Self-published in 1899 and sold door-to-door by the author, this classic African-American novel—a gripping exploration of oppression, miscegenation, exploitation, and black empowerment—was a major...
An eye-opening selection of Cumming's more avant-garde poetry and prose. As a poet, Cummings was a pioneer not only in linguistic and typographic inventions, but also in sound and concrete poetry...
"No one else has ever made avant-garde, experimental poems so attractive to both the general and the special reader."―Randall JarrellThe one hundred and fifty-six poems here, arranged in twelve...
Already climbing the bestseller lists-and garnering rave reviews—this "little masterpiece" sheds brilliant light on the equation that changed the world.Bodanis begins by devoting chapters to each of...