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African Americans Literary collections American literature American literature 20th century American literature African American authors American literature Great Lakes Region (North America) American literature Women authors Great Lakes Region (North America) Literary collections Indians of North America Indians of North America Literary collections Teenage girlsSummary: From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MBASummary: Features an assembly of voices in music, oratory, poetry, and prose by famous African-American musicians, writers, and activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK EVESummary: Overview: Offering insight into the arts of Great Lakes Native nations, this collection of stories, songs, poetry, speeches, autobiographies, and fiction, spans the centuries from deep past to the present. Elders, war chiefs, religious leaders, and contemporary artists share stories of the creation, stars, animals, heroes, and monsters, along with narratives of hunting, fishing, food-gathering,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 BRESummary: "A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century through the Depression era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 TREMomaday, N. Scott
Summary: Exploring such themes as land, language, and identity, Momaday recalls the moving stories of his Kiowa grandfather and Kiowa ancestors, recollects a boyhood spent partly at Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and ponders the circumstances of history and Indian-White relations as we inherit them today. Collecting thirty-two essays and articles, The Man Made of Words attempts to fashion a definition of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOMSummary: Collects articles, interviews, poems, and stories on romance, friendship, and self-care from the online magazine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305 ROOSummary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by author and critic Vivian Gornick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: From The adventures of Roderick Random / Tobias Smollett -- From Memoirs of a woman of pleasure / John Cleland -- From The history of Henry Dumont, esq. / Charlotte Gibber Charke -- I and my chimney / Herman Melville -- From Joseph and his friend : a story of Pennsylvania / Bayard Taylor -- From South sea idyls. In a transport / Charles Warren Stoddard -- From Marius the epicurean / Walter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820.8 MITHunter, Emily
Summary: A collection of over 100 short stories and rhymes that illustrate the virtues of generosity, honesty, compassion, loyalty, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.8 HUNContents: Introduction : three views of the shadow / Robert Bly -- Touching our darkness through stories and art / Mark Robert Waldman -- Ruplestiltskin / Anne Sexton -- The monster never dies / Stephen King -- A dark fable / Joyce Carol Oates -- The lottery / Shirley Jackson -- Diving into the wreck / Adrienne Rich -- Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Not with a bang / Howard Fast -- In a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 SHASummary: "An anthology of short stories, essays, poetry, and comics about the Mexican American experience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books, an imprint of Random House LLC 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Keegan, Marina
Summary: An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014