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Brothers and Keepers
Häftad, 2018
125 kr
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Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman's seminal memoir about two brothers - one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive. Wideman recalls the capture of his younger brother Robby, details the subsequent trials that resulted in a sentence of life in prison, and provides vivid views of …
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Twenty Best Of Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Häftad, 2003
379 kr
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The 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 Warren, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Alice McDermott, and Frank Conroy have selected …
Writing to Save a Life
The Louis Till File
E-bok, 2016
186 kr
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A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” ( The Washington Post ) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his father, Louis—shortlisted for the National Book …
American Histories
Stories
E-bok, 2018
186 kr
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“A powerful assemblage of short stories exploring late-in-life angst through personal myth, cultural memory, and riffs on an empire scorched by its own hubris” ( O, The Oprah Magazine ) from award-winning author John Edgar Wideman—his first collection in more than a decade. “Race and its …
Writing to Save a Life
The Louis Till File
Ljudbok, 2016
303 kr
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A major literary figure tells “a searching tale of loss, recovery, and déja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and exposé” ( The Washington Post ) about two generations of one family—civil rights martyr Emmett Till and his father, Louis—shortlisted for the National Book …
Conversations with John Edgar Wideman
Av John Edgar Wideman, Bonnie TuSmith
Häftad, 2013
351 kr
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Orally or on the page, John Edgar Wideman never seems to stray far from firsthand experience. ""Writing for me is a way of opening up,"" he states in one of the interviews in this collection, ""a way of sharing, a way of making sense of the world, and writing's very appeal is that it gives me a …
Languages of Home
Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
Inbunden, 2025
361 kr
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The first ever collection of John Edgar Wideman’s most influential essays and articles, five decades of cultural and literary criticism that paint a vivid portrait of America’s changing landscape and chronicle the emergence and evolution of a major presence in fiction. John Edgar Wideman, acclaimed …
Languages of Home
Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives, 1971-2025
Häftad, 2026
246 kr
Kommande
In this first-ever collection of nonfiction by John Edgar Wideman, a towering figure in American literature ( The Nation ), five decades of cultural and literary criticism paint a vivid portrait of Americas changing landscape and chronicle the emergence and evolution of a generational talent. …
Languages of Home
Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
E-bok, 2025
199 kr
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The first ever collection of John Edgar Wideman’s most influential essays and articles, five decades of cultural and literary criticism that paint a vivid portrait of America’s changing landscape and chronicle the emergence and evolution of a major presence in fiction. John Edgar Wideman, renowned …
Fatheralong
A Meditation on Fathers and Sons, Race and Society
Häftad, 2026
216 kr
Kommande
The reissued classic from ';master of language' ( The New York Times ) John Edgar Widemana ';superb' ( New York Times Book Review ) memoir in five essays about fathers, and Wideman's vexed relationship with his own. An essential chronicler of Black American experience for over half a century, John …
Slaveroad
Häftad, 2025
216 kr
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“Master of language” ( The New York Times ) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational position to explore what he calls the “slaveroad,” offering “a fresh perspective of slavery’s impact and a confirmation of Wideman’s exalted status in American letters” ( New York magazine). John Edgar …
Slaveroad
E-bok, 2024
182 kr
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“Master of language” ( The New York Times ) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational position to explore what he calls the “slaveroad,” offering “a fresh perspective of slavery’s impact and a confirmation of Wideman’s exalted status in American letters” ( New York magazine). John Edgar …
Languages of Home
Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1971-2025
Ljudbok, 2025
448 kr
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In this first-ever collection of nonfiction by John Edgar Wideman, a ''; towering figure in American literature '' ( The Nation ), five decades of cultural and literary criticism paint a vivid portrait of America''s changing landscape and chronicle the emergence and evolution of a generational …
Philadelphia Fire
Häftad, 2018
139 kr
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In 1985 police bombed a West Philadelphia row house. Eleven people died and a fire started that destroyed sixty other houses. John Edgar Wideman brings these events and their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel.At the heart of Philadelphia Fire is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who …
Look for Me and I'll Be Gone
Stories
Ljudbok, 2021
433 kr
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*A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of the Year* From John Edgar Wideman, a modern “master of language” ( The New York Times Book Review ), comes a stunning story collection that spans a range of topics from Michael Jordan to Emmett Till, from childhood memories to the final day in a prison …
Slaveroad
An Autobiography
Ljudbok, 2024
373 kr
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“Master of language” ( The New York Times ) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational position to explore what he calls the “slaveroad,” offering “a fresh perspective of slavery’s impact and a confirmation of Wideman’s exalted status in American letters” ( New York magazine). John Edgar …
Look For Me and I'll Be Gone
Inbunden, 2021
215 kr
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A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARForty years after John Edgar Wideman's first book of stories, comes this stunning collection that is vital reading for anyone interested in the state of America today. Its subjects range from Michael Jordan to Emmett Till, from distrust of authority to …
Look For Me and I'll Be Gone
Häftad, 2022
148 kr
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'This is truly inimitable storytelling' Observer'[A] master of language' New York TimesA boy stands alone, unable to enter the room in which his grandfather's coffin lies. Freddie Jackson's song 'You Are My Lady' plays on the car radio as a son is brought to a prison cell in Arizona. A narrator …
Brothers and Keepers
A Memoir
E-bok, 2020
199 kr
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“A rare triumph” ( The New York Times Book Review ), this powerful memoir about the divergent paths taken by two brothers is a classic work from one of the greatest figures in American literature: a reflection on John Edgar Wideman’s family and his brother’s incarceration—a classic that is as …
