as Guardians, a well deserved nomenclature, who
ensure that books remain available to readers,
continuously in print. Several volumes memorialize the
lives of book lovers and collectors.
Many selections will be familiar to readers as great
American classics; others are slightly off
the beaten path or inspired rediscoveries.
Works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
comprise the former; the latter include
American Noir: 11 Classic Crime Novels
of the 1930s, 40s & 50s, edited by
Robert Polito. Interesting editors, such as
Jonathan Lethem, himself an important
novelist, abound; Lethem has edited the
Philip K. Dick Collection, which includes
three volumes of the novelist���s work.
Among recent notable selections included
in this writer���s wish list below are: Hub Fans Bid Kid
Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams; The Fifty Funniest
American Writers, According to Andy Borowitz; Carl
Sandburg, Selected Poems, Paul Berman, editor,
published with a gift in memory of James Merrill; and
Thomas Jefferson, Writings, which is kept in print by a
gift from Martin Segal.
With great originality, endowed by a gift in honor of
Marjorie Berkley, Library of America has published a
stout, elegant two volume compendium of six Novels
in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward. These books of illustrations
HYLAND
