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|  | Black Butterflies by John Shirley
A collection of 17 short stories from John Shirley, an author equally at home with hard science fiction and graphic horror. AUTHOR: John Shirley
PUBLISHER: Ziesing, Mark V.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | A Writer's Diary, 1877-1881 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Kenneth Lantz
This collection of Dostoevsky`s writings on the art and craft of writing is full of his innovative ideas about fiction and its uses. Begun as a monthly miscellany, the journal was published in 1876-77, and served as a place where he could try out his ideas for THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. He also commented on politics, literary events, fiction in general, and other matters. AUTHOR: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Kenneth Lantz
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Look Homeward, Angel by Jonathan Marosz, Maxwell Perkins, Thomas Wolfe
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, Wolfe's first novel, was published on October 18, 1929 only a few days before the great stock market crash. It is the coming-of-age story of Eugene Gant, whose restlessness and yearning to experience life to the fullest take him from his rural home in North Carolina to Harvard. Through his rich, ornate prose and meticulous attention to detail, Wolfe evokes the peculiarities of small-town life, and the pain and upheaval of leaving home. Heavily autobiographical, LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, is Wolfe's most turbulent and passionate work, and a brilliant novel of lasting impact. In his preface, Wolfe wrote: Dr. Johnson remarked that a man would run over half a library to make a single book: in the same way, a novelist may turn over half the people in a town to make a single figure in his novel. This is not the whole method but the writer believes it illustrates the whole method in a book that is written from a middle distance and is without rancor or bitter intention. AUTHOR: Jonathan Marosz, Maxwell Perkins, Thomas Wolfe
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Myrtle of Willendorf by Rebecca O'Conner
When Myrtle Willendorf takes stock of her friendships, she concludes that none of her friends truly like her for who she is. They think she's an oddball and are always trying to mold her into their version of what a goddess should be--a skinny girl with great makeup and hip clothes. But Myrtle's already having a difficult time figuring out if she's pretty, smart, or skinny, and doesn't need any more opinions. As she discovers who she is and finds a place in the world for herself, Myrtle learns that goddesses comes in all shapes and sizes. AUTHOR: Rebecca O'Conner
PUBLISHER: Front Street Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
John Singer, a deaf-mute, loses his friend Spiro, who goes mad and must be committed to an institution. Singer makes four new friends who, because he cannot speak, perceive him in the best possible, most sympathetic light. But he is very different from the person they believe him to be, and when his friend dies and Singer commits suicide, the townspeople are devastated--particularly young Mick Kelly, the 12-year-old girl who idolizes him. AUTHOR: Carson McCullers
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Evangeline Poetry by H. Y. Moffett, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John A. Haelen, Lewis B. Semple
This heartbreaking story of two Acadian lovers separated as a result of the expulsion of the French settlers from Nova Scotia has become one of the most enduring, endearing, and popular poems in American literature. Longfellow's epic marks a stylistic shift from reflective lyrics and ballads to a longer tale in verse. His tremendously successful result will for eternity move those who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient ... who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion. AUTHOR: H. Y. Moffett, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John A. Haelen, Lewis B. Semple
PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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