One that actually relates to all Latin American literature: that is, not every author is interested in being a representative of his… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
“I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
If American literature has a few heroes, Miller is one of them. He refused to name names at the McCarthy hearings, and… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
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I think the "crime novel" has replaced the sociological novel of the 1930s. I think the progenitor of that tradition is James… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
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“Around this time, Pelletier and Espinoza, worried about the current state of their mutual lover, had two long conversations on the phone.… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
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I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
We must strike down the insidious lie that a book is the creation of an individual soul labouring in isolation. We must… — John Green Copy Share Image
First of all, the novel should be a critique of the novels that have come before it in a language that broadens… — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
If there was ever a dissenter from the national optimismit was surely Edgar Allan Poe--without question the bravest and mostoriginal, if perhaps… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
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The forward march of American literature is usually chronicled by way of its male novelists. There is little sense, in that version… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
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Every reader of the Dreiser novels must cherish astounding specimens--of awkward, platitudinous marginalia, of whole scenes spoiled by bad writing, of phrases… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
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I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
It would be hard to exaggerate Ernest Hemingway's influence over American literature, but his influence on our lives is probably larger still. — Arthur Phillips Copy Share Image
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![“[John Adams's] vividly descriptive prose is supremely quotable. Adams wears his heart on his sleeve and reveals all of his ambitions, doubts, and insecurities, especially in his diary, which is one of the greatest and most readable in all of American literature.” quote by Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/gordon-s-wood-13199_ambition_john-adams-s-vividly-descriptive-prose-i_1856135.jpg)
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