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$25.00To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for short fiction, John Wideman has compiled an anthology featuring stories from each of the past winners.
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$21.00The Drue Heinz Literature Prize was established in 1980 to encourage and support the writing and reading of short fiction. Over the past twenty years judges such as Robert Penn…
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90 Miles
$17.00Ninety miles separate Cuba and Key West, Florida. Crossing that distance, thousands of Cubans have lost their lives. For Cuban American poet Virgil Suárez, that expanse of ocean represents the…
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A Century Of Heroes
$29.95Published on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, this volume recognizes the nearly 9,000 “ordinary” heroes that have been recognized over the years for…
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A Geopolitics Of Academic Writing
$35.95“A welcome intervention in such fields as English studies, rhetoric, liguistics, postcolonial theory, and of western knowledge construction in general, and the publishing practices of academia in particular.”–Rocky Mountain Review
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A Town Without Steel
$35.95In 1986, with little warning, the USX Homestead Works closed. Thousands of workers who depended on steel to survive were left without work. A Town Without Steel looks at the people…
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About Three Bricks Shy
$21.95Thirtieth Anniversary EditionAny number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the last pick of the draft, and…
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Academic Discourse and Critical Consciousness
$29.95This collection of essays traces the attempts of one writing teacher to understand theoretically – and to respond pedagogically – to what happens when students from diverse backgrounds learn to…
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Adolescence in Pacific Island Societies
$24.95A ground-breaking comparative study of adolescence, Adolescence in Pacific Island Societies examines how biology, culture, and adolescence interact in the rapidly changing Pacific Islands, and question the relationship of social…
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After The Smoke Clears
$29.00Contains thought-provoking, personal stories of hardship and endurance from five towns in America’s collapsing industrial heartland. It focuses on the complex relationships between work, loss, and identity. Includes 48 plates…
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Alexander The Great
$23.95In taking account of recent research and in reassesing the markedly contradictory contemporary sources, J.R. Hamilton present a far less attractive but no less compelling portrait of Alexander than Tarn’s…
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All American Girl
$17.00Winner of the 1996 Lambda Book Award for Lesbian Poetry.“With poignancy, honesty, and grace, Becker contends with the messy implications of her lesbian sexuality, Jewish identity, and sister’s suicide. ….