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Sara Rutkowski
The first book-length literary analysis of the WPA’s Federal Writers’ Project (FWP)-a massive New Deal program that put thousands to work documenting the country during the Depression. Drawing on critical…
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Ann Lacy
Lost Treasures & Old Mines brims with stories of gold fever, copper ore, and silver mining in the American Southwest.
Between 1850 and 1912, Territorial New Mexico was home to a diverse mix of peoples. Contesting with those who had lived in the region for thousands of years, an array…
The fourth volume in the New Mexico Federal Writers’ Project Book series records authentic accounts of life in the early days of New MexicoNdetailed descriptions of village life, battles with…
Stories of New Jersey is a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the state. The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New…
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Federal Writers' Project
In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). Out-of-work teachers, writers, and scholars fanned out across the…
J J Butts
Demonstrates how Black writers negotiated and revised New Deal ideas through their contributions to the Federal Writers' Project, ultimately introducing a more inclusive, pluralist understanding of American culture and history.
Wendy Griswold
In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate-and they were hungry for the written word. Magazines, novels, and newspapers littered the floors of parlors and tenements…
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