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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 and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Every May we celebrate the rich history and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Browse a curated selection of fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators that we think your students will love. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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