Library of America
Nonprofit publisher of classic American literature.
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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.
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.
Jason Epstein
American editor and publisher.
American editor and publisher.
In 1979, Epstein took up and forwarded the critic Edmund Wilson's concept for the Library of America, well-made, reliable editions of important American writers similar to the French Pleiade editions.
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.
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.
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series.
American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series.
Other collections included Changing Planes, also released in 2002, while the anthologies included The Unreal and the Real (2012), and The Hainish Novels and Stories, a two-volume set of works from the Hainish universe released by the Library of America.
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.
Mark Twain
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
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Louis J. Budd, ed. Mark Twain, Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1891–1910 (Library of America, 1992) (ISBN: 978-0-940450-73-8)
Phillip Lopate
American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher.
American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher.
He edited a massive anthology of American film criticism from the silent era to present day, entitled American Movie Critics: From Silents Until Now, was published in March 2006 for Library of America.