Michigan Literary Luminaries:: From Elmore Leonard to Robert Hayden (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781626199378)

From Ernest Hemingway's rural adventures to the gritty fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, the landscape of the "Third Coast" has inspired generations of the nation's greatest storytellers. Michigan Literary Luminaries shines a spotlight on this rich heritage of the Great Lakes State. Discover how Saginaw greenhouses shaped the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Theodore Roethke. Compare the common traits of Detroit crime writers like Elmore Leonard and Donald Goines. Learn how Dudley Randall revolutionized American literature by doing for poets what Motown Records did for musicians. Join author Anna Clark as she unveils Michigan's extraordinary written culture with a mixture of history, literary criticism and original reporting.

Author: Anna Clark
ISBN-10: 162619937X
ISBN-13: 9781626199378
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2015
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d