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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
129 pages ; 18 cm
Description
This inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from The Bluest Eye to God Help the Child, from Playing in the Dark to The Source of Self-Regard--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision.
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Description
"In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that is just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of "Cannery Row", the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears - from Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter....
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
x, 253 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A Most Anticipated Book (Refinery29, HipLatina, Publishers Weekly, Latino Book Review, and more)! Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. In Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and...
13) Vanity fair, selections from America's most memorable magazine: a cavalcade of the 1920s and 1930s
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1960]
Physical Desc
327 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm.
Description
Photographs selected are of people much seen or talked about at that time - leaders in the world of literature, theater, art, music, sport, politics, and society. Also chosen were pictures of celebrities very much of that era.
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