Library of America (Geoffrey O'Brien, editor in chief and Max Rudin, publisher) Library of America is a publisher whose mandate is to keep American classics in print. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, we'll explore the Library's surprising new definitions of what is American and what is classic. Are crime novels, screenplays, song lyrics and the work of Russian -migr-s included? For more information about the publisher, go to LibraryOfAmerica.org.