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A List of Recommended Reading by Category:
American Literature
- A Death in the Family - Agee, James
Story of loss and heartbreak felt when a young father dies. - Winesburg, Ohio - Anderson, Sherwood
A collection of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the Midwest. - Go Tell It On the Mountain - Baldwin, James
Semi-autobiographical novel about a 14-year-old black youth's religious conversion.
Biography/History
- Days of Grace - Ashe, Arthur and Arnold Rampersad.
Biography of a highly respected tennis star and citizen of the world who dies of AIDS. - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Angelou, Maya
An African-American writer traces her coming of age. -
Growing Up
- Baker, Russell
A columnist with a sense of humor takes a gentle look at his childhood in Baltimore during the Depression.
Drama
- Waiting for Godot - Beckett, Samuel
Powerful, symbolic portrayal of the human condition. - Mother Courage and Her Children
- Brecht, Bertolt
A product of the Nazi era, Mother Courage is a feminine "Everyman" in a play on the futility of war. -
The Cherry Orchard - Chekhov, Anton
The orchard evokes different meanings for the impoverished aristocrat and the merchant who buys it.
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