James Welch - Fools Crow

The year is 1870, and Fool's Crow, so called after he killed the chief of the Crows during a raid, has a vision at the annual Sun Dance ceremony. The young warrior sees the end of the Indian way of ...

Keith Gilyard - Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence

Harvey Pekar, Gregory Budgett, Kevin Brown - Harvey Pekar's American Splendor: Unsung Hero The Story of Robert McNeill

The inspiration for the award-winning movie < br > from HBO Films and Fine Line Features < br > < br > AMERICAN SPLENDOR < br > The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar < br > < br > Two classic comic ...

Edwidge Danticat - The Farming of Bones: A Novel

In 1937, on the Dominican side of the Haitian border, Amabelle, an orphaned maid to an army colonel's wife, falls in love with Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, but their relationship is ...

Joy Kogawa - Obasan

Based on the author's own experiences, this story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during WWII is " a tour de force, a deeply felt novel, ...

Lois-Ann Yamanaka - Heads by Harry

Life in a Hawaiian town shimmers around the Yagyuu family taxidermy shop, where a young woman tries to cope with a gifted younger sister, an older brother who wants to be a hairdresser, and the ...

Art Spiegelman - Maus a Survivors Tale: And Here My Troubles Begin

Now in paperback, " the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust " (Wall Street Journal). " The power of Spiegelman's story lies in the fine detail of the story and the ...

Diane Glancy - Claiming Breath

Like poets of legend, Diane Glacy has spent much of her life on the road. For years she supported her family by driving throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas teaching poetry in the schools. 'Claiming ...

Russell Charles Leong - Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories

These 14 stories by an editor and film maker illuminate the experiences of Asian Americans, many of them gay men.

Alice McDermott - Charming Billy

When the late Billy Lynch's relatives and friends gather together to keep his memory alive, stories are woven and memories relived detailing his life in the close Irish-American community and the ...