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African Americans Civil rights Press coverage American drama (Tragedy) 20th century American literature 20th century Civil rights movements Press coverage United States Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Sources Journalism United States History 20th century Short stories United States Race relations Press coverage United States Race relations Sources Williams, Tennessee 1911-1983Kaufman, George S. (George Simon)
Summary: Collects plays written by George Kaufman in collaboration with other writers, including "Dinner at Eight," "Animal Crackers," "Stage Door," and "You Can't Take It With You."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.52 KAUCarson, Rachel
Summary: The pioneering naturalist's works exploring the Earth's oceans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.46 CARRoosevelt, Theodore
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.911 ROORoosevelt, Theodore
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSteinbeck, John
Contents: The moon is down -- Cannery Row -- The pearl -- East of Eden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STEAgee, James
Contents: Let us now praise famous men -- The morning watch -- A death in the family -- Stories: Death in the desert -- They that sow in sorrow shall reap -- A mother's tale.
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 AGEWelty, Eudora
Summary: "Stories, Essays, and Memoir" contains all of Welty's collected short stories, her first book, "A Curtain of Green and Other Stories" (1941), stories based on her travels, and the ever-popular memoir, "One Writer's Beginnings" (1984).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 WEL1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WEL
Roth, Philip.
Contents: When she was good -- Portnoy's complaint -- Our gang -- The breast.
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROTSinger, Isaac Bashevis
Contents: A friend of Kafka & other stories -- A crown of feathers & other stories -- Passions & other stories -- Chronology -- Note on the texts -- Glossary and notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SINRoth, Philip.
Summary: A reader's edition of key writings by the acclaimed author includes the National Book Award-winning "Goodbye, Columbus" and the trenchant psychological portrait, "Letting Go."
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROTLovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
Summary: "This volume brings together 22 tales, the very best of [Lovecraft's] fiction"--Jacket.
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From A. Philip Randolph's defiant call in 1941 for African Americans to march on Washington to Alice Walker in 1973, Reporting civil rights presents firsthand accounts of the revolutionary events that overthrew segregation in the United States. This two-volume anthology brings together for the first time nearly 200 newspaper and magazine reports and book excerpts, and features 151 writers,...
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 REPWilliams, Tennessee
Contents: Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer. Sweet bird of youth. Period of adjustment. The night of the iguana. The eccentricities of a nightingale. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. The mutilated. Kingdom of earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. Out cry. Vieux Carré. A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 WILSummary: From A. Philip Randolph's defiant call in 1941 for African Americans to march on Washington to Alice Walker in 1973, Reporting civil rights presents firsthand accounts of the revolutionary events that overthrew segregation in the United States. This two-volume anthology brings together for the first time nearly 200 newspaper and magazine reports and book excerpts, and features 151 writers,...
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 REPFaulkner, William
Summary: Three novels include two from the Snopes trilogy, "The Town," and "The Mansion," which portrays the downfall of the rapacious, cruel dynasty, and a lesser-known comic novel "The Reivers," which is set around a Memphis brothel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAUCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: SC FAULKWilliams, Tennessee
Summary: Profiles the works of Tennessee Williams and provides information on his life and writing career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 WILContents: v. 1. Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker -- v. 2. E.E. Cummings to May Swenson.
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811. 508 American 2000Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.508 AMERAlcott, Louisa May
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Summary: Collects the author's short stories, a novella titled "Up Above the World," and a travel book first published in 1963.
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOWDos Passos, John
Summary: "John Dos Passos traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, and the United States, witnessing many of the tumultuous political, social, and cultural events of the early 20th century and recording his changing response to them. This volume collects the vibrant and insightful travel books and essays he wrote at the same time he was publishing his fictional masterpieces Three Soldiers,...
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5208 DOSJohnson, James Weldon
Contents: The autobiography of an ex-colored man -- Along this way -- New York Age editorials -- Selected essays -- Black Manhattan -- Selected poems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 JOHPowell, Dawn.
Contents: My home is far away -- The locusts have no king -- The wicked pavilion -- The golden spur.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POWBellow, Saul.
Summary: Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of "The Adventures of Augie March," and reflects the mid-twentieth-century's psychological turmoil from more inhibited times in a volume that also includes "The Victim" and "Dangling Man."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2003