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don Marquis
1878 – 1937, american
The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Michael Sims
Great American humorist Don Marquis
wrote free-verse poems for New York
newspapers that revolved around the
escapades of Archy, the poet-philosopher
cockroach, and Mehitabel, an alley cat
who was once Cleopatra. The rowdy,
urban antics of these two immortal
characters are available for the first time
in this unique collection, which features
many poems never before reprinted.
288 pp. 978-0-14-303975-4 $15.00
“newspaper humor does not usually age
well ( . . . ) but archy stands tall, a wickedly
funny, philosophical wiseguy with a brilliant
command of pungent american slang.”
—william g r i m e s, the new y o r k t i m e s
josé MartÍ
1853 – 1895, Cuban
Selected Writings
Translated and Edited by Esther Allen
with an Introduction by
Roberto González Echevarría
In this volume, José Martí demonstrates
his versatility as poet, essayist, orator,
statesman, and abolitionist. Organized
chronologically, this collection begins with
his early writings, including a thundering
account of his political imprisonment in
Cuba at age sixteen.
400 pp. 978-0-14-243704-9 $16.00
“a revelation . . . Martí finally comes to
vivid life through esther allen’s exquisite
translations.” —cristina garcia
harriet Martineau
1802 – 1876, english
Deerbrook
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
Valerie Sanders
A powerful exploration of the nature of
ignorance and prejudice, and one of the
first Victorian novels of English domestic
life, Deerbrook inspired both Charlotte
Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell.
656 pp. 978-0-14-143939-6 $16.00
josé MartÍ
José Martí is the most renowned political and literary figure in the history of Cuba.
Immensely talented and dedicated to the fight for Cuban independence from
Spain, Martí lived in exile in New York for most of his adult life, earning his living
as a foreign correspondent. Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, Martí’s were the eyes
through which much of Latin American saw the United States. His impassioned,
kaleidoscopic sketches of that period in U.S. history—the assassination of
President James Garfield, the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the execution of
the Chicago anarchists, the lynching of the Italians in New Orleans, and much
more—evoke the spirit of his times.
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