Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s

Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s

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The adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed "the lost generation", are brought to life in this book of prose works. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Crane, Hemingway, Wilder, Dos Passos, Cowley and others "escaped" to Europe, as exiles.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature

Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature

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A finalist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction - Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker

A delightful and majestic reckoning with the ascent of American fiction in the twentieth century through the prism of the under-known man who had an astonishing amount to do with it

Malcolm Cowley is not a household name today, but the American literary canon would look very different without him. A prototypical "man of letters" of his generation--Harvard University, a volunteer in the French ambulance corps in World War I, a rite of passage in Paris after the war--he became one of the few truly influential critics of the 1920s and '30s, along with his close New Republic colleague Edmund Wilson. Cowley's early support of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and their set--and indeed for framing this group in generational terms in the first place--secured his place in literary history.

Most people are lucky to be part of a single game-changing era in their careers; for Cowley, it happened again and again. After emerging from the political fray of the thirties badly damaged, he retreated behind the scenes as a tastemaker whose import has awaited Gerald Howard to be brought into full view. The process of canon formation is a murky business, and Cowley was a prime mover in it for the better part of four decades, through the Lost Generation, the Beat Generation, and the counterculture of the sixties. Without him, the odds would be much longer that the names William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, and Ken Kesey, to name just three, would have ever echoed.

In The Insider, Gerald Howard gives an intimate accounting of the fever graph of a fascinating and multifaceted career in the literary trade that uses that career to tell a much bigger story of how American literature took the course that it did from the 1920s to the 1960s. It's a story of an art form, and an industry, and a country experiencing wrenching change, and the people who made a home in the storm and in no small part shaped it. Howard's own career as a literary weathermaker is justly acclaimed, and he has brought all his talents of head and heart to bear in crafting this extraordinary book. It's a gift to booklovers and a major contribution to the cultural history of this country.

Super Indian Vol. 2

Super Indian Vol. 2

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Super Indian Volume Two contains the further adventures of Hubert Logan, a reservation boy who ate tainted commodity cheese and gained super powers. Hubert becomes Super Indian and fights evil forces that bring danger to the Leaning Oak Reservation. Super Indian and his sidekicks Mega Bear and Diogi face the ruthless Blud KwanTum, a vampire who wants to become a full-blood Indian at any cost.

Super Indian Vol.1

Super Indian Vol.1

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Hubert Logan was an ordinary Reservation boy until he ate tainted commodity cheese infused with Rezium, a secret government food enrichment additive. Known as Super Indian, Hubert fights evil forces who would overtake the Reservation's resources and population. Assisted by his trusty sidekicks Mega Bear and Diogi, they fight crime the way they know how -- with strength, smarts and humor.

Super Indian Vol.3

Super Indian Vol.3

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The highly anticipated volume of Super Indian adventures, with 64 full-color pages, is finally here. The new trade paperback contains two “Super Indian” issues, plus a special “Laguna Woman” stand alone comic. Additionally, the volume includes two “Real Super Indian” profiles featuring Major League Baseball All-Star Allie Reynolds and noted American Indian Movement activist Fern Eastman Mathias. Experience Super Indian’s developing superhero powers and see how he battles newer, more evil villains on the Leaning Oak Reservation.