An entrancing new novel by the author of the prizewinning Grief Is the Thing with FeathersThere’s a village an hour from London. It’s no different from many others today: one pub, one church, redbrick
In surprising turns through different American cities, mindsets, and eras, and through the strange rhythms of dreaming, the celebrated poet Elizabeth Alexander composes her own kind of improvisationa
In an age of memoir, the distinction between fiction and nonfiction has become increasingly blurred, sparking controversy among writers and readers alike. But what about the autobiographical impulse
This is a deeply felt and highly informed essay collection about life in the American west by one of the finest writers ever to emerge from that region. As the Seattle Times has said of Owning It All
Claudia Rankine, well known for her experimental multi-genre writing, fuses the lyric, the essay, and the visual in this politically and morally fierce examination of solitude in the rapacious and me
The author of eight books of fiction, Ron Carlson has been praised as "a master of the short story" (Booklist). In this essay, he offers a full range of notes for the writer and gives rare insight in
All of Jane Kenyon's published poems gathered in one definitive collection, now in paperbackYes, long shadows go outfrom the bales; and yes, the soulmust part from the body:what else could it do?A--f
Recyclopedia shows the development of Harryette Mullen's career in her books Trimmings, S*PeRM**K*T, and Muse & Drudge, all originally published in the 1990s and now made available again to new re
From “Abalone” to “Zooxanthellae,” Jeffrey Yang’s debut poetry collection is full of the exhilarating colors and ominous forms of aquatic life. But deeper under the surf
Selected stories from a renowned poet and prose writer “who savors the elegance of simplicity and whose stories resonate and linger” (The New York Times Book Review)Tess Gallagher’s
In the spring of 2007, a brilliant and well-known computer programmer named Hans Reiser stands accused of murdering his beautiful, estranged wife, Nina. Despite a mountain of circumstantial evidence
A brilliant and unnerving debut novel about the mysteriously ill patients at a remote hospital in FinlandIn a remote, piney wood in Finland stands a convalescent hospital called Suvanto, a curving co
The final collection by the late Jason Shinder, “one of the finest of our new poets” (Gerald Stern)I close my eyes and try to rememberwhen I was unopposed, when I started to die,buoyant,
From War Memorials by Clint McCown: At first the lizard was just one more source of tension between us. Laney bought it secondhand from some woman down in Huntsville who said it kept her cockroach pro
