastide series of balls, and learn how to make family's favorite recipes and ...

When does sorrow turn to shame? When does love become labor? When does chancebecome choice? And when does fact become fiction?

When Charles Dickens created the story that would become A Christmas Carol, little did he know that his ghostly little book would reinvent the way we celebrate Christmas.

In Native Speaker, author Chang-rae Lee introduces readers to Henry Park. Park has spent his entire life trying to become a true American—a native speaker.