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Common Read: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin and Unmentionables by Beth Ann Fennelly

This guide serves as a useful primer for the common read on Tom Franklin's novel Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter and Beth Ann Fennelly's Unmentionables poetry collection.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Even though individual entries for Fennelly/Franklin are not available, these resources will help familiarize you with literary terms/concepts and selected authors.


Encyclopedias

Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PN 41 .B4

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
--Reference Stacks-- PN 41 .M42


Dictionaries

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
--online-- netLibrary e-book

A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
--Reference Stacks-- PN 41 .C83


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