Library of America
Nonprofit publisher of classic American literature.
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Eudora Welty
American short story writer, novelist and photographer, who wrote about the American South.
American short story writer, novelist and photographer, who wrote about the American South.
She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America.
Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
French editorial collection which was created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor.
French editorial collection which was created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor.
The Library of America series, launched in 1979, is a similar project in the United States inspired by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.
Native Son
Novel written by the American author Richard Wright.
Novel written by the American author Richard Wright.
Library of America published a restored draft version of the book assembled by editor Arnold Rampersad.
Edmund Wilson
American writer and literary critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes.
American writer and literary critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes.
His scheme for a Library of America series of national classic works came to fruition through the efforts of Jason Epstein after Wilson's death.
Daniel Aaron
Daniel Aaron (August 4, 1912 – April 30, 2016) was an American writer and academic who helped found the Library of America.
Richard Wright (author)
American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.
American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.
American Hunger, which was published posthumously in 1977, was originally intended by Wright as the second volume of Black Boy. The Library of America edition of 1991 finally restored the book to its original two-volume form.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.
American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.
In 2008, the Library of America selected Hawthorne's "A show of wax-figures" for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime.
James Agee
American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic.
American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction (Michael Sragow, ed.) (Library of America, 2005) ISBN: 978-1-931082-81-5. Stories include "Death in the Desert," "They That Sow in Sorrow Shall Reap" and "A Mother's Tale."
John Updike
American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
In 2013, the Library of America issued a two-volume boxed edition of 186 stories under the title The Collected Stories.
John Berryman
American poet and scholar.
American poet and scholar.
In 2004, the Library of America published John Berryman: Selected Poems, edited by the poet Kevin Young.