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The Writers' Game

Richard Orodenker

Examines baseball writing in America from the early nineteenth century to the present, highlighting popular writers and works from the genre.

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The Whodunit

Stefano Benvenuti

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When Dreams Came True : Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition

Jack David Zipes

SOCIAL LIFE OF THE FAIRY TALE FROM THE 16TH CENTURY ON INTO THE 20TH.

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Walk On the Wild Side: Urban American Poetry Since 1975

Urban poetry.

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Voices & Visions

Companion to the PBS television series. Uses the works of thirteen poets to trace the development of an American poetic identity over the past two centuries.

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