Collected Poems Of Muriel Rukeyser Janet Kaufman University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005 Muriel Rukeyser held a visionary belief in the human capacity to create social change through language. She earned an international reputation as a powerful voice against enforced silences of all kind, against the violence of war, poverty, and racism. Her eloquent poetry of witness-of the Scottsboro Nine, the Spanish Civil War, the poisoning of the Gauley Bridge laborers-split the darkness ...             The Runaway Soul3 reviews Harold Brodkey Holt Paperbacks, 1997 A Savory Journey + It's almost too much.....almost. What a book! Brodkey's intimate portrayal of his characters remains true. This streaming-conscious book is a challenging work of prose that begs the reader to take it slowly, savor the words, feel the emotions, understand the characters. Brodkey executes this book beautifully, forming a ...             My Guru and His Disciple4 reviews Christopher Isherwood University of Minnesota Press, 2001 An English writer in America meets an Indian swami + Highly Recommended + Swami, How I Love Ya, How I Love Ya..... + account of a heart relationship between student and teacher             Ringworld's Children42 reviews Larry Niven Tor Books, 2005 Niven is great! + Ringworld's Children + Not his best, but definitely worth the journey... My husband has read this whole series, and he really loves all the books. Ringworld is an amazing setting, and the stories are awesome. This is one of his favorite series, and we both recommend it!             Saul Bellow: Novels 1956-1964: Seize the Day, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog (Library of America)3 reviews Saul Bellow Library of America, 2007 A beautiful edition of three powerful works by an American master + Bellow Vol.2 + The best of Bellow in one great volume These are three very fine, even great, novels. Of course, one doesn't simply dash through Bellow. Each page requires and rewards close reading. While Bellow has been criticized for putting some things in his novels to show off his vast erudition, I found those details interesting and that they ...             Ringworld169 reviews Larry Niven Del Rey, 1985 Ring world is solid entertaining reading + Probably the best novel that is pure Niven. + One of the Ten Quadrillion Wonders of the Universe! This is the first of the ring world series of books, and all of them are entertaining and fun to read as a whole set. These are stay up all night reading books good, with compelling characters, an excellent story line, and an awesome plot to go along with it that unfolds over the book and ...             The Plastic Man Archives, Vol. 2 (DC Archive Editions)4 reviews Jack Cole DC Comics, 2000 Absolutely Engaging + One of the Liveliest and Distinct Characters of the Golden Age of Comics + Take a bite out of crime + Jack Cole at his humorous Plastic Man best!!             The Plastic Man Archives, Vol. 4 (DC Archive Editions) Jack Cole DC Comics, 2002 Reprinting POLICE COMICS #40-49 and PLASTIC MAN #3 (1945-46), this volume features a half-dozen more adventures, including the first Woozy Winks solo story and an unusual Plastic Man prose story. Plus, an introduction by renowned European comics historian Andreas Knigge!             You Can't Go Home Again36 reviews Thomas Wolfe Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1998 Literary marvel; not for everyone + You Can't Go Home Again + It leaves you wanting more Before you read "You Can't Go Home Again," make sure you have read "Look Homeward Angel." Wolfe's novels are essentially romanticized autobiographies, and although Eugene Gant and George Weber are not exactly the same character, they both represent the author struggling with incredible but ...             East Is East (Contemporary American Fiction)24 reviews T.C. Boyle Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 Take important considerations lightly...Small matters should be taken seriously" + affecting blend of humor and pathos + A cross-cultural farce Hiro Tanaka, a twenty-year-old devotee of Yukio Mishima and Jocho, thinks of himself as a samurai, even though he is half American. Anxious to leave Japan to discover his unknown father, he takes a job in the kitchen of a Japanese freighter, where he has to defend himself against racial slurs ...             Giles Goat Boy (The Anchor Literary Library)11 reviews John Barth Anchor, 1987 Best Barth Book + A fantastic adventure book! + A review from the author of YEARS OF RAGE This was my favorite book by Barth so far, so far being as far as Sot-Weed Factor (a close 2nd), Chimera, and Lost in the Funhouse. This was also the 1st book I read by Barth, which may have something to do with it, but nonetheless it is well worth the dense English of a prose master.             The Fountainhead967 reviews Ayn Rand Plume, 2002 Fairy Tale + More traditionally novelistic, tells the backstory of Atlas Shrugged + Fountainhead + Why Was This Book Written?             Beloved87 reviews Toni Morrison Vintage, 2004 Raw & Powerful + Oh My God! Are You Kidding Me? Toni's Morrison's Beloved is a hard, frustrating, and emotionally draining piece of literary art. Saying this, her prose is written like something I've never read. She throws you in the middle of the narrative and does not tell you why her characters are saying or acting like they are. It is a ...             Vanishing Rooms: A Novel3 reviews Melvin Dixon Cleis Press, 2001 This is REAL literature! + Dancing on Broken Feet + An Unrecognized Masterpiece! Examines the private hell of two people connected through a tragedy. Beautifully written with skill, lucidity and polish. This is REAL literature! This book did not get the attention it deserves. It is a MASTERPIECE! Melvin Dixon's name should be mentioned right alongside of James Baldwin's.             The Web and the Rock (Voices of the South)4 reviews Thomas Wolfe Louisiana State University Press, 1999 One of the Finest Books in the English Language + A quintessential bildungsroman... + A Truthful and Powerful Book I am astounded that such a moving, powerful, and lyrical book is out of print. Wolfe writes with such a commanding and passionate love of language. His prose *is* poetry. There are passages in this book that rank with the most romantic and ethereal ever written. The sense of place in NYC is ...             The Wretched of the Earth31 reviews Frantz Fanon Grove Press, 2005 Understand the Psychology of Violent Revolt + Revolutionary Literature with a Pulse + Revolution of thought + Understand the Psychology of Violent Revolt             Pierre et (&) Gilles: The Complete Works, 1976-1996 / L'Oeuvre Complet / Samtliche Werke8 reviews Dan Cameron, Bernard Marcade, ... Taschen, 2001 There are true artists + Watch Out For High Prices + Excellent artists and excellent book + Excellent artist and excellent book + Excellent artist and excellent book             The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld)39 reviews Larry Niven Del Rey, 1985 Ring World Engineers is a hugely entertaining book to read I have always liked Larry Niven, and find a lot of his work fun and entertaining to read. This book was no exception as the ring world is something that would be personally fun to explore, much like finding a dyson sphere to go along with it, but if there is not enough material to make one, then a ...             Trust: A Novel2 reviews Cynthia Ozick Mariner Books, 2004 ponderous, bloated, and self-absorbed I was so glad when I got to page 639 of Trust - it was finally over. I had literally slogged through the last 600 pages of one of the most ponderous narratives I can ever remember reading. Its hard to find a reason to recommend it - the characters are unlikeable, the tone is heavy-handed and ...             Saul Bellow: Novels 1944-1953: Dangling Man, The Victim, and The Adventures of Augie March (Library of ...4 reviews Saul Bellow Library of America, 2003 Undisputably worthy of recognition and respect + The opening novels of an American Master + Cannot Recommend as a Starting Point for Bellow Bellow: Novels 1944-1953 collects three novels by renowned author Saul Bellow: "Dangling Man"; "The Victim"; and "The Adventures Of Augie March". These three literary works distinguished Bellow as a great writer of the postwar era and set the groundwork for his intellectual pursuits. Exploring the ...