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|  | Summer by Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Ammons, Flo Gibson, Marilyn French
Wharton called this companion novel to Ethan Frome, hot Ethan. The heroine, Charity Royall (unlike Ethan Frome), is determined to experience passion and engages in a tempestuous love affair with Lucius Harney, a young man who has drifted into the Berkshires during his college vacation. Eventually, Charity becomes pregnant. The novel reflects the easing of Wharton's stern moral judgements, and is one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young woman's sexual awakening. The author stated of her own work, I do not remember ever visualizing with more intensity the inner scene, or the creatures peopling it. AUTHOR: Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Ammons, Flo Gibson, Marilyn French
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | How to Do Things with Tears by Allen Grossman
The poems in this poet's ninth volume are told in the voice of a heroic singer, with a twist. Instead of drawing on the example of the blind poet Homer, Grossman insists that today's singer must be sighted, and thus this collection is intoned by Grossman's own Sighted Singer. Grossman is a recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim awards. AUTHOR: Allen Grossman
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Life of Johnson by Billy Hartman, Claude Rawson, J. D. Fleeman, James Boswell, Pat Rogers
The classic biography of Dr. Johnson, by his disciple, James Boswell. The already great reputation of Johnson was sealed with the publication of this book in 1791, and it is largely due to this book that Dr. Johnson is still so well-remembered today. This was long considered the standard English biography of a man of letters, against which all others were judged. AUTHOR: Billy Hartman, Claude Rawson, J. D. Fleeman, James Boswell, Pat Rogers
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Boricuas by Roberto Santiago
Description not available.A richly varied showcase of contemporary Puerto Rican literature highlights fiction, essays, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, and journalism by more than thirty distinguished Puerto Rican authors, including Nicholasa Mohr, Miguel Pinero, and Esmeralda Santos. Original. AUTHOR: Roberto Santiago
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Uncle Max by Chris Kenry
Dillon is having high school troubles, which include the class bully, an intrusively born-again mother, and the fact that he is gay. When his ex-con Uncle Max comes to town, Dillon quickly becomes involved in Max's dangerous underworld activities. But he also finds a friend, and learns that there are alternate ways to live outside of his mother's Bible-thumping and the homophobic world of school. AUTHOR: Chris Kenry
PUBLISHER: Kensington Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Christian Imagination by Leland Ryken
An anthology of works that blend literature with the Christian faith. AUTHOR: Leland Ryken
PUBLISHER: WaterBrook Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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