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East Goes West - Younghill Kang
Evocation of a newcomer’s America by the father of Korean American literature. Foreword by Alexander Chee, afterword and notes by Sunyoung Lee.
The Yellow Wall-Paper and selected writings - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A collection of the groundbreaking feminist writer’s most famous works. Introduction by Kate Bolick.
Sister Outsider - Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
The essential writings of an influential black lesbian poet and feminist voice in twentieth-century literature.
Before Night Falls: A Memoir - Reinaldo Arenas
The acclaimed memoir of homosexual Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas chronicles his life from his impoverished upbringing in Cuba to his imprisonment at the hands of a Communist regime. Translated by Dolores M. Koch, foreword by Jaime Manrique.
Passing - Nella Larsen
A powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today. Introduction by Emily Bernard, notes by Thadious M. Davis.
Winter in the Blood - James Welch
A contemporary classic from a major writer of the Native American renaissance. Foreword by Joy Harijo, introduction by Louise Erdrich.
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories - Ryunosuke Akeutagawa
The best stories by the father of the Japanese short story—including the two that inspired Kurosawa’s classic samurai film about the subjectivity of truth. Introduction by Haruki Murakami, Translated by Jay Rubin.