Tag: Literature Collection
New Books in Literature
April showers bring May flowers, but April acquisitions may just lead you to your new favorite read! The books we recently received have something for everyone—whether you’re looking for poetry, prose, or criticism.
Toni Morrison
Maggie O’Farrell
Edited by Wai-Chee Dimock
Laurie Ellinghausen
Matt Haig
Nurul Izzati Haji Mohammed Jamil
Check out the rest of the new acquisitions!
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Willa Cather’s letters to become public domain in 2018
Willa Cather is perhaps the most famous female writer of the American Midwest. Cather was born and raised in Virginia and Nebraska, and despite spending most of her life in New York City, she never truly left the towns of her youth. This is clear in her massive oeuvre, in which works such as O Pioneers! (1913) and My Antonia (1918) focus on the realities of life in the heart of the country. This January, we’ll learn more about the woman who left behind this legacy when the collection of her 3000+ letters enters the public domain.
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