Poets who can write prose that equals their poetry are rare. With this collection of thirteen new short stories, Wanda Coleman, Los Angeles's unofficial poet laureate, proves an exception to the rule yet again. The characters in these stories lead lonely lives full of longing, of potential stifled by racism, poverty, and absurd accidents of fate. And yet, even though they are trapped by the present moment, their inner lives are lush, a mirror of the city of angels in which they live, a metropolis, always simmering, as Coleman writes in the final story, ever waiting to be borne on that balmy promised crescendo. Coleman applies a poet's economy of words to her fiction, setting a scene with lightning-quick strokes, letting a detail, a dialogue, or the brisk vernacular speak for itself. .

What sounds throughout these stories is the universal voice of humanity that is the essence of the music.

This is the first major collection to remap the American West though the intersectional lens of gender and sexuality, especially in relation to race and Indigeneity. Organized through several interrelated key concepts, The Routledge Companion to Gender and the American West addresses gender and sexuality from and across diverse and divergent methodologies. Comprising 34 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Companion is divided into four parts: Genealogies Bodies Movements Lands The volume features leading and newer scholars whose essays connect interdisciplinary fields including Indigenous Studies, Latinx and Asian American Studies, Western American Studies, and Queer, Feminist, and Gender Studies. Through innovative methodologies and reclaimed archives of knowledge, contributors model fresh frameworks for thinking about relations of power and place, gender and genre, settler colonization and decolonial resistance. Even as they reckon with the ongoing gendered and racialized violence at the core of the American West, contributors forge new lexicons for imagining alternative Western futures. This pathbreaking collection will be invaluable to scholars and students studying the origins, myths, histories, and legacies of the American West. This is a foundational collection that will become invaluable to scholars and students across a range of disciplines including Gender and Sexuality Studies, Literary Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Latinx Studies.

Selected Work of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Flappers and Philosophers/ Tales of the Jazz Age/ Superhit Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald) (Set of 3 Books) Vol-2 by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Flappers and Philosophers: Dive into the fascinating world of the roaring twenties with F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Flappers and Philosophers." This collection of short stories presents a vivid portrayal of the Jazz Age, exploring the lives and aspirations of young men and women seeking love, adventure, and meaning in a rapidly changing society. Tales of the Jazz Age: Experience the glitz and glamour of the Jazz Age through F. Scott Fitzgerald's captivating stories. From opulent parties to tangled love affairs, this collection encapsulates the spirit and excitement of an era defined by its decadence and cultural dynamism. Superhit Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Delight in F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterful storytelling with this selection of his superhit stories. From the iconic "The Great Gatsby" to other beloved tales, this volume showcases Fitzgerald's brilliance in capturing the essence of the American dream and the human condition. This set of three books by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes readers on a captivating journey through the vibrant and turbulent Jazz Age. Fitzgerald's evocative prose, complex characters, and sharp social commentary continue to resonate with readers and offer timeless insights into the human experience. Whether you are a devoted fan of Fitzgerald's works or exploring his writings for the first time, this collection promises to enchant and immerse you in the allure of the 1920s. Experience the charm and allure of the Jazz Age through the pages of "Flappers and Philosophers," "Tales of the Jazz Age," and "Superhit Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald."

Presents a reference on African American literature providing profiles of notable and little-known writers and their works, literary forms and genres, critics and scholars, themes and terminology and more.

Malin Pereira's collection of eight interviews with leading contemporary African American poets offers an in-depth look at the cultural and aesthetic perspectives of the post-Black Arts Movement generation. This volume includes unpublished interviews Pereira conducted with Wanda Coleman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Thylias Moss, Harryette Mullen, Cornelius Eady, and Elizabeth Alexander, as well as conversations with Rita Dove and Cyrus Cassells previously in print. Largely published since 1980, each of these poets has at least four books. Their influence on new generations of poets has been wide-reaching. The work of this group, says Pereira, is a departure from the previous generation's proscriptive manifestos in favor of more inclusive voices, perspectives, and techniques. Although these poets reject a rigid adherence to a specific black aesthetic, their work just as effectively probes racism, stereotyping, and racial politics. Unlike Amiri Baraka's claim in "Home" that he becomes blacker and blacker, positioning race as a defining essence, these poets imagine a plurality of ideas about the relationship between blackness and black poetry. They question the idea of an established literary canon defining black literature. For these poets, Pereira says, the idea of "home" is found both in black poetry circles and in the wider transnational community of literature. A Sarah Mills Hodge Foundation Publication.

Incorporating readings of key cultural texts from the environmental humanities, studies of globalization and economics, postmodernism, psychoanalytic criticism, and feminist theory, Stephen Tatum addresses the ongoing crises of displacement and loss of home in the modern urban West.