In tracking pieces of great American literature from the 19th-21st century, we can identify an overwhelming sense of the loss of true purpose, disembodiment, and dislocation that is rather fitting ...

Wilkinson is the author of "We Tell Ourselves Stories". The book and title pay tribute to acclaimed writer and Sacramento ...

The book is strange, wise, funny and profound and widely considered to be one of the greatest American novels. 2. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (736 pages) This Man Booker Prize shortlisted ...

Since America’s founding, the diversity of American writers has shaped its literature. Authors and poets of the past have created a colorful collection of works that are still studied today alongside ...

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For several decades after the period in the '70s, there seems to be a lull in Canadian novels about American invasion. But then in 2010, there's this kind of resurgence. There's Faultline 49.

The Great American Read was an eight-part series with viewer participation to select America’s favorite novel, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. It investigated ...

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