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Bradbury

The Long Shadow of Ray Bradbury

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Library of America, Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man, The October Country

A prophetic writer’s stature grows with a new Library of America edition

Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder Joins the Greats

August 2, 2022August 9, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Daniel Ellsberg, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Rexroth, Library of America

Library of America honors an influential poet of the San Francisco Renaissance

Colorful wall of books on the shelfs at the rotunda in Stockholm Stadsbibliotek (Public Library), April 22, 2017. The building is from 1928 and the architect is Gunnar Asplund. (Photo: Stefan Holm/Shutterstock)

FICTION NON-FICTION

Where Will the Library of America Go in 2022?

January 4, 2022March 17, 2022 Michael Washburn 13 Comments Charles McGrath, Donald Barthelme, James Purdy, Joan Didion, Library of America, Ray Bradbury, The New Yorker

After year of interesting editorial choices, the LOA faces uncharted terrain

censorship

FICTION Politics

We’re all living in ‘Fahrenheit 451’

October 27, 2021April 3, 2022 Michael Washburn 2 Comments Censorship, Cornel West, Fahrenheit 451, Library of America, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King

The Library of America Ray Bradbury edition is prophecy, not past

O. Henry

CREATORS FICTION Writers

O. Henry Joins the Greats

August 9, 2021March 29, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments 101 Stories, Ambrose Bierce, David Foster Wallace, Library of America, Louis L'Amour, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Upton Sinclair, Zane Grey

The Library of America enshrines a satirical wit who portrayed desperate writers