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| A. Scott Berg - Max Perkins: Editor of Genius |
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This "highly readable work of literary history" (New York Times Book Review) is the first to explore the professional and personal life of editor extraordinaire Maxwell Petkins -- guiding light for such stellar literary figures as E Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and many more. Me ...
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| Maria Arana - American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood |
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This memoirist recollects her Peruvian childhood in the 1950s as the daughter of an interracial, Peruvian-American marriage. Here she details the pull of both traditions, sharing the identity crisis she experienced as she moved among the two communities. This volume was nominated for the 2001 Nation ...
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| Paul Monette - Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story |
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Both a coming-of-age and a coming-out story, this memoir by Paul Monette (1945-1995) tells about what he considered his "wasted years"--the years before he met the man who would become his long-term lover, and before he came out as a homosexual. The author discusses the pain of being a closeted homo ...
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