Robert McParland

Public libraries (Denver, Seattle, Dallas, Fairfax, Rochester, Onondaga) and university libraries have begun to acquire the first library copies of Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books, which was published on December 15.

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books is a cultural study of America and American popular culture seen through the bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles from 1900 to 2018. This book is a reference volume that investigates the responses of readers, lists all top bestselling books, discusses publication trends, and provides biographical sketches of bestselling authors.

Robert McParland addressed an audience in northern New Jersey on October 31 on Citizen Steinbeck, concerning the life and works of John Steinbeck and the current presidential election. Citizen Steinbeck was published in October 2016 by Rowman and Littlefield.

Beyond Gatsby is now in more than 800 libraries.

Beyond Gatsby has been published (April 2015). It will be featured in the book display at the American Literature Association Conference in Boston later this month. The book is about American culture and writers of the 1920s.

Robert McParland spoke about his book Mark Twain's Audience at a reception at Felician College in Lodi, New Jersey on Thursday, November 20, 4:00-6:00 P.M..

"Mark Twain's Audience" has been published.

"This is more than a study of literary influence. Robert McParland has driven a core sample deep into the history of American culture, revealing the responses that Mark Twain evoked in readers of all social and ethnic backgrounds." - Jonathan Rose, Author of The Literary Churchill.

It's Christmas in May as the short story "My True Love Sent to Me" appears this month in the Pomona Valley Review.

"The Human" has published "Dickens and Opera" on sound in Dickens's writing, his visit to Italy, and his interest in Itaian opera.

The short story "Bringing Smoky Home" will appear in the Pomona Valley Review.