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Jonathan Arac

Jonathan Arac is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and a visiting professor at Columbia University. An American literary scholar, he has written Commissioned Spirits: The Shaping of Social Motion in Dickens, Carlyle, Melville, and Hawthorne; and Critical Genealogies: Historical Situations for Postmodern Literary Studies; among other works.

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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