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Excerpt from The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (1918)

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In this excerpt from Black Writers of the Founding Era, out this week from LOA, read Belinda Sutton’s petition to the Massachusetts legislature requesting a portion of the estate of the exiled Loyalist who had enslaved her for fifty years. storyoftheweek.loa.org/2023/…
“Old Royall House, showing Slave Oumarters [Quarters], Medford, Mass,” c. 1906. Hand-colored photographic postcard printed by the Rotograph Company, New York. (Courtesy Royall House & Slave Quarters)

ALT “Old Royall House, showing Slave Oumarters [Quarters], Medford, Mass,” c. 1906. Hand-colored photographic postcard printed by the Rotograph Company, New York. (Courtesy Royall House & Slave Quarters)

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Playwright George S. Kaufman, who wrote musicals for the Marx Brothers, won two Pulitzers and a Tony, and served as the (visual) inspiration for the title character of the Coen Brother’s film Barton Fink, was born #OTD in 1889. Read his Broadway comedies: loa.org/books/216
John Turturro as the title character in the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink (20th Century Fox, 1991) and George S. Kaufman (Public Domain), whom the directors claimed as a visual reference for the role.

ALT John Turturro as the title character in the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink (20th Century Fox, 1991) and George S. Kaufman (Public Domain), whom the directors claimed as a visual reference for the role.

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Collected works, complete fiction, essential anthologies: immerse yourself in American literature during our annual boxed set sale! Visit loa.org/books to browse the full catalog. 2-book sets: $48.00 3-book sets: $68.00 4-book sets: $88.00
Library of America's Annual Boxed Set Sale Visit loa.org/books

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Black Writers of the Founding Era—the most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled—is on sale today! Explore Black experience in the decades of the American Revolution in more than 120 pieces, from poems to petitions. loa.org/books/black-writers-… @agordonreed @JamesGBasker
Cover of Black Writers of the Founding Era; images of Lemuel Hayes, Olaudah Equiano, and Benjamin Banneker included in sixteen-page photo insert.

ALT Cover of Black Writers of the Founding Era; images of Lemuel Hayes, Olaudah Equiano, and Benjamin Banneker included in sixteen-page photo insert.

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William Faulkner won the 1949 Nobel Prize #OTD for “his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.” In his acceptance speech, he said the award was not made to him as a man but rather to “a life’s work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit.”
William Faulkner in 1954 (Carl Van Vechten / Library of Congress)

ALT William Faulkner in 1954 (Carl Van Vechten / Library of Congress)

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#OTD in 1837, the oldest of the Seven Sisters colleges, @mtholyoke, was founded. Many authors put their mark on the campus: Emily Dickinson attended from 1847–1848, short story writer Mary Wilkins Freeman was there in the 1870s, and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks graduated in 1985.
Mount Holyoke Seminary (Emily Dickinson Museum)

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Here’s a sneak peek at the handsome box art for LOA’s forthcoming two-volume collection of Frederick Douglass’s writing, edited by @davidwblight1 and @HenryLouisGates. From Douglass’s classic memoirs to his uncompromising oratory, it’s a feast for readers. In stores Feb. 2024.
Box art for the two-volume Frederick Douglass collection from LOA, in stores February 2024.

ALT Box art for the two-volume Frederick Douglass collection from LOA, in stores February 2024.

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Finally, LOA wraps up its Faulkner edition with a definitive gathering of his short fiction, from 1949’s Knight’s Gambit to the National Book Award–winning Collected Stories (1950) and the interlinked hunting tales of Big Woods (1955). LINK: loa.org/books/stories
William Faulkner: Stories Knight's Gambit | Collected Stories | Big Woods | 54 stories in all | other works Edited by Theresa M. Towner Library of America caps its Faulkner edition with this volume presenting all the stories he collected in his lifetime. "[T]he presence alone of Faulkner in our midst makes a great difference in what the writer can and cannot permit himself to do."—Flannery O'Connor

ALT William Faulkner: Stories Knight's Gambit | Collected Stories | Big Woods | 54 stories in all | other works Edited by Theresa M. Towner Library of America caps its Faulkner edition with this volume presenting all the stories he collected in his lifetime. "[T]he presence alone of Faulkner in our midst makes a great difference in what the writer can and cannot permit himself to do."—Flannery O'Connor

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Published in 1965, Many Thousand Gone: An American Fable was hailed by @nytimes as “one of the most beautifully written books” of the decade. Now this powerful excavation of slavery’s legacy is back in print with an introduction by @Wralpheubanks. LINK: loa.org/books/782
Many Thousand Gone: An American Fable By Ronald L. Fair Introduction by W. Ralph Eubanks What if, in a rural, isolated corner of Mississippi, slavery didn't end in 1865 but continued uninterrupted into the present? "What a soft mercy might creep into dry, hating hearts if only they could feel the poetry of this little book."—Lillian Smith

ALT Many Thousand Gone: An American Fable By Ronald L. Fair Introduction by W. Ralph Eubanks What if, in a rural, isolated corner of Mississippi, slavery didn't end in 1865 but continued uninterrupted into the present? "What a soft mercy might creep into dry, hating hearts if only they could feel the poetry of this little book."—Lillian Smith

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Three new LOA titles are in bookstores today! First up, The Man Who Cried I Am by John A. Williams, a searing novel of race, rivalry, spy games, and high literature that Chester Himes called “a blockbuster, a hydrogen bomb.” LINK: loa.org/books/781
The Man Who Cried I Am By John A. Williams Foreword by Ishmael Reed | Introduction by Merve Emre An explosive novel of race, literature, and politics set in the era of segregation and the civil rights movement, The Man Who Cried I Am was greeted as a masterpiece when it was published in 1967. "It is a milestone in American Literature, the only milestone...since Native Son."—Chester Himes

ALT The Man Who Cried I Am By John A. Williams Foreword by Ishmael Reed | Introduction by Merve Emre An explosive novel of race, literature, and politics set in the era of segregation and the civil rights movement, The Man Who Cried I Am was greeted as a masterpiece when it was published in 1967. "It is a milestone in American Literature, the only milestone...since Native Son."—Chester Himes

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Don’t miss three new LOA titles in bookstores tomorrow: a gathering of Faulkner’s stories, John A. Williams’s searing 1967 novel The Man Who Cried I Am, and Ronald L. Fair’s modern fable Many Thousand Gone. loa.org/books/stories loa.org/books/781 loa.org/books/782
Details from covers of The Man Who Cried I Am by John A. Williams, William Faulkner: Stories, and Many Thousand Gone by Ronald L. Fair.

ALT Details from covers of The Man Who Cried I Am by John A. Williams, William Faulkner: Stories, and Many Thousand Gone by Ronald L. Fair.

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Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president #OTD in 1860, securing a national popular plurality despite not appearing on the ballot in ten slave states. Learn more about the election that catalyzed the Civil War in this LOA LIVE program: youtu.be/k9abuy4Ngys?si=6oYt…
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In this firsthand account by Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, a breach in the hull of a steamship sixteen miles off the coast of Florida forces the crew to abandon ship. Read the perilous tale on Story of the Week: storyoftheweek.loa.org/2023/…
Shipwreck, Palm Beach, Florida, c. 1890, oil on canvas by American artist Joseph Jefferson (1829–1905). (Artsy)

ALT Shipwreck, Palm Beach, Florida, c. 1890, oil on canvas by American artist Joseph Jefferson (1829–1905). (Artsy)

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Only two days left in our fall Web Store sale! Until Wednesday, 11/1, save 15% on all books and sets (discounted titles included), no coupon required. Browse our catalog at loa.org/books, and see all on-sale books at loa.org/sale.
LOA fall Web Store sale: Save 15% on all LOA books, no coupon required. Visit loa.org/books. Sale ends 11/1.

ALT LOA fall Web Store sale: Save 15% on all LOA books, no coupon required. Visit loa.org/books. Sale ends 11/1.

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Margo Jefferson, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Marc Robinson discuss the bold theatrical imagination of Adrienne Kennedy in this recording of last night’s LOA LIVE program. Discover the writer whose work forms a “gateway” to the Black American avant-garde. loa.org/news-and-views/the-s…
The Startling Theater of Adrienne Kennedy

ALT The Startling Theater of Adrienne Kennedy

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