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Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
I The Global Novel, acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch explores some of the 21st century's best-known writers--including Orhan Pamuk, Haruki Murakami, Roberto Bolaño, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohsin Hamid, Margaret Atwood, Michel Houellebecq, and Elena Ferrante. They are employing a way of imagining the world that sees different places and peoples as intimately connected. From climate change and sex trafficking to religious fundamentalism and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Opens up the ... world of contemporary art for a young audience, inviting readers to explore, enjoy and question a variety of artworks drawn from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art"--Publisher's description.
Introduces children to the world of contemporary art via the works of more than 70 international artists selected entirely from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Includes suggested activities, artist quotations,...
14) From from: poems
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems reflects the experiences of Asian Americans and the problem of creating an Asian American identity while influenced by Westerners' ideas about Asians.
15) The story of more: how we got to climate change and where to go from here : adapted for young adults
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young adult adaptation of Hope Jahren's nonfiction work, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where We Go from Here"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"With novels by Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, Philip Roth, Julia Alvarez, and Viet Thanh Nguyen, historical fiction has become a, if not the, dominant genre in literary fiction. In the 1980s and 1990s, the American literary field fundamentally reorganized itself around historical fiction and the cultural, pedagogical, and political value of history. This decisive turn toward the past has both motivated, and been motivated by, the increasing recognition...
17) Contemporary art
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022, ©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Contemporary art includes a lot of recent art movements, including some types of performance art and even Banksy! This book introduces readers to both the concepts of contemporary art as well as defining what a museum and gallery are and who some of the most famous figures are in the art movement. Activities following each artist profile encourage readers to try out different kinds of contemporary art for themselves"--Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Esopus Reader is a representative collection of the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, critical essays, interviews, and other written material published in the groundbreaking arts publication Esopus over the course of its 25-issue run from 2003 to 2018."--Jacket.
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