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  • Moon and the Mars

    A Novel

    by Kia Corthron ...
    An exploration of NYC and America in the burgeoning moments before the start of the Civil War through the eyes of a young, biracial girl—the highly anticipated new novel from the winner of the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize."Corthron, a true heir to James Baldwin, presents a startlingly original exposure of the complex roots of American racism." —Naomi Wallace, MacArthur "Genius" ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter

    A Novel

    by Kia Corthron ...
    Winner of the Center for Fiction's 2016 First Novel PrizeThe hotly anticipated first novel by lauded playwright and The Wire TV writer Kia Corthron, The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter sweeps American history from 1941 to the twenty-first century through the lives of four men--two white brothers from rural Alabama, and two black brothers from small-town Maryland--whose journey culminates in an ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Moon and the Mars

    by Kia Corthron ...
    Narrated by Robin Miles ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 15 min

    The highly anticipated new novel from the winner of the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize examines NYC and America in the burgeoning moments before the start of the Civil War through the eyes of a young biracial girl.In Moon and the Mars, set in the impoverished Five Points district of New York City in the years 1857–1863, we experience neighborhood life through the eyes of Theo from ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Essential Clarence Major

    Prose and Poetry

    by Clarence Major ...
    Clarence Major is one of America’s literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. His work has been featured in many literary journals, newspapers, and magazines, including ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Telling Our Stories of Home

    International Performance Pieces By and About Women

    by Arzé Khodr, Evelyne Trouillot, Fidaa Zidan, Aldri Anunciação, Geeta P. Siddi, Girija P. Siddi, Ms Kia Corthron, Zodwa Nyoni, Lupe Gehrenbeck, Doreen Baingana, Louella Dizon San Juan, Jacqueline E. Lawton ...
    Translated by Khalid Laith, Robert H. McCormick, Jr, Mr Amir Nizar Zuabi, Viviane Juguero, Channakeshava G., Nagaraj Pattar ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
    What is home? The answer seems obvious. But Telling Our Stories of Home, an international collection of eleven plays by and about women from Lebanon, Haiti, Venezuela, Uganda, Palestine, Brazil, India, UK, and the US, complicates the answer.The "answer" includes stories as far-ranging as: enslaved women trying to create a home, one by any means necessary, and one in the ocean; siblings wrestling ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • American Political Plays in the Age of Terrorism

    Break of Noon; 7/11; Omnium Gatherum; Columbinus; Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them

    by Neil LaBute, Ms Kia Corthron, Ms Theresa Rebeck, Ms Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, Mr Stephen Karam, Mr PJ Paparelli, Mr Christopher Durang, Allan Havis ...
    This powerful anthology brings together reflective and raw plays by American playwrights surrounding the psychic and political boundaries of the many faces and shadows of terrorism.Allan Havis's introduction addresses a variety of terrorism cases from the last 25 years, examines several theories of the root causes of modern terrors, and underscores how theatre forms a unique contour to social and ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

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  • The Life of the Mind

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    ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, The Atlantic, Electric Lit, Thrillist, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews • A witty, intelligent novel of an American woman on the edge, by a brilliant new voice in fiction—“the glorious love child of Ottessa Moshfegh and Sally Rooney” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)“[A] jewel of a debut . . . abundantly satisfying.”—Jia Tolentino, The New YorkerAs an adjunct ... Read more

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    by Megha Majumdar ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK! • A "gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary" (USA Today) about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, ... Read more

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  • Walking on Cowrie Shells

    Stories

    by Nana Nkweti ...
    A “boisterous and high-spirited debut” (Kirkus starred review)“that enthralls the reader through their every twist and turn” (Publishers Weekly starred review), named one of the Most Anticipated Books for Brittle Paper, The Millions, and The Rumpus, penned by a finalist for the AKO Caine PrizeIn her powerful, genre-bending debut story collection, Nana Nkweti’s virtuosity is on full display as she ... Read more

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    Power and Survival in the Twenty-First-Century Amazon

    by Chris Feliciano Arnold ...
    A sweeping look at the war over the Amazon—as activists,locals, and indigenous tribes struggle to save it from the threat of loggers, drug lords, and corrupt cops and politiciansFollowing doctors and detectives, environmental activists and indigenous tribes, The Third Bank of the River traces the history of the Amazon from the arrival of the first Spanish flotilla to the drones that are now ... Read more

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    "Moniz sings of Florida, girlhood, family, loss, and the glorious, ecstatic, devastating human body. A gorgeous debut from a wickedly talented new writer." —Lauren Groff, New York Times–bestselling authorNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Atlantic, TIME, Washington Independent Review of Books, Kirkus, Chicago Public Library, Library Journal, Literary Hub, Audible, Largehearted Boy... ... Read more

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