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A reunification of the Mississippi playwright's two distinctive periods of work

Beth Henley remains best known for Crimes of the Heart, a play that won the Pulitzer Prize and the New Yo…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409234/Understanding-James-Leo-Herlihy
Understanding James Leo Herlihy is the first book-length study of one of America's most neglected post-war writers. Herlihy (1927-1993), an occasional actor, made his professional mark in life…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408783/Understanding-Annie-Proulx
A writer's critique of the American Dream

Understanding Annie Proulx introduces readers to the writings of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author best known for the novels Postcards, The Shipp…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409301/Understanding-Eudora-Welty
Understanding Eudora Welty provides close readings of Welty's novels and short stories and the memoir One Writer's Beginnings. Michael Kreyling sifts through contemporary reviews and recent cr…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408251/Understanding-Kurt-Vonnegut
A critical companion to Vonnegut's early novels

Understanding Kurt Vonnegut is a critical analysis of Vonnegut's fiction as a point of entrance for students and general readers alike. I…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408212/Understanding-James-Dickey
Understanding Contemporary American Literature was planned as a series of guides or companions for students as well as good nonacademic readers. The word understanding in the series titles was…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410613/Understanding-Etheridge-Knight-updated-edition
"Collins has written the book that Knight has long deserved."—American Literary Scholarship

Understanding Etheridge Knight introduces readers to a major—but understudied—American poet.…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408883/Understanding-Jamaica-Kincaid
A comprehensive survey of the life and works of a writer deeply invested in themes of exile and exploitation

Understanding Jamaica Kincaid introduces readers to the prizewinning author…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408621/Understanding-Bobbie-Ann-Mason
Reveals the complex nature of the renowned author of In Country

Understanding Bobbie Ann Mason explores the literary accomplishments of a writer whose works straddle the line between hi…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3408479/Understanding-Flannery-OConnor
Manners, mystery, and maniacs in O'Connor's unforgettable fiction

Describing Flannery O'Connor's fiction as "violent, grotesque, and horribly funny, with a twist," Margaret Earley Whitt…]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:54:27 -0800