Oneiromance (an epithalamion) gives the marriage poem a case of vertigo, displacing while embracing the panoply of possibility when two people attempt to forge a life together. Kathleen Rooney create
It’s the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she crosses the unpredictable landscape of a run-down Manhattan, a city anxious after an attack by a still-at-lar
Fall 2016 Library Journal Editors' PickIt’s the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverses a grittier Manhattan, a city anxious after an attack by a st
NOW A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER“Transporting…witty, poignant and sparkling.”—People (People Picks Book of the Week)“Prescient and quick....A perfect fusing of subject and writer, idea and ideal.”—Chic
“Transporting…witty, poignant and sparkling.”―People (People Picks Book of the Week) “Prescient and quick....A perfect fusing of subject and writer, idea and ideal.”―Chicago Tribune “Extraordinary…hil
Rooney a writer and publisher, was initially scornful of Oprah Winfrey's foray into book selection, because she was certain that the books would be lightweight popular fiction that would increase the
Extensive research and an engaging narrative style untangle the myths and presuppositions surrounding the Oprah Book Club and reveal its complex and far-reaching cultural influence, confronting head-o
Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object is a lively meditation on the profession of art modeling as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experie
In this collection on life as a twentysomething in the twenty-first century, Kathleen Rooney writes about love and longing, poetry and plagiarism, death and democracy, mountain floods and Midwestern
It’s late spring of 2008, and one of Illinois’ two Democratic senators is poised to become the next president of the United States. Colleen Dugan works for the other one—not on Capitol Hill, but in a
Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of renowned Belgian painter Rene Magritte—the artist,
Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of renowned Belgian painter Rene Magritte—the artist,
