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Written by noted poets X. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, the text reflects the authors' wit and contagious enthusiasm for their subject. Informative, accessible apparatus presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by apt works, and supported by interludes with the anthologized writers.

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A young woman flies with her father to China to meet two half sisters she never knew eisted. What does he need more than brandy? This time when Ab Snopes wields his blazing torch, his son Sarty faces a dilemma: whether to obey or defy the vengeful old man.

A woman enjoys one night of luury—and then spends years of her life paying for it. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name.

The new headmaster of the village school was determined to fight superstition, but the villagers did not agree. Does where we live tell what we are? A father has two sons.

One demands his inheritance now and leaves to spend it with ruinous results. Are you handsome? Off with your eyebrows! Are you brainy? Let a transmitter sound thought-shattering beeps inside your ear. Fenced-in Elisa feels emotionally starved—then her life promises to blossom with the arrival of the scissors-grinding man.

The new mother tries to settle in to life in the isolated and mysterious country house they have rented for the summer. The cure proves worse than the disease in this Gothic classic.

Ursula K. Omelas is the perfect city. All of its inhabitants are happy. Splintered and faded, the sinister black bo had worked its annual terror for longer than anyone in town could remember. John and Mary meet. What happens net? This witty eperimental story offers five different outcomes. Urged on through deepening woods, a young Puritan sees—or dreams he sees—good villagers hasten toward a diabolic rite.

Henry, The Gift of the Magi. Now her drunken husband Sykes has promised it to another woman. When the police unfairly arrest Mr. Chiu, he hopes for justice. After witnessing their brutality, he quietly plans revenge. If only he can find her a token, she might love him in return. As night falls, a Dublin boy hurries to make his dream come true. A man from the country comes in search of the Law. He never guesses what will prevent him from finding it, in this modern parable.

Sundays had long brought joy to solitary Miss Brill, until one fateful day when she happened to share a bench with two lovers in the park.

Alone in the house, Connie finds herself helpless before the advances of Arnold Friend, a spellbinding imitation teenager.

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Like its bigger, bestselling predecessors, Backpack Literature features the authors' collective poetic voice which brings personal warmth and a human perspective to the discussion of literature, adding to students' interest in the readings. This bestselling anthology includes sixty-five superlative short stories, blending classic works and contemporary selections.

Written by noted poets X. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, the text reflects the authors' wit and contagious enthusiasm for their subject. Informative, accessible apparatus presents readable discussions of the literary devices, illustrated by apt works, and supported by interludes with the anthologized writers.

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His portrait of her in these pages is shrewd and subtle. The famously elusive poet quivers into life here. Contain[s] stories, poetry, essays, and drama. First two parts focus on reading and writing about literature. Part 3 is the thematic anthology. Part 4 is literary criticism.

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Equal parts biography and cultural analysis, this book examines the intersections of these five artists and Bamboozled, and investigates their shared legacy of resistance against misrepresentation. You are invited to join a fascinating journey of discovery, as Marcia Birken and Anne C. Coon explore the intersecting patterns of mathematics and poetry — bringing the two fields together in a new way. Setting the tone with humor and illustrating each chapter with countless examples, Birken and Coon begin with patterns we can see, hear, and feel and then move to more complex patterns.

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