<b>John Edgar Wideman</b> grew up in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh, where some of his novels and stories take place. A former Rhodes scholar, his work has been widely praised for its vivid and lyrical language, and his reviews and critical articles have appeared in a number of publications. He served as the senior judge for the Drue Heinz Literature Prize in 1992.
21 Ebooks tarafından John Edgar Wideman
John Edgar Wideman: Writing to Save a Life
A major literary figure tells ‘;a searching tale of loss, recovery, and dja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and expos’ (The Washington Post) about two generations of one …
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John Edgar Wideman: American Histories
‘;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-win …
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John Edgar Wideman: Philadelphia Fire
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 shockin …
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John Edgar Wideman: Writing to Save a Life
When Emmett Till was murdered aged fourteen for allegedly whistling at a white woman, photographs of his destroyed face became a flashpoint in the civil rights movement. A decade earlier Emmett’s fat …
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John Edgar Wideman: God’s Gym
In God’s Gym, the celebrated author John Edgar Wideman offers stories that pulse with emotional electricity. The ten pieces here explore strength, both physical and spiritual. The collection opens wi …
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John Edgar Wideman: Fanon
A philosopher, psychiatrist, and political activist, Frantz Fanon was a fierce, acute critic of racism and oppression. Born of African descent in Martinique in 1925, Fanon fought in defense of France …
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John Edgar Wideman: 20
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 …
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John Edgar Wideman: Brothers and Keepers
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 …
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John Edgar Wideman: American Histories
In this new short story collection, John Edgar Wideman blends the historical and the imaginary, the personal and the political, to invent complex, charged stories about love, death and struggle. With …
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Richard Wright: Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition]
A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright’s powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the authors grandson.When it ex …
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Elizabeth Hand & Bradford Morrow: Other Aliens
New writings on our fear of—and fascination with—the “other” from Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, and more.Alien is a powerful and flexible word. Al …
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Bradford Morrow: Cabinet of Curiosity
Joyce Carol Oates, Ann Beattie, Diane Ackerman, and more explore the double-edged sword of curiosity . . . Curiosity is as central to life as breathing. And like breath itself, when it ceas …
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Bradford Morrow: Sanctuary
Exploring the myriad ways in which we go about preserving what might otherwise be forfeited. Whether trained specialists or lay people who care about something, preservationists come from ever …
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John Edgar Wideman: You Made Me Love You
A powerful and ‘;stunning’ (Publishers Weekly, starred review) selection of the best of John Edgar Wideman’s short stories over his fifty-year career, representing the wide range of his intellectual …
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John Edgar Wideman: Look For Me and I”ll Be Gone
‘This is truly inimitable storytelling’ Observer”[A] master of language” New York Times A boy stands alone, unable to enter the room in which his grandfather’s coffin lies. Freddie Jackson’s song ‘ …
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John Edgar Wideman: Brothers and Keepers
‘;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 r …
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John Edgar Wideman: Philadelphia Fire
One of John Wideman’s most ambitious and celebrated works, the lyrical masterpiece and PEN/Faulkner winner inspired by the 1985 police bombing of the West Philadelphia row house owned by black libera …
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John Edgar Wideman: Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone
*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 …
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John Edgar Wideman: Homewood Trilogy
From ‘;master of language’ (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman, a reissue of the revered trilogy that launched his careertwo novels and story collection all set in Wideman’s own hometown.Damballa …
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John Edgar Wideman: Écrire pour sauver une vie
À l’âge de quatorze ans, John Edgar Wideman découvre dans la presse américaine une photo du visage mutilé d’Emmett Till. Tout comme Wideman, ce dernier est âgé de quatorze ans, et tout comme Wideman, …
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John Edgar Wideman: Slaveroad
Major literary figure and ‘;master of language’ (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational perspective to explore what he calls the ‘;slaveroad, ‘ a daunting, haunting reali …
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