Ten documents that created america

The incredulity of father brown

John Adams Race knows what he saw. Looking out of his window one night he sees two suspicious men following Father Brown to a bridge. There are sounds of a fight, the two men disappear–leaving only the body of the priest behind. Or, is there more to the mystery of Father Brown’s murder? Following...

The letters of a post-impressionist

Theodorus was “the kind of man who saved even the smallest scrap of paper,” and it is because of this, and his endearing friendship with his elder brother, that a collection of letters from one of history’s greatest painters exists in book form today. Within these pages, explore the beautifully w...

Fine clothes to the jew

While largely forgotten, Langston Hughes’ sophomore volume of poetry, Fine Clothes to the Jew, is considered by many to be his greatest collection of verse. Shifting his focus from the triumphant highs of jazz to the somber lows of the blues, Hughes once again paints a picture of when “the Negro ...

Bambi

Ladies almanack

Continuing her pattern of writing extraordinary books that defy the traditional boundaries of literary form, Djuna Barnes’ The Ladies Almanack is an experimental roman à clef written for and about a community of Parisian lesbians. Unapologetically puzzling, the novel is a celebration of queerness...

New familiar abenakis and english dialogues

“The writer hopes that many of the white people will be glad to avail themselves of the advantage and facility thus afforded to them for becoming acquainted in some measure, and with very little trouble, with that truly admirable language of those Aborigines called Abenakis, which, from the origi...

Speakin o' christmas and other christmas poems

When he died at just thirty-three years of age, Paul Laurence Dunbar had achieved more than any African American poet before him. Speakin’ O’ Christmas and Other Christmas Poems is a posthumously published collection of his most festive-holiday themed verses, including, “Chrismus is A-Comin’,” “...

Invaders from the dark

"Take the box and get away from here as soon as you can. Don't let it out of your sight until it has been printed and the books distributed!" In May 1921, Miss Sophie Delorme beings a series of communications with a publishing house in search of a genuine student of the occult. Coming upon the su...

Dark princess