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William Kennedy
William Kennedy (born 1928)

journalist, playwright

  • Siena College, Christian Brothers Academy

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The flaming corsage
Ironweed
Legs
Roscoe
Quinn's book
Very old bones
Billy Phelan's greatest game
Riding the yellow trolley car
Charlie Malarkey and the belly-button machine
An Albany trio
Chango's beads and two-tone shoes
The ink truck
Charlie Malarkey and the singing moose
O Albany!
Conversations with William Kennedy
Ironweed
The Capitol in Albany
The Cotton Club
The Making of Ironweed
Changó's beads and two-tone shoes
Roscoe and me
Roscoe
Quinn's book ; The Flaming corsage ; Legs
Legs ; Billy Phelan's greatest game ; Ironweed
Cherokee justice
Justin Cronin
Justin Cronin (born 1962)

  • Harvard University, University of Iowa

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The Passage
The City of Mirrors
The summer guest
The twelve
Mary and O'Neil
Ferryman
A short history of the long ball
When I first held you
Family Reunion, The - Faber
Der Übergang
Justin Cronin The Passage Trilogy 3 Books Collection Set
La Cité des miroirs (Hors collection) (French Edition)
On Iki
Les douze
De oversteek / druk 1
Wayson Choy
Wayson Choy (1939-2019)

  • University of British Columbia, Gladstone Secondary School

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Prentice Hall Literature
The jade peony
All that matters
Sightlines 9
Paper Shadows
Not yet
De pioenroos
La montagne d'or
Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo Napoli (born 1948)

linguist, linguistics teacher

  • Harvard University

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Sly the Sleuth and the pet mysteries
Sly the sleuth and the sports mysteries
Sly the sleuth and the code mysteries
Sly the Sleuth and the Food Mysteries (Sly the Sleuth)
Alligator bayou
Stones in Water
The prince of the pond
Sirena
The king of Mulberry Street
For the Love of Venice
When the water closes over my head
The smile
Daughter of Venice
Song of the Magdalene
Crazy Jack
North
On Guard
Breath
The Magic Circle
Friends everywhere
The Wager
Changing Tunes
Three days
On her own
Bravest Thing
Zel
Soccer shock
One leap forward
Breath
Song of the Magdalene (Point)
Fire In The Hills
Playing games
Bound
Spinners
Partners
Lies and lemons
Flamingo dream
Gracie
Fish Girl
Ugly
Shelley Shock
Ready to dream
How hungry are you?
Beast
Trouble on the tracks
Jimmy, the pickpocket of the palace
Hotel Jungle
Shark shock
Give and Take (Aladdin Angelwings)
Corkscrew counts
Bobby the bold
Albert
Little creatures
Jimmy, the pickpocket of the palace
Zel
Pink magic
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Rocky
The Wager
Stones in water
Mama Miti
Running away
Left out
Know-it-all
The Great God Pan
Happy holidays
North
The hero of Barletta
Hush
No fair!
Hang in there
Gracie, The Pixie of the Puddle
Signs and voices
Language matters
April flowers
Syntax
Mogo, the third warthog
Treasury of Egyptian mythology
The Wishing Club
Syntactic Argumentation
Storm
Primary movement in sign languages
Stones in Water
Lights on the Nile
New Voices (Aladdin Angelwings)
Hidden
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology
Partners (Aladdin Angelwings)
Hands and hearts
Words to Make a Friend
Treasury of Norse Mythology
Deaf around the world
Hush
Give and take
Linguistics
Tales from the Arabian nights
Flucht nach Venedig.
Treasury of Greek mythology
Handy stories to read and sign
Not Fair! (Angelwings)
The Wager
Tales From the Arabian Nights
Elements of tone, stress, and intonation
Hunger
Bound
Mogo, the Third Warthog
Treasury of Bible Stories
Ugly
Playing Games (Aladdin Angelwings)
Skin
The crossing
Treasury of Greek Mythology
Predication theory
Treasury of Magical Tales from Around the World
Breath
Dark shimmer
Magic Circle
Earth Shook
Bridges Between Psychology and Linguistics
No Fair! (Aladdin Angelwings)
Treasury of Norse mythology
Mogo, the Third Warthog
Mama Miti
Hacia El Norte (Isla Del Tiempo)
Partners
Tongue's palette
The king of Mulberry Street
Friends Everywhere (Aladdin Angelwings)
Ugly
Happy Holidays
Lies and Lemons (Aladdin Angelwings)
Daughter of Venice
New Voices
Das Hasenwunder. Die Geschichte von Laurel und Mümmel
Running Away
Una perla única
Song of the Magdalene
April Flowers (Aladdin Angelwings)
One Leap Forward
Bridges between psychology and linguistics
Bound
Lies and Lemons
Zel
Little Creatures
Happy Holidays (Aladdin Angelwings)
Beast
In a Flash
Hang in There (Aladdin Angelwings)
Storm
Beast
Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages
Bound
Breath (Golden Kite Honors (Awards))
The hero of Barletta
Hush
Left Out
On Her Own
Crossing
Wager
Bound
No Fair!
Breath
April Flowers : (Spring Special)
Know-It-All
Lies and lemons
Knowitall (Aladdin Angelwings)
Hush
Running Away (Aladdin Angelwings)
Playing Games
Hang in There
Fish Girl
Linguistic muse (Current inquiry into language and linguistics)
Lights on the Nile
Skin
Give and Take
Left Out (Aladdin Angelwings)
One Leap Forward (Aladdin Angelwings)
Friends Everywhere
On Her Own (Aladdin Angelwings)
Playing games
Predication Theory
Het gevecht met de duivels
April flowers
Crazy Jack
A single pearl
Beast
Speaking in tongues
Hero of Barletta, The
The wager
Deaf around the world
The two si's of Italian
Little Creatures (Aladdin Angelwings)
Meliglossa
For the love of Venice
Lingua Franca
The bravest thing
Signs and voices
Francisco Goldman
Francisco Goldman (born 1954)

journalist

  • University of Michigan

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Long Night of White Chickens
The divine husband
The ordinary seaman
The adventures and misadventures of Maqroll
The Art of Political Murder
The Interior Circuit
Say her name
Long Night of White Chickens
Art of Political Murder
Say Her Name
Matthew
The long night of white chickens
The Mongolian Conspiracy
Divine Husband
Say her name
The Long Night Of White Chickens
Say Her Name
Yonkeros
Monkey Boy
Marinero Raso
Marinero raso
Sag ihren Namen
The Ordinary Seaman
Dire son nom
La Larga Noche de Los Pollos Blancos
Die Kunst des politischen Mordes
Interior Circuit
Rachel Pollack
Rachel Pollack (1945-2023)

poet, translator, visual artist, lecturer

  • New York University, Claremont Graduate University

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A secret woman
People of the Book
The journey out
The body of the goddess
Steampunk
Godmother night
The complete illustrated guide to tarot
Semiotext(e) SF
2001
Temporary agency
Teach Yourself Fortune Telling
New thoughts on tarot
Shining woman
Unquenchable fire
The Beatrix Gates
Temporary agency
Seventy eight degrees of wisdom
Haindl Tarot
Unquenchable fire
Salvador Dali's tarot
Walk Through the Forest of Souls
The Big Little Book of Tarot
Tarot tales
Seventy-eight degrees of wisdom
The Haindl tarot
Godmother Night
The new tarot
The Haindl tarot, the minor arcana
Master the meanings of the cards
Godmother Night
Doom Patrol by Rachel Pollack Omnibus
Fortune's Lover
A practical guide to fortune telling
Seeker
The Haindl tarot, the major arcana
The complete illustrated guide to tarot
Child Eater
Temporary agency
The child eater
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom
Alqua Dreams
Haindl Tarot
Fabrications
The power of ritual
Golden Vanity
The Beatrix Gates (Outspoken Authors Book 22)
The Tarot of perfection
Haindl Tarot, Major Arcana, Rev Ed
Salvadore Dali's Tarot
Golden Vanity
Burning Sky
Golden Vanity
The Kabbalah tree
Fantasy Scroll Magazine Issue #4
Tarot
Salvador Dali's tarot
Tarot, arcanos menores
Time Breakers
The forest of souls
Rachel Pollack's tarot wisdom
The Fissure King
Alqua Dreams
The Fissure King: A Novel in Five Stories
Tarot, arcanos mayores
Dead Beats
TAROT ARCANOS MAYORES
The shining tribe tarot
Burning Sky
Motherland
Archetypal sex
The Shining Tribe Tarot, Renewed and Expanded
The new tarot
The Haindl tarot, the major arcana
Im Ko rper der Go ttin
Tarot readings and meditations
Tarot Gift Set
The Haindl tarot, the minor arcana
Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker (1915-1998)

poet

  • University of Iowa, Northwestern University

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The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
Jubilee
The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
Conversations with Margaret Walker
On Being Female, Black, and Free
Richard Wright, daemonic genius
How I wrote Jubilee and other essays on life and literature
Prophets for a New Day
October journey
Jubilee
Jubilee
Away With the Vicar
This is my century
How I wrote Jubilee
Cucumber Sandwiches & Fishnet Tights
Jubilee
Moral Understandings
Jubilee
Margaret Walker's "For my people"
Jubilee
For my people
Margaret Walker Alexander reads Langston Hughes and Margaret Walker
Jubilee (excerpts)
Interview With Margaret Walker
For my people
Letters and Second Indian Journal
Interview with Margaret Walker Alexander, January 22, 1977
For my people
Richard Wilbur
Richard Wilbur (1921-2017)

poet, translator

  • Amherst College, Harvard University

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The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
Prentice Hall Literature
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
The United States in Literature
The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
Poems
Stories from the New Yorker, 1950-1960
Poems and Poetics
The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II
The misanthrope; and Tartuffe
The Pig in the Spigot
The catbird's song
Responses
Collected poems, 1943-2004
Walking to sleep
The disappearing alphabet
Mayflies
Loudmouse
New and collected poems
Phaedra, by Racine
Anterooms
Opposites
The School for Wives and The Learned Ladies, by Moliere
Opposites, more opposites, and a few differences
Walking to Sleep New Poems and Translations
A game of catch
The Whale, and other uncollected translations
Bestiaire
More opposites
The Whale and Other Uncollected Translations
Things of this world
Runaway opposites
A Bestiary
Selected Poems
The mind-reader
Candide
Digging for China
Advice to a prophet, and other poems
Collected poems, 1943-2004
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
Ceremony
Hamlen Brook
A digression
Shelley
Mayflies
Loudmouse
Andromache, by Racine
A black birch in winter
Some atrocities
Elizabeth Bishop
Under Cygnus
A measuring worm
A wood
The 1996 Frost Medal lecture
Seed leaves
Advice to a prophet, and other poems
Advice from the muse
Mayflies
The beautiful changes
Advice from the muse
Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences
The pig in the spigot
On my own work
The beautiful changes
Seven poems
Walking to sleep
St. Andrews remembered
The writer
Carol Channing Reads and Sings: Roland the Minstrel Pig ; Loudmouse : Tom, Sue and the Clock
The ride
Two riddles from Aldhelm
Catbirds Song
The disappearing alphabet
Digging for China
Pedestrian flight
Responses
A game of catch
Opposites
The mind-reader
Advice to a prophet
Elizabeth Bishop, a memorial tribute
The beautiful changes, and other poems
The censor
Junior Great Books (Junior Great Books: Series 5)
New and Collected Poems (Harvest Book)
Sugar maples, January
The beautiful changes
The reader
Prince Souvanna Phouma
The beautiful changes, and other poems
A Bestiary
Some opposites
The proof
Herring Weirs
A Bestiary
Bone Key & other poems
Lying and other poems
A bestiary
Poems
Voice of the Poet
Complaint
New and Collected Poems (Harvest Book)