Michigan Literary Luminaries: From Elmore Leonard to Robert Hayden

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 05/04/2015
ISBN: 9781540213563
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d