Jamaica Kincaid's new novel is the haunting, deeply charged story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Xuela Claudette Richardson, daught

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In the early eighties, the peaceful, reclusive life of poet and writer Alice Walker was interrupted by the appearance of three extraordinary gift

Presents a literary memoir of poems, essays, and intimate family photos that reflect on the author's complicated relationship with his mother and

"A Del Rey book." A collection of letters to and from the author beginning in 1939 through his many years of fiction writing.

A publishing event, a real-life novel, Fear of Fifty is the true story of the woman who twenty years ago showed her generation how to soar in Fea

This volume "really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists", written by American auth

A series of essays and photographs celebrates the people and places of Arctic Alaska through the story of the author's father.

A memoir from the Native American poet describes her youth with an abusive stepfather, becoming a single teen mom, and how she struggled to final

Examining the complexities of the problems of black youths from an insider's perspective, an African-American journalist recalls his own troubled

A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to