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The Golden Age of detective fiction flourished between the World Wars. This era saw the emergence of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, and dozens of once-renowned authors. In recent years, this type of fiction has enjoyed a great resurgence of interest, as publishers mine back catalogues to bring the best of yesteryear to a new generation of detective fiction aficionados. What is it about the Golden...

In this deeply personal book, Elizabeth Alexander gives us profound and galvanizing lessons from culture and life to move through challenging times. In close readings of visionary and beloved poets and writers--Muriel Rukeyser, Gwendolyn Brooks, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and June Jordan, among others--Dr. Alexander meditates on how words and values can sustain and inspire us, interweaving her voice with revelatory works of art by some of our most...