No Logo, 1999, Naomi Klein
internationally influential nonfiction work about branding, consumerism, corporate censorship, & advertising (specifically McDonald's, Nike, The Gap, Microsoft) and how people are fighting back through culture-jamming
No Logo - PDF
internationally influential nonfiction work about branding, consumerism, corporate censorship, & advertising (specifically McDonald's, Nike, The Gap, Microsoft) and how people are fighting back through culture-jamming
No Logo - PDF
Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday, 1973, Kurt Vonnegut
the story of "two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men on a planet which was dying fast": normal-looking-but-crazy car salesman & burger joint owner Dwayne Hoover becomes obsessed with the work of crazy-looking (but more or less sane) sci-fi author Kilgore Trout
Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday - PDF
the story of "two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men on a planet which was dying fast": normal-looking-but-crazy car salesman & burger joint owner Dwayne Hoover becomes obsessed with the work of crazy-looking (but more or less sane) sci-fi author Kilgore Trout
Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday - PDF
The Bell Jar, 1963, Sylvia Plath (as "Victoria Lucas")
a darkly funny semi-autobiographical novel that describes the protagonist's descent into mental illness
The Bell Jar - PDF
eNotes Reader's Guide - PDF
"VICE Published a Fashion Spread on Female Writer Suicides" - Jenna Sauers for Jezebel.com [esp. photos & reader comments]
"VICE Got All Necrophiliac on Female Writer Suicides" - Harriet Staff for Poetry News on PoetryFoundation.org [synthesis & analysis]
a darkly funny semi-autobiographical novel that describes the protagonist's descent into mental illness
The Bell Jar - PDF
eNotes Reader's Guide - PDF
"VICE Published a Fashion Spread on Female Writer Suicides" - Jenna Sauers for Jezebel.com [esp. photos & reader comments]
"VICE Got All Necrophiliac on Female Writer Suicides" - Harriet Staff for Poetry News on PoetryFoundation.org [synthesis & analysis]
The Things They Carried, 1990, Tim O'Brien
a semi-autobiographical collection of related stories about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War--heart-wrenching loss of innocence
The Things They Carried - PDF
a semi-autobiographical collection of related stories about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War--heart-wrenching loss of innocence
The Things They Carried - PDF
Bastard Out of Carolina, 1992, Dorothy Allison
a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel, set in South Carolina, that deals with class and gender issues--resilient, powerful narrator
Bastard Out of Carolina - PDF
a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel, set in South Carolina, that deals with class and gender issues--resilient, powerful narrator
Bastard Out of Carolina - PDF
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 2007, Junot Diaz
a lush, exuberant blend of fact & fiction set in New Jersey & the Dominican Republic under dictator Rafael Trujillo--copious, obscene footnotes & TRUE LOVE! COURAGE! SUPERHEROES!
Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - PDF
a lush, exuberant blend of fact & fiction set in New Jersey & the Dominican Republic under dictator Rafael Trujillo--copious, obscene footnotes & TRUE LOVE! COURAGE! SUPERHEROES!
Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - PDF
The Road, 2006, Cormac McCarthy
A father and young son journey through a post-apocalypitic, shattered world--deeply disturbing: this book will eat you alive
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Road - PDF
A father and young son journey through a post-apocalypitic, shattered world--deeply disturbing: this book will eat you alive
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Road - PDF
The Bluest Eye, 1970, Toni Morrison
Set in Ohio in the years following the Great Depression, a young black girl, Pecola, develops an inferiority complex due to her eye color and skin appearance--banned frequently due to its controversial topics, including racism, incest, and child molestation
The Bluest Eye - PDF
Set in Ohio in the years following the Great Depression, a young black girl, Pecola, develops an inferiority complex due to her eye color and skin appearance--banned frequently due to its controversial topics, including racism, incest, and child molestation
The Bluest Eye - PDF
The Corrections, 2001, Jonathan Franzen
set near the turn of the millennium, this novel revolves around an aging Midwestern couple and their three adult children's attempts to gather for "one last Christmas"--poignant novel about past-in-present and possibilities for redemption
The Corrections - PDF
set near the turn of the millennium, this novel revolves around an aging Midwestern couple and their three adult children's attempts to gather for "one last Christmas"--poignant novel about past-in-present and possibilities for redemption
The Corrections - PDF
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1962, Ken Kesey
set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the novel pits michievious Randle Patrick McMurphy (who has faked insanity to avoid a prison sentence) against iron-fisted Nurse Ratched in a power struggle; "a study of the institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles."
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - PDF
set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the novel pits michievious Randle Patrick McMurphy (who has faked insanity to avoid a prison sentence) against iron-fisted Nurse Ratched in a power struggle; "a study of the institutional processes and the human mind as well as a critique of behaviorism and a celebration of humanistic principles."
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - PDF
Slaughter-house Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death, 1969, Kurt Vonnegut
a semi-autobiographical satirical sci-fi novel about WWII experiences, including the fire-bombing of Dresden, and journeys of a time-traveling solider named Billy Pilgrim; wait for this: "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."
Slaughter-house Five - PDF
a semi-autobiographical satirical sci-fi novel about WWII experiences, including the fire-bombing of Dresden, and journeys of a time-traveling solider named Billy Pilgrim; wait for this: "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt."
Slaughter-house Five - PDF
Franny and Zooey, 1955, J. D. Salinger
a breakdown & brotherly advice
Franny and Zooey - PDF
"Report: Unpublished J. D. Salinger Stories Leak Online" - December 2013, CNN.com
a breakdown & brotherly advice
Franny and Zooey - PDF
"Report: Unpublished J. D. Salinger Stories Leak Online" - December 2013, CNN.com