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Covers criticism of American novels found in journals and books published between the years 1991 and 1995.

KEY BENEFITS: A comprehensive exploration of fiction and nonfiction -- from the fundamentals of writing simply and directly to preparing a complete manuscript to approaching a publisher. KEY TOPICS: Selecting characters; using classic "hooks," creating effective dialog; developing theme fiction, fantasy, and sagas; do''s and dont''s of query letters; writing an interview; finding an agent; and analyzing contracts and royalties.

This is the book that chronicled the lives and times of "the Lost Generation," American expatriates that filled Europe between the world wars. Hemingway''s expatriates are there for two different reasons: one is there solely for entertainment, the other, to heal from the horrors of war and create something worth living for. Wounded Jake Barnes narrates a great, difficult love story.

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Description and evaluation of the most important biographical, autobiographical and critical sources published about 127 British, American and Canadian writers.

Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of American writers, thinkers, and cultural figures, written by subject experts.

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Founded in 1943, Negro Digest (later “Black World”) was the publication that launched Johnson Publishing. During the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, Negro Digest/Black World served as a critical vehicle for political thought for supporters of the movement.

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine''s consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Ketchum, Idaho - Christmas, 1959: Blizzard-bound, Ernest Hemingway occupies himself with wine and prose, recreating his own rendition of Charles Dickens''s classic "A Christmas Carol". The story he spins carries echoes of himself. Afflicted by depression and concern over what he feels are his failing artistic powers, he reaches back to a timeless story of renewal, and to memory, to kindle a sense of joy and redemption.