What literature would be considered to be part of the United States' current literary canon?

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There are so many, it's hard to name just one!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_literature
Here is an article about American Lit, with links to many, many titles and authors.

You choose!

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thank you . what does it mean literary canon

"As the term is ordinarily used, "literary canon" is defined by definition #7 above: "an authoritative list, as of the works of an author." Yet the sense of definition #3 ("standard, criterion") is also strongly implied as the means by which individual works find their way into the literary canon. "