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  • Understanding David Foster Wallace

    by Marshall Boswell ...
    Series series Understanding Contemporary American Literature
    A detailed approach to the fiction of a third wave modernism pioneerSince its publication in 2003, Understanding David Foster Wallace has served as an accessible introduction to the rich array of themes and formal innovations that have made Wallace's fiction so popular and influential. A seminal text in the burgeoning field of David Foster Wallace studies, the original edition of Understanding ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alternative Atlanta

    A Novel

    by Marshall Boswell ...
    In a funny, poignant, wonderfully original debut novel, the author of the acclaimed short-story collection Trouble with Girls weaves a beguiling tale of fathers and sons, sons and lovers…and one unforgettable summer in a young man’s life–somewhere between a past he doesn’t understand and a future he’s not ready to live….ALTERNATIVE ATLANTAFor thirty-year-old Gerald Brinkman, life in Atlanta in the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Updike and Politics

    New Considerations

    by Matthew Shipe, Scott Dill, Marshall Boswell, Michial Farmer, Ethan Fishman, Yoav Fromer, Louis Gordon, Jo Gill, Sylvie Mathé0, Takashi Nakatani1, Judith Newman2, Pradipta Sengupta3, Biljana Dojcinovic4, Aleksandra Vukotic5, Kirk Curnutt6, James Schiff7 ...
    Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
    Presenting the first interdisciplinary consideration of his political thought, Updike and Politics: New Considerations establishes a new scholarly foundation for assessing one of the most recognized and significant American writers of the post-1945 period. This book brings together a diverse group of American and international scholars, including contributors from Japan, India, Israel, and Europe. ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • The Wallace Effect

    David Foster Wallace and the Contemporary Literary Imagination

    by Professor Marshall Boswell ...
    Series series David Foster Wallace Studies
    The Wallace Effect explores David Foster Wallace's contested space at the forefront of 21st-century American fiction. Pioneering Wallace scholar Marshall Boswell does this by illuminating “The Wallace Effect”-the aura of literary competition that Wallace routinely summoned in his fiction and non-fiction and that continues to inform the reception of his work by his contemporaries.A frankly ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing"

    New Essays on the Novels

    Edited by Professor Marshall Boswell ...
    Of the twelve books David Foster Wallace published both during his lifetime and posthumously, only three were novels. Nevertheless, Wallace always thought of himself primarily as a novelist. From his college years at Amherst, when he wrote his first novel as part of a creative honors thesis, to his final days, Wallace was buried in a novel project, which he often referred to as "the Long Thing." ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

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    If what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The suspenseful first in a series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy.Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that.What she can’t ... Read more

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  • Postcards from a Dead Girl

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    by Kirk Farber ...
    "Kirk Farber has a style very similar to Chuck Palahniuk, with offbeat observations, a view of our world through a slightly distorted lens, and a tone that's … hilarious and tragic at the same time." — Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the RainA touching, almost cinematic, debut novel featuring the eccentric, slightly disturbed, and unique character Sid, who finds himself—among various ... Read more

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  • Close to the Heel

    by Norah McClintock ...
    Series Book 2 - Seven (the Series)
    No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill. Rennie is to fly to Iceland and deliver a message from beyond the grave, but when he gets there, nothing is simple or straightforward. For one thing, Brynja, the teenage daughter of the family he's staying with, is downright hostile. Her father Einar, who is to be ... Read more

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  • Man in the Woods

    A Novel

    by Scott Spencer ...
    “A smart, haunting thriller with bass reverb and a pounding heart.”—Jayne Anne Phillips, author of the National Book Award finalist Lark and TermiteScott Spencer, the acclaimed author of Endless Love and A Ship Made of Paper, reaffirms his storytelling mastery with Man in the Woods—a gripping psychological thriller about a carpenter at loose ends and the crime of passion that radically reorders ... Read more

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  • A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl

    by Tanya Lee Stone ...
    Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all get mixed up with a senior boy–a cool, slick, sexy boy who can talk them into doing almost anything he wants. In a blur of high school hormones and personal doubt, each girl struggles with how much to give up and what ultimately to keep for herself. How do girls handle themselves? How much can a boy get away with? And in the end, who comes outon top? A bad boy may ... Read more

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    by Daniel Ehrenhaft ...
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  • One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

    by Sonya Sones ...
    Following her mother’s death, Ruby is reluctantly reunited with her estranged movie star father in this award-winning and bestselling novel in verse.When Ruby’s mother dies, she’s dragged three thousand miles away from her gorgeous boyfriend, Ray, to live in LA with her father, who she’s only ever seen in movies. He’s a mega-famous actor who divorced her mom before Ruby was even born, and while ... Read more

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