“Dawn Powell is a supremely deserving candidate for admission to The Library of America.”— Atlantic Monthly
“A sublime reading experience.” — Junot Díaz
“The best selection of Lincoln’s writings available today, perhaps the best ever.” — Christian Science Monitor
“Steinbeck thought East of Eden his best work. We won’t argue.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Taken together, these three stories (particularly A Connecticut Yankee) provide a classic modern view of premodern society: its revulsion with medieval superstition and backwardness and, at the same time, a nostalgia for…
“The war brought out the best in [Liebling]. Here he . . . relied on straightforward observation, delivered in a style less mannered than Hemingway’s, less sentimental than Ernie Pyle’s, less excitable than Michael…