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Kevin Hearle

Kevin Hearle is an author, an editor, a poet, and a lecturer. He holds degrees from Stanford University, the University of Iowa, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Each Thing We Know Is Changed Because We Know It and Other Poems and served as an editor for The Grapes of Wrath: Text and Criticism, Beyond Boundaries: Rereading John Steinbeck, and The Essential Mary Austin.

Celebrating 100 years of James Baldwin

In celebration of James Baldwin, the literary legend and civil rights champion, and the centennial of his birth, we are sharing a collection of his work.   James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes

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The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

The New York Times recently published their list “100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” We are pleased to announce that there are 49 titles published from Penguin Random House and its distribution clients included in this list. Browse our collection of Penguin Random House titles here. Browse the full list from The New York

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