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A rare collection of American literature will be auctioned off at Christie's

As a kid growing up in Vermont, Bruce Lisman could spend days thumbing through the pages of old books. BRUCE LISMAN: My family - immediate family - were a bunch of readers. I mistakenly said to a ...
The New York Times

Building a New Canon of Black Literature

Which older novels, plays and poems by African American writers are being — or should be — rediscovered? By Adam Bradley Artwork by Dominic Chambers and Tajh Rust Adam Bradley, a T writer, is a ...
The Harvard Crimson

So You Want to Read Arab-American Literature

For many, Arab-American literature offers a personal window into the rich cultural heritage, traditions, and experiences of Arab-Americans not readily accessible in American popular culture. The scope ...
TwinCities.com

N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89

NEW YORK (AP) — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary ...
The New York Times

What American Literature’s Prophetic Voices Tell Us About Ourselves

The first installment of an essay series on literature and faith. Credit...Nada Hayek Supported by By Ayana Mathis I am a child of the church. In an early memory, I am 6 years old, half-asleep in the ...
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Larzer Ziff, renowned scholar of American literature, dies at 97

Larzer Ziff, a globally renowned scholar of American literary culture and intellectual history and an inspirational mentor, died Nov. 25. Ziff, a professor emeritus and research professor in the ...