A History of American Literature

The American Century: Literature since 1945 807 hot coffee through her jeans onto her thigh.” Her thigh is burned, and her half- ...

808 The American Century: Literature since 1945 smoking and spending money as if there were no tomorrow. He hires April, or Spri ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 809 the stories of their lives provide another perspective on the narratives of nati ...

810 The American Century: Literature since 1945 first day at work, and so on. Of one of the victims, Nick declares that he was “ ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 811 at “the ‘ground zero’ of our lives, the gaping hole in ourselves that we try to ...

812 The American Century: Literature since 1945 to the agents. But that is part of the point, since it is difficult if not impos ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 813 our house,” Emma complains. She, in particular, tries to resist. But Haynes is t ...

814 The American Century: Literature since 1945 take anything too seriously. There is, it seems, bound to be a clash. What provo ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 815 lunch at a mess hall, their reconnaissance training, their deployment close to t ...

816 The American Century: Literature since 1945 But Pugilist Specialist resists a “narrative arch” of this kind. It deconstructs ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 817 performed a monstrous act. This is not about possible causes, but actual consequ ...

818 The American Century: Literature since 1945 think need war.” The relentless series of questions weaves a web of suspicion, a ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 819 are told, the other replied, “with a Spanish tongue: / I will teach you. Music i ...

820 The American Century: Literature since 1945 September 11, 2001” (2001) by Aliki Barnstone (1962–), “September Ever After” (2 ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 821 and found for a moment by Miranda Beeson (1960–) in “Flight” (2002). The poet re ...

822 The American Century: Literature since 1945 Spires suggests in “The Beautiful Day.” “We peer beyond the ruin of that day / a ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 823 memos, / plaintive notes,” Nora Gallagher (1959–) declares in “Lament for the Wo ...

824 The American Century: Literature since 1945 over and over,” the lovers jumping holding hands as a “freeze-frame.” Similarly, ...

The American Century: Literature since 1945 825 As “The Approaching War” illustrates, one reason for the feeling of impotence, e ...

826 The American Century: Literature since 1945 Pieces” (2001). “Come back, Camerado, wind your way back to Ground Zero where yo ...