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Death Rights

Romantic Suicide, Race, and the Bounds of Liberalism

by Deanna P. Koretsky ...

Series series SUNY Press Open Access
Death Rights presents an antiracist critique of British romanticism by deconstructing one of its organizing tropes—the suicidal creative "genius." Putting texts by Olaudah Equiano, Mary Shelley, John Keats, and others into critical conversation with African American literature, black studies, and feminist theory, Deanna P. Koretsky argues that romanticism is part and parcel of the legal and ... Read more

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Death Rights presents an antiracist critique of British romanticism by deconstructing one of its organizing tropes—the suicidal creative "genius." Putting texts by Olaudah Equiano, Mary Shelley, John Keats, and others into critical conversation with African American literature, black studies, and feminist theory, Deanna P. Koretsky argues that romanticism is part and parcel of the legal and
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Mouth Full of Blood

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“She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth-teller. She was a magician with language, who understood the power of words.****” - Oprah WinfreyA vital non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered American writersSpanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around us. They are concerned with race, gender and globalisation. The sweep of ... Read more

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“She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth-teller. She was a magician with language, who understood the power of words.****” - Oprah WinfreyA vital non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered American writersSpanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around us. They are concerned with race, gender and globalisation. The sweep of
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The Truth About Awiti

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There is a commonly held belief the tropical storms and hurricanes that form off the coast of West Africa are not natural disasters, but rather they are retaliation by restless spirits impacted by one of the darkest chapters of world history—the trans-Atlantic slave trade.Awiti’s destiny was forever changed the day the slave raiders arrived at her village. She made a life-altering decision with ... Read more

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There is a commonly held belief the tropical storms and hurricanes that form off the coast of West Africa are not natural disasters, but rather they are retaliation by restless spirits impacted by one of the darkest chapters of world history—the trans-Atlantic slave trade.Awiti’s destiny was forever changed the day the slave raiders arrived at her village. She made a life-altering decision with
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The Dark Fantastic

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by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas ...

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Winner, 2022 Children's Literature Association Book Award, given by the Children's Literature AssociationWinner, 2020 World Fantasy Awards***Winner, 2020 British Fantasy Awards, NonfictionFinalist, Creative Nonfiction IGNYTE Award, given by FIYACON for BIPOC+ in Speculative Fiction***Reveals the diversity crisis in children's and young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack
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Nobody Knows My Name

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by James Baldwin ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
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'These essays ... live and grow in the mind' James Campbell, IndependentBeing a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him responding to his times and exploring his role as an artist with biting precision and
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Begin Again

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by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. ...

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Adán y Eva en el paraíso (Spanish Edition)

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A Freedom Bought with Blood

African American War Literature from the Civil War to World War II

by Jennifer C. James ...

In the first comprehensive study of African American war literature, Jennifer James analyzes fiction, poetry, autobiography, and histories about the major wars waged before the desegregation of the U.S. military in 1948. Examining literature about the Civil War, the Spanish-American Wars, World War I, and World War II, James introduces a range of rare and understudied texts by writers such as ... Read more

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In the first comprehensive study of African American war literature, Jennifer James analyzes fiction, poetry, autobiography, and histories about the major wars waged before the desegregation of the U.S. military in 1948. Examining literature about the Civil War, the Spanish-American Wars, World War I, and World War II, James introduces a range of rare and understudied texts by writers such as
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"Beyond This Narrow Now"

Or, Delimitations, of W. E. B. Du Bois

by Nahum Dimitri Chandler ...

In “Beyond This Narrow Now” Nahum Dimitri Chandler shows that the premises of W. E. B. Du Bois's thinking at the turn of the twentieth century stand as fundamental references for the whole itinerary of his thought. Opening with a distinct approach to the legacy of Du Bois, Chandler proceeds through a series of close readings of Du Bois's early essays, previously unpublished or seldom studied, with ... Read more

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In “Beyond This Narrow Now” Nahum Dimitri Chandler shows that the premises of W. E. B. Du Bois's thinking at the turn of the twentieth century stand as fundamental references for the whole itinerary of his thought. Opening with a distinct approach to the legacy of Du Bois, Chandler proceeds through a series of close readings of Du Bois's early essays, previously unpublished or seldom studied, with
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Black Atlas

Geography and Flow in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature

by Judith Madera ...

Black Atlas presents definitive new approaches to black geography. It focuses attention on the dynamic relationship between place and African American literature during the long nineteenth century, a volatile epoch of national expansion that gave rise to the Civil War, Reconstruction, pan-Americanism, and the black novel. Judith Madera argues that spatial reconfiguration was a critical concern for ... Read more

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Black Atlas presents definitive new approaches to black geography. It focuses attention on the dynamic relationship between place and African American literature during the long nineteenth century, a volatile epoch of national expansion that gave rise to the Civil War, Reconstruction, pan-Americanism, and the black novel. Judith Madera argues that spatial reconfiguration was a critical concern for
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Ghosts of the African Diaspora

Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity

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The first monograph to investigate the poetics and politics of haunting in African diaspora literature, Ghosts of the African Diaspora: Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity examines literary works by five contemporary writers—Fred D’Aguiar, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Michelle Cliff, and Toni Morrison. Joanne Chassot argues that reading these texts through the lens of the ghost does ... Read more

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The first monograph to investigate the poetics and politics of haunting in African diaspora literature, Ghosts of the African Diaspora: Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity examines literary works by five contemporary writers—Fred D’Aguiar, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Michelle Cliff, and Toni Morrison. Joanne Chassot argues that reading these texts through the lens of the ghost does
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Writing through Jane Crow

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In Writing through Jane Crow, Ayesha Hardison examines African American literature and its representation of black women during the pivotal but frequently overlooked decades of the 1940s and 1950s. At the height of Jim Crow racial segregation—a time of transition between the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movement and between World War II and the modern civil rights movement—black writers
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A protruding posterior is considered attractive by guys for a variety of reasons. Primarily, evolution programmed men to prefer women with wide child-rearing hips, and a big butt represents this ideal mating quality. Plumpness also signifies youthfulness, which is a trait that males prefer. Finally, everyone likes something to hold onto during sex, and a little spanking never hurt either.
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Migrant Aesthetics

Contemporary Fiction, Global Migration, and the Limits of Empathy

by Glenda R. Carpio ...

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Searching for the New Black Man

Black Masculinity and Women's Bodies

by Ronda C. Henry Anthony ...

Series series Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
Using the slave narratives of Henry Bibb and Frederick Douglass, as well as the work of W. E. B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Walter Mosley, and Barack Obama, Ronda C. Henry Anthony examines how women's bodies are used in African American literature to fund the production of black masculine ideality and power. In tracing representations of ideal black masculinities and femininities, Henry Anthony shows ... Read more

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Using the slave narratives of Henry Bibb and Frederick Douglass, as well as the work of W. E. B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Walter Mosley, and Barack Obama, Ronda C. Henry Anthony examines how women's bodies are used in African American literature to fund the production of black masculine ideality and power. In tracing representations of ideal black masculinities and femininities, Henry Anthony shows
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Best Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky/ White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky/ The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky]

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Book 1: Immerse yourself in the world of innocence and idealism with “The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novel follows the enigmatic Prince Myshkin as he navigates the complexities of Russian society. This introspective work explores themes of morality, mental illness, and the clash between genuine goodness and societal norms.Book 2: Explore the depths of human emotions with “White ... Read more

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Book 1: Immerse yourself in the world of innocence and idealism with “The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novel follows the enigmatic Prince Myshkin as he navigates the complexities of Russian society. This introspective work explores themes of morality, mental illness, and the clash between genuine goodness and societal norms.Book 2: Explore the depths of human emotions with “White
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Prophetic Remembrance

Black Subjectivity in African American and South African Trauma Narratives

by Erica Still ...

Using the term "prophetic remembrance" to articulate the expression of a constituent faith in the performative capacity of language, Erica Still shows how black subjectivity is born of and interprets cultural trauma. She brings together African American neo-slave narratives and Black South African postapartheid narratives to reveal the processes by which black subjectivity accounts for its ... Read more

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Using the term "prophetic remembrance" to articulate the expression of a constituent faith in the performative capacity of language, Erica Still shows how black subjectivity is born of and interprets cultural trauma. She brings together African American neo-slave narratives and Black South African postapartheid narratives to reveal the processes by which black subjectivity accounts for its
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Dickens Klassiker für die Weihnachtszeit (Kommentiert)

Erweiterte Ausgabe. Der Weihnachtsabend, Doktor Marigold, Oliver Twist, Klein-Dorrit, David Copperfield, Der Kampf des Lebens und viel mehr

by Charles Dickens, Torben Albers ...

Dieser Band versammelt Dickens' klassische Weihnachtsprosa, in der häusliche Wärme, soziale Kälte und moralische Erneuerung in kunstvoller Spannung stehen. Mit melodramatischer Anschaulichkeit, satirischer Schärfe und einem fast musikalischen Sinn für Dialog entfaltet Dickens Erzählungen, die das viktorianische Fest zugleich mythologisieren und kritisch befragen. Hinter Geistern, Kindern und ... Read more

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Dieser Band versammelt Dickens' klassische Weihnachtsprosa, in der häusliche Wärme, soziale Kälte und moralische Erneuerung in kunstvoller Spannung stehen. Mit melodramatischer Anschaulichkeit, satirischer Schärfe und einem fast musikalischen Sinn für Dialog entfaltet Dickens Erzählungen, die das viktorianische Fest zugleich mythologisieren und kritisch befragen. Hinter Geistern, Kindern und
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What is African American Literature?

by Margo N. Crawford ...

Series series Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
After Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?, Margo N. Crawford delivers What is African American Literature?The idea of African American literature may be much more than literature written by authors who identify as "Black". What is African American Literature? focuses on feeling as form in order to show that African American literature is an archive of feelings, a tradition of ... Read more

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After Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?, Margo N. Crawford delivers What is African American Literature?The idea of African American literature may be much more than literature written by authors who identify as "Black". What is African American Literature? focuses on feeling as form in order to show that African American literature is an archive of feelings, a tradition of
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Specters of Democracy

Blackness and the Aesthetics of Politics in the Antebellum U.S.

by Ivy G. Wilson ...

Specters of Democracy examines how figurations of blackness were used to illuminate the fraught relationship between citizenship, equality, and democracy in the antebellum U.S. Through close readings of Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and Walt Whitman (on aurality), and Herman Melville, William J. Wilson, and a host of genre painters (on visuality), the book ... Read more

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Specters of Democracy examines how figurations of blackness were used to illuminate the fraught relationship between citizenship, equality, and democracy in the antebellum U.S. Through close readings of Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and Walt Whitman (on aurality), and Herman Melville, William J. Wilson, and a host of genre painters (on visuality), the book
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Slave Narratives after Slavery

Edited by William L. Andrews ...

The pre-Civil War autobiographies of famous fugitives such as Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, and Harriet Jacobs form the bedrock of the African American narrative tradition. After emancipation arrived in 1865, former slaves continued to write about their experience of enslavement and their upward struggle to realize the promise of freedom and citizenship. Slave Narratives After Slavery ... Read more

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The pre-Civil War autobiographies of famous fugitives such as Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, and Harriet Jacobs form the bedrock of the African American narrative tradition. After emancipation arrived in 1865, former slaves continued to write about their experience of enslavement and their upward struggle to realize the promise of freedom and citizenship. Slave Narratives After Slavery
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The Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Edgar Allan Poe ...

This collection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson and introduced by H. Noel Williams, offers a rich exploration of Poe's lyrical mastery and thematic depth. Featuring celebrated works like "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee," the volume also includes lesser-known poems such as "Ulalume" and "The Bells," highlighting Poe's ability to evoke emotion and atmosphere through rich ... Read more

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This collection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson and introduced by H. Noel Williams, offers a rich exploration of Poe's lyrical mastery and thematic depth. Featuring celebrated works like "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee," the volume also includes lesser-known poems such as "Ulalume" and "The Bells," highlighting Poe's ability to evoke emotion and atmosphere through rich
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Mounted

On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation

by Bitter Kalli ...

Joining the growing Black creative movement currently refashioning horses and cowboy imagery, a thoughtful, probing exploration of the shared history of Blackness and horses which reveals what its image can teach us about nationhood, race, and culture.Drawing on their personal history as a former urban equestrian, Black queer person, and child of Jamaican and Filipino immigrants, essayist and art ... Read more

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Joining the growing Black creative movement currently refashioning horses and cowboy imagery, a thoughtful, probing exploration of the shared history of Blackness and horses which reveals what its image can teach us about nationhood, race, and culture.Drawing on their personal history as a former urban equestrian, Black queer person, and child of Jamaican and Filipino immigrants, essayist and art
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Magically Black and Other Essays

by Jerald Walker ...

*** Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay**** ****Semi-Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor**** ****Finalist for the New England Book Award**** ****Longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award****In this engaging follow up to How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, the recipient of PEN New England Award for nonfiction and finalist for the National ... Read more

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*** Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay**** ****Semi-Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor**** ****Finalist for the New England Book Award**** ****Longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award****In this engaging follow up to How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, the recipient of PEN New England Award for nonfiction and finalist for the National
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Death Rights

Mouth Full of Blood

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"Beyond This Narrow Now"

Black Atlas

Ghosts of the African Diaspora

Writing through Jane Crow

Big Book Of Butts (Adult Picture Book: Anaconda Edition)

Migrant Aesthetics

Searching for the New Black Man

Best Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: [The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky/ White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky/ The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky]

Prophetic Remembrance

Dickens Klassiker für die Weihnachtszeit (Kommentiert)

What is African American Literature?

Specters of Democracy

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