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  • Inventing the American Guitar

    The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and His Contemporaries

    by James Westbrook, Arian Sheets, Richard Johnston ...
    Series series Guitar Reference
    Inventing the American Guitar is the first book to describe the early history of American guitar design in detail. It tells the story of how a European instrument was transformed into one with all of the design and construction features that define the iconic American flat-top guitar. This transformation happened within a mere 20 years, a remarkably brief period.The person who dominates this ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • Trespassing in the Archive

    Poetry in Conversation with History

    by Sandra Beasley, Ibis Gomez-Vega, David Seth Horton, John James, Tiffany Troy, J.S. Westbrook, Haihong Yang ...
    This edited volume brings together a diverse group of scholars to examine works of poetry that engage, question, or reimagine history.Authors question the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of archival work to explore the ways in which poetry has offered a hypothetical testing ground where the power dynamics, upheavals, and discontent reflected in historical texts can be renegotiated. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • On Wings of Blood

    by Nicholas Alexander, Andy Chambers, E J Davies, Guy Haley, Cavan Scott, Matt Smith, J C Stearns, James Swallow, GavThorpe, Matt Westbrook, Alec Worley ...
    Series series Warhammer 40,000
    A Warhammer 40,000 anthologyTake the battle to the skies with stories of death-defying pilots and devastating far-future aircraft! Brutal Space Marine gunships, graceful alien fighters and hellforged Chaos craft fight for air supremacy in a collection of aeronautical short fiction.READ IT BECAUSEStrap yourself in for high-flying action and adventure with a collection of tales by some of Black ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Beyond Craft

    An Anti-Handbook for Creative Writers

    by Steve Westbrook, James Ryan ...
    Simultaneously a handbook and a critique of one, Beyond Craft combines an orientation to the field of creative writing with an insight into current scholarship surrounding creative writing pedagogy. A much-needed alternative to the traditional craft guide, this text pairs advice and exercises on composition with an illuminating commentary on the issues surrounding these very techniques. Teaching ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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  • Alive in the Writing

    Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov

    by Kirin Narayan ...
    "A gem of a book . . . of use to both beginning and seasoned ethnographers, as well as to anyone who wants to improve his or her writing about social life." —Elizabeth Fine, Journal of Folklore ResearchAnton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer—but he wrote more than just plays and stories. In Alive in the Writing—an intriguing hybrid of writing guide, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Everybody's Autonomy

    Connective Reading and Collective Identity

    by Professor Juliana Spahr ...
    Series series Modern and Contemporary Poetics
    Experimental texts empower the reader by encouraging self-governing approaches to reading and by placing the reader on equal footing with the author. Everybody's Autonomy is about reading and identity.Contemporary avant garde writing has often been overlooked by those who study literature and identity. Such writing has been perceived as unrelated, as disrespectful of subjectivity. But Everybody's ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Stranger at the Door

    Writers and the Act of Writing

    by Kristjana Gunnars ...
    At the beginning of a new writing project—whether it’s the first page of a new novel or a less ambitious project, writers often experience exhilaration, fear, or dread. For Kristjana Gunnars, the call of a new project is “like someone you don’t know knocking on your door—you either choose to let the person in or not. It’s both exciting and dangerous to start a new manuscript.” This book is an ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Comparing the Literatures

    Literary Studies in a Global Age

    by David Damrosch ...
    From a leading figure in comparative literature, a major new survey of the field that points the way forward for a discipline undergoing rapid changesLiterary studies are being transformed today by the expansive and disruptive forces of globalization. More works than ever circulate worldwide in English and in translation, and even national traditions are increasingly seen in transnational terms. ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature

    Edited by Brian McHale, Len Platt ...
    The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature offers a comprehensive survey of the field, from its emergence in the mid-twentieth century to the present day. It offers an unparalleled examination of all facets of postmodern writing that helps readers to understand how fiction and poetry, literary criticism, feminist theory, mass media, and the visual and fine arts have characterized the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century

    Poets Across North America

    Edited by Claudia Rankine, Lisa Sewell ...
    "A fine and selective anthology that's also a critical introduction to some of the most provocative, and some of the most original, poetry out there." —Stephanie Burt, author of Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read PoemsThe American Poets in the 21st Century series continues with another anthology focused on female poets. Like the earlier books, this volume includes generous selections of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory

    Reimagining a Field

    by Harry Harootunian, Masao Miyoshi, Charles A. Laughlin, Rey Chow, PhD ...
    Series series Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
    These groundbreaking essays use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture and, in the process, transform the definition and conceptualization of the field of modern Chinese studies itself. The wide range of topics addressed by this international group of scholars includes twentieth-century literature produced in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Born Translated

    The Contemporary Novel in an Age of World Literature

    by Rebecca Walkowitz ...
    Series series Literature Now
    As a growing number of contemporary novelists write for publication in multiple languages, the genre's form and aims are shifting. Born-translated novels include passages that appear to be written in different tongues, narrators who speak to foreign audiences, and other visual and formal techniques that treat translation as a medium rather than as an afterthought. These strategies challenge the ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD