Library of America
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The Library of America (LoA) is a nonprofit publisher of classic American literature.
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[edit] Overview and history
Founded in 1979 with seed money from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation, the LoA has published more than 150 volumes by a wide range of authors from Mark Twain to Philip Roth, Nathaniel Hawthorne to Saul Bellow, including the selected writings of several U.S. presidents. The first volumes were published in 1982. Besides the works of many individual writers, the series includes anthologies like Reporting World War II and (in a different format to the above illustration) Writing Los Angeles.
The Bibliothèque de la Pléiade ("La Pléiade") series published in France provided the model for the LoA, which was long a dream of the critic Edmund Wilson. The publisher aims to keep classics in print permanently to preserve America's literary heritage. Although the LoA sells more than a quarter-million volumes annually, the publisher depends on individual contributions to help meet the costs of preparing, marketing and manufacturing its books.
LoA texts are prepared by recognized scholars, and determined efforts are made to correct errors and omissions in previous editions, which are normally listed and the source texts properly identified. For instance, the LoA text of Richard Wright's Native Son restored a number of passages that had been previously cut. The books include a chronology of the author's career or significant incidents in the case of the anthology volumes. Technically, the books are designed to be as long-lasting as possible, with acid-free paper, durable binding cloth, and flexible, but firm binding boards.
One of the founders of the LoA, Jason Epstein, left the organization and expressed doubts about the LoA's continued vitality in his book Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future (2001). Epstein wrote that the LoA was not managing its funds well and was beginning to publish some volumes of marginal quality. Epstein also stated that he would have concentrated on online sales from the beginning of the LoA if the Internet had existed in its current form in the 1980s.
[edit] The Library of America series
[edit] Main series
1. Herman Melville, Typee, Omoo, Mardi (G. Thomas Tanselle, ed. 1982) ISBN 0-940450-00-3
2. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tales and Sketches (Roy Harvey Pearce, ed. 1982) ISBN 0-940450-03-8
3. Walt Whitman, Poetry and Prose (Justin Kaplan, ed. 1982) ISBN 0-940450-02-X
4. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Three Novels (Kathryn Kish Sklar, ed., 1982) ISBN 0-940450-01-1
5. Mark Twain, Mississippi Writings (Guy Cardwell, ed. 1982) ISBN 0-940450-07-0
6. Jack London, Novels and Stories (Donald Pizer, ed. 1982) ISBN 0-940450-05-4
7. Jack London, Novels and Social Writings (Donald Pizer, ed. 1982) ISBN 0-940450-06-2
8. William Dean Howells, Novels 1875-1886 (Edwin M. Cady, ed. 1982) ISBN 0-940450-04-6
9. Herman Melville, Redburn, White Jacket, Moby-Dick (G. Thomas Tanselle, ed. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-09-7
10. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Collected Novels (Millicent Bell, ed. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-08-9
11. Francis Parkman, France and England in North America, vol. 1 (David Levin, ed. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-10-0
12. Francis Parkman, France and England in North America, vol. 2 (David Levin, ed. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-11-9
13. Henry James, Novels 1871-1880 (William T. Stafford, ed. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-13-5
14. Henry Adams, Novels, Mont Saint Michel, The Education (Ernest and Jayne N. Samuels, eds. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-12-7
15. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays and Lectures (Joel Porte, ed. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-15-1
16. Washington Irving, History, Tales, and Sketches (James W. Tuttleton, ed. 1983) ISBN 0-940450-14-3
17. Thomas Jefferson, Writings (Merrill D. Peterson, ed. 1984) ISBN 0-940450-16-X
18. Stephen Crane, Prose and Poetry (J.C. Levenson, ed. 1984) ISBN 0-940450-17-8
19. Edgar Allan Poe, Poetry and Tales (Patrick F. Quinn, ed. 1984) ISBN 0-940450-18-6
20. Edgar Allan Poe, Essays and Reviews (G.R. Thompson, ed. 1984) ISBN 0-940450-19-4
21. Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad & Roughing It (Guy Cardwell, ed. 1984) ISBN 0-940450-25-9
22. Henry James, Literary Criticism: Essays, American & English Writers (Leon Edel and Mark Wilson, eds. 1984) ISBN 0-940450-22-4
23. Henry James, Literary Criticism: European Writers & The Prefaces (Leon Edel and Mark Wilson, eds. 1984) ISBN 0-940450-23-2
24. Herman Melville, Pierre, Israel Potter, The Confidence-Man, Tales & Billy Budd (Harrison Hayford, ed. 1985) ISBN 0-940450-24-0
25. William Faulkner, Novels 1930-1935 (Joseph Blotner and Noel Polk, ed. 1985) ISBN 0-940450-26-7
26. James Fenimore Cooper, The Leatherstocking Tales, vol. 1 (Blake Nevius, ed. 1985) ISBN 0-940450-20-8
27. James Fenimore Cooper, The Leatherstocking Tales, vol. 2 (Blake Nevius, ed. 1985) ISBN 0-940450-21-6
28. Henry David Thoreau, A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod (Robert F. Sayre, ed. 1985) ISBN 0-940450-27-5
29. Henry James, Novels 1881-1886 (William T. Stafford, ed. 1985) ISBN 0-940450-30-5
30. Edith Wharton, Novels (R.W.B. Lewis, ed. 1986) ISBN 0-940450-31-3
31. Henry Adams, History of the United States during the Administrations of Jefferson (Earl N. Harbert, ed. 1986) ISBN 0-940450-34-8
32. Henry Adams, History of the United States during the Administrations of Madison (Earl N. Harbert, ed. 1986) ISBN 0-940450-35-6
33. Frank Norris, Novels and Essays (Donald Pizer, ed. 1986) ISBN 0-940450-40-2
34. W.E.B. Du Bois, Writings (Nathan I. Huggins, ed. 1986) ISBN 0-940450-33-X
35. Willa Cather, Early Novels and Stories (Sharon O'Brien, ed. 1987) ISBN 0-940450-39-9
36. Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, Twelve Men (Richard Lehan, ed. 1987) ISBN 0-940450-41-0
37A. Benjamin Franklin, Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body, & Early Writings (J.A. Leo Lemay, ed. 1987 one-volume, 2005 two-volume) ISBN 1-931082-22-7
37B. Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, Poor Richard, & Later Writings (J.A. Leo Lemay, ed. 1987 one-volume, 2005 two-volume) ISBN 1-883011-53-1
38. William James, Writings 1902-1910 (Bruce Kuklick, ed. 1987) ISBN 0-940450-38-0
39. Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works (Sally Fitzgerald, ed. 1988) ISBN 0-940450-37-2
40. Eugene O'Neill, Complete Plays 1913-1920 (Travis Bogard, ed. 1988) ISBN 0-940450-48-8
41. Eugene O'Neill, Complete Plays 1920-1931 (Travis Bogard, ed. 1988) ISBN 0-940450-49-6
42. Eugene O'Neill, Complete Plays 1932-1943 (Travis Bogard, ed. 1988) ISBN 0-940450-50-X
43. Henry James, Novels 1886-1890 (Daniel Mark Fogel, ed. 1989) ISBN 0-940450-56-9
44. William Dean Howells, Novels 1886-1888 (Don L. Cook, ed. 1989) ISBN 0-940450-51-8
45. Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Don E. Fehrenbacher, ed. 1989) ISBN 0-940450-43-7
46. Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings 1859-1865 (Don E. Fehrenbacher, ed. 1989) ISBN 0-940450-63-1
47. Edith Wharton, Novellas and Other Writings (Cynthia Griffin Wolff, ed. 1990) ISBN 0-940450-53-4
48. William Faulkner, Novels 1936-1940 (Joseph Blotner and Noel Polk, eds. 1990) ISBN 0-940450-55-0
49. Willa Cather, Later Novels (Sharon O'Brien, ed. 1990) ISBN 0-940450-52-6
50. Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs and Selected Letters (Mary Drake McFeeley and William S. McFeeley, eds. 1990) ISBN 0-940450-58-5
51. William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs (Charles Royster, ed. 1990) ISBN 0-940450-65-8
52. Washington Irving, Bracebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveller, The Alhambra (Andrew Myers, ed. 1991) ISBN 0-940450-59-3
53. Francis Parkman, The Oregon Trail, The Conspiracy of Pontiac (William R. Taylor, ed. 1991) ISBN 0-940450-54-2
54. James Fenimore Cooper, Sea Tales, The Pilot, The Red Rover (Kay Seymour House and Thomas Philbrick, eds. 1991) ISBN 0-940450-70-4
55. Richard Wright, Early Works (Arnold Rampersad, ed. 1991) ISBN 0-940450-66-6
56. Richard Wright, Later Works (Arnold Rampersad, ed. 1991) ISBN 0-940450-67-4
57. Willa Cather, Stories, Poems, and Other Writings (Sharon O'Brien, ed. 1991) ISBN 0-940450-71-2
58. William James, Writings 1878-1899 (Gerald Myers, ed. 1992) ISBN 0-940450-72-0
59. Sinclair Lewis, Main Street & Babbitt (0-940450-38-0, ed. 1992) ISBN 0-940450-61-5
60. Mark Twain, Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1852-1890 (Louis J. Budd, ed. 1992) ISBN 0-940450-36-4
61. Mark Twain, Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1891-1910 (Louis J. Budd, ed. 1992) ISBN 0-940450-73-9
62. The Debate on the Constitution: Part One (Bernard Bailyn, ed. 1993) ISBN 0-940450-42-9
63. The Debate on the Constitution: Part Two (Bernard Bailyn, ed. 1993) ISBN 0-940450-64-X
64. Henry James, Collected Travel Writings: Great Britain & America (Richard Howard, ed. 1993) ISBN 0-940450-76-3
65. Henry James, Collected Travel Writings: The Continent (Richard Howard, ed. 1993) ISBN 0-940450-77-1
66. American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1 (John Hollander, ed. 1993) ISBN 0-940450-60-7
67. American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, Vol. 2 (John Hollander, ed. 1993) ISBN 0-940450-78-X
68. Frederick Douglass, Autobiography (Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ed. 1994) ISBN 0-940450-79-8
69. Sarah Orne Jewett, Novels and Stories (Michael Davitt Bell, ed. 1994) ISBN 0-940450-74-7
70. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Collected Poems and Translations (Harold Bloom and Paul Kane, eds. 1994) ISBN 0-940450-28-3
71. Mark Twain, Historical Romances (Susan K. Harris, ed. 1994) ISBN 0-940450-82-8
72. John Steinbeck, Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (Robert DeMott and Elaine A. Steinbeck, eds. 1994) ISBN 1-883011-01-9
73. William Faulkner, Novels 1942-1954 (Joseph Blotner and Noel Polk, eds. 1994) ISBN 0-940450-85-2
74. Zora Neale Hurston, Novels and Stories (Cheryl A. Wall, ed. 1995) ISBN 0-940450-83-6
75. Zora Neale Hurston, Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings (Cheryl A. Wall, ed. 1995) ISBN 0-940450-84-4
76. Thomas Paine, Collected Writings (Eric Foner, ed. 1995) ISBN 1-883011-03-5
77. Reporting World War II: American Journalism 1938-1944 (Advisory Board: Samuel Hynes, Anne Matthews, Nancy Caldwell Sorel, Roger J. Spiller 1995) ISBN 1-883011-04-3
78. Reporting World War II: American Journalism 1944-1946 (Advisory Board: Samuel Hynes, Anne Matthews, Nancy Caldwell Sorel, Roger J. Spiller 1995) ISBN 1-883011-05-1
79. Raymond Chandler, Stories and Early Novels (Frank MacShane, ed. 1995) ISBN 1-883011-07-8
80. Raymond Chandler, Later Novels and Other Writings (Frank MacShane, ed. 1995) ISBN 1-883011-08-6
81. Robert Frost, Collected Poems, Prose & Plays (Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson, eds. 1995) ISBN 1-883011-06-X
82. Henry James, Complete Stories 1892-1898 (John Hollander, David Bromwich, Denis Donoghue, eds. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-09-4
83. Henry James, Complete Stories 1898-1910 (John Hollander, David Bromwich, Denis Donoghue, eds. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-10-8
84. William Bartram, Travels and Other Writings (Thomas Slaughter, ed. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-11-6
85. John Dos Passos, U.S.A. (Townsend Ludington and Daniel Aaron, eds. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-14-0
86. John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936-1941 (Robert DeMott and Elaine A. Steinbeck, eds. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-15-9
87. Vladimir Nabokov, Novels and Memoirs 1943-1951 (Brian Boyd, ed. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-18-3
88. Vladimir Nabokov, Novels 1955-1962 (Brian Boyd, ed. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-19-1
89. Vladimir Nabokov, Novels 1969-1974 (Brian Boyd, ed. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-20-5
90. James Thurber, Writings and Drawings (Garrison Keillor, ed. 1996) ISBN 1-883011-22-1
91. George Washington, Writings (John Rhodehamel, ed. 1997) ISBN 1-883011-23-X
92. John Muir, Nature Writings (William Cronon, ed. 1997) ISBN 1-883011-24-8
93. Nathanael West, Novels and Other Writings (Sacvan Bercovitch, ed. 1997) ISBN 1-883011-28-0
94. Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s (Robert Polito, ed. 1997) ISBN 1-883011-46-9
95. Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s (Robert Polito, ed. 1997) ISBN 1-883011-49-3
96. Wallace Stevens, Collected Poetry and Prose (Frank Kermode & Joan Richardson, eds. 1997) ISBN 1-883011-45-0
97. James Baldwin, Early Novels and Stories (Toni Morrison, ed. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-51-5
98. James Baldwin, Collected Essays (Toni Morrison, ed. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-52-3
99. Gertrude Stein, Writings 1903-1932 (Harriet Chessman and Catharine R. Stimpson, eds. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-40-X
100. Gertrude Stein, Writings 1932-1946 (Harriet Chessman and Catharine R. Stimpson, eds. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-41-8
101. Eudora Welty, Complete Novels (Richard Ford and Michael Kreyling, eds. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-54-X
102. Eudora Welty, Stories, Essays, & Memoirs (Richard Ford and Michael Kreyling, eds. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-55-8
103. Charles Brockden Brown, Three Gothic Novels (Sydney J. Krause, ed. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-57-4
104. Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1959-1969 (Advisory board: Milton J. Bates, Lawrence Lichty, Paul L. Miles, Ronald H. Spector, Marilyn Young 1998) ISBN 1-883011-58-2
105. Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1969-1975 (Advisory board: Milton J. Bates, Lawrence Lichty, Paul L. Miles, Ronald H. Spector, Marilyn Young 1998) ISBN 1-883011-59-0
106. Henry James, Complete Stories 1874-1884 (William Vance, ed. 1999) ISBN 1-883011-63-9
107. Henry James, Complete Stories 1884-1891 (Edward Said, ed. 1999) ISBN 1-883011-64-7
108. American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King Jr. (Michael Warner, ed. 1999) ISBN 1-883011-65-5
109. James Madison, Writings (Jack N. Rakove, ed. 1999) ISBN 1-883011-66-3
110. Dashiell Hammett, Complete Novels (Steven Marcus, ed. 1999) ISBN 1-883011-67-1
111. Henry James, Complete Stories 1864-1874 (Jean Strouse, ed. 1999) ISBN 1-883011-70-1
112. William Faulkner, Novels 1957-1962 (Noel Polk, ed., with notes by Joseph Blotner 1999) ISBN 1-883011-69-8
113. John James Audubon, Writings & Drawings (Christoph Irmscher, ed. 1999) ISBN 1-883011-68-X
114. Slave Narratives (William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. 2000) ISBN 1-883011-76-0
115. American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Vol. 1 (Advisory board: Robert Hass, John Hollander, Carolyn Kizer, Nathaniel Mackey, and Marjorie Perloff 2000) ISBN 1-883011-77-9
116. American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Vol. 2 (Advisory board: Robert Hass, John Hollander, Carolyn Kizer, Nathaniel Mackey, and Marjorie Perloff 2000) ISBN 1-883011-78-7
117. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Novels and Stories 1920-1922 (Jackson R. Bryer, ed. 2000) ISBN 1-883011-84-1
118. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poems and Other Writings (J.D. McClatchy, ed. 2000) ISBN 1-883011-85-X
119. Tennessee Williams, Plays 1937-1955 (Mel Gussow and Kenneth Holditch, eds. 2000) ISBN 1-883011-86-8
120. Tennessee Williams, Plays 1957-1980 (Mel Gussow and Kenneth Holditch, eds. 2000) ISBN 1-883011-87-6
121. Edith Wharton, Collected Stories 1891-1910 (Maureen Howard, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-883011-93-0
122. Edith Wharton, Collected Stories 1911-1937 (Maureen Howard, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-883011-94-9
123. The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence (John Rhodehamel, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-883011-91-4
124. Henry David Thoreau, Collected Essays and Poems (Elizabeth Hall Witherell, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-883011-95-7
125. Dashiell Hammett, Crime Stories and Other Writings (Steven Marcus, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-931082-00-6
126. Dawn Powell, Novels 1930-1942 (Tim Page, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-931082-01-4
127. Dawn Powell, Novels 1944-1962 (Tim Page, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-931082-02-2
128. Carson McCullers, Complete Novels (Carlos Dews, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-931082-03-0
129. Alexander Hamilton, Writings (Joanne B. Freeman, ed. 2001) ISBN 1-931082-04-9
130. Mark Twain, The Gilded Age and Later Novels (Hamlin L. Hill, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-10-3
131. Charles W. Chesnutt, Stories, Novels, and Essays (Werner Sollors, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-06-5
132. John Steinbeck, Novels 1942-1952 (Robert DeMott, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-07-3
133. Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, Dodsworth (Richard Lingeman, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-08-1
134. Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky, Let It Come Down, The Spider's House (Daniel Halpern, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-19-7
135. Paul Bowles, Complete Stories & Later Writings (Daniel Halpern, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-20-0
136. Kate Chopin, Complete Novels & Stories (Sandra M. Gilbert, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-21-9
137. Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1941-1963 (Advisory board: Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Bill Kovach, Carol Polsgrove 2003) ISBN 1-931082-28-6
138. Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1963-1973 (Advisory board: Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Bill Kovach, Carol Polsgrove 2003) ISBN 1-931082-29-4
139. Henry James, Novels 1896-1899 (Myra Jehlen, ed. 2003) ISBN 1-931082-30-8
140. Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy (Thomas P. Riggio, ed. 2003) ISBN 1-931082-31-6
141. Saul Bellow, Novels 1944-1953 (James Wood, ed. 2003) ISBN 1-931082-38-3
142. John Dos Passos, Novels 1920-1925 (Townsend Ludington, ed. 2003) ISBN 1-931082-39-1
143. John Dos Passos, Travel Books and Other Writings (Townsend Ludington, ed. 2003) ISBN 1-931082-40-5
144. Ezra Pound, Poems and Translations (Richard Sieburth, ed. 2003) ISBN 1-931082-41-3
145. James Weldon Johnson, Writings (William L. Andrews, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-52-9
146. Washington Irving, Three Western Narratives (James P. Ronda, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-53-7
147. Alexis de Toqueville, Democracy in America (Olivier Zunz, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-54-5
148. James T. Farrell, Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy (Pete Hamill, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-55-3
149. Isaac Bashevis Singer, Stories Vol. 1 (Ilan Stavans, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-61-8
150. Isaac Bashevis Singer, Stories Vol. 2 (Ilan Stavans, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-62-6
151. Isaac Bashevis Singer, Stories Vol. 3 (Ilan Stavans, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-63-4
152. George Kaufman & Co., Broadway Comedies (Laurence Maslon, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-67-7
153. Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders and an Autobiography (Louis Auchincloss, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-65-0
154. Theodore Roosevelt, Letters and Speeches (Louis Auchincloss, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-66-9
155. H.P. Lovecraft, Tales (Peter Straub, ed. 2005) ISBN 1-931082-72-3
156. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys (2005) ISBN 1-931082-73-1
157. Philip Roth, Novels and Stories 1959-1962 (Ross Miller, ed. 2005) ISBN 1-931082-79-0
158. Philip Roth, Novels 1967-1972 (Ross Miller, ed. 2005) ISBN 1-931082-80-4
159. James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction (Michael Sragow, ed. 2005) ISBN 1-931082-81-2
160. James Agee, Film Writing and Selected Journalism (Michael Sragow, ed. 2005) ISBN 1-931082-82-0
161. Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast & Other Voyages (Thomas Philbrick, ed. 2005) ISBN 1-931082-83-9
162. Henry James, Novels 1901-1902 (Leo Bersani, ed. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-88-X
163. Arthur Miller, Collected Plays 1944-1961 (Tony Kushner, ed. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-91-X
164. William Faulkner, Novels 1926-1929 (Joseph Blotner and Noel Polk, eds. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-89-8
165. Philip Roth, Novels 1973-1977 (Ross Miller, ed. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-96-0
166. American Speeches: Revolution to Civil War (Ted Widmer, ed. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-97-9
167. American Speeches: Lincoln to Clinton (Ted Widmer, ed. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-98-7
168. Hart Crane, Complete Poems and Selected Letters (Langdon Hammer, ed. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-99-5
[edit] Special anthologies
- Writing New York (Philip Lopate, ed. 1998) ISBN 1-883011-62-0
- American Sea Writing (Peter Neill, ed. 2000) ISBN 1-883011-83-3
- Baseball (Nicholas Dawidoff, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-09-X
- Writing Los Angeles (David L. Ulin, ed. 2002) ISBN 1-931082-27-8
- Americans in Paris (Adam Gopnik, ed. 2004) ISBN 1-931082-56-1
- American Writers at Home (J.D. McClatchy, author, Erica Lennar, photographer 2004) ISBN 1-931082-75-8
- American Movie Critics (Phillip Lopate, ed. 2006) ISBN 1-931082-92-8
- American Religious Poems (Harold Bloom and Jesse Zuba, eds., 2006) ISBN 1-931082-74-X
[edit] American poets project
- American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (John Hollander, editor 2003) ISBN 1-931082-49-9
- A. R. Ammons: Selected Poems (David Lehman, editor 2006) ISBN 1-931082-93-6
- John Berryman: Selected Poems (Kevin Young, editor 2004) ISBN 1-931082-69-3
- The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (Elizabeth Alexander, editor 2005) ISBN 1-931082-87-1
- Kenneth Fearing: Selected Poems (Robert Polito, editor 2004) ISBN 1-931082-57-X
- Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems (John Hollander, editor 2005) ISBN 1-931082-77-4
- Amy Lowell: Selected Poems (Honor Moore, editor 2004) ISBN 1-931082-70-7
- Samuel Menashe: New and Selected Poems (Christopher Ricks, editor 2005) ISBN 1-931082-85-5
- Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems (J.D. McClatchy, editor 2003) ISBN 1-931082-35-9
- Edgar Allan Poe: Poems and Poetics (Richard Wilbur, editor 2003) ISBN 1-931082-51-0
- Poets of the Civil War (J.D. McClatchy, editor 2005) ISBN 1-931082-76-6
- Poets of World War II (Harvey Shapiro, editor 2003) ISBN 1-931082-33-2
- Cole Porter: Selected Lyrics (Robert Kimball, editor 2006) ISBN 1-931082-94-4
- Theodore Roethke: Selected Poems (Edward Hirsch, editor 2005) ISBN 1-931082-78-2
- Muriel Rukeyser: Selected Poems (Adrienne Rich, editor 2004) ISBN 1-931082-58-8
- Karl Shapiro: Selected Poems (John Updike, editor 2003) ISBN 1-931082-34-0
- Edith Wharton: Selected Poems (Louis Auchincloss, editor 2005) ISBN 1-931082-86-3
- Walt Whitman: Selected Poems (Harold Bloom, editor 2003) ISBN 1-931082-32-4
- John Greenleaf Whittier: Selected Poems (Brenda Wineapple, editor 2004) ISBN 1-931082-59-6
- William Carlos Williams: Selected Poems (Robert Pinsky, editor 2004) ISBN 1-931082-71-5
- Yvor Winters: Selected Poems (Thom Gunn, editor 2003) ISBN 1-931082-50-2
- Louis Zukofsky: Selected Poems (Charles Bernstein, editor 2006) ISBN 1-931082-95-2
[edit] Reference
- Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future by Jason Epstein, W. W. Norton & Company 2001 ISBN 0-393-04984-1
[edit] External links
- The Library of America official web site
- The Library of America's American Poets Project
- The Library of America's Isaac Bashevis Singer web site
- The Library of America's "Reporting Civil Rights" web site
- The Library of America's Charles W. Chesnutt web site
- The Library of America's Dawn Powell web site