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Literary Collections
Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be
wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling
author of But What if We're Wrong.
A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play.
A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play.
From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer
Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and
previously published essays arguing that we are what we
watch.
From her creation of the first “Approval Matrix” in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize–winning columns for The New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum has known all along that what we watch is who we are.
From her creation of the first “Approval Matrix” in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize–winning columns for The New Yorker, Emily Nussbaum has known all along that what we watch is who we are.
The international sensation that illuminates the experiences
women are supposed to hide—from addiction, anger, sexual
assault, and infertility to joy, sensuality, and love.
“Unsparing . . . equally raw and harrowing . . .
“Unsparing . . . equally raw and harrowing . . .
From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the
revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays
describing her forays along the Delaware shore
For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard.
For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard.
Combining personal reflection and social observation, Bret
Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction is an incendiary polemic
about this young century's failings, e-driven and otherwise, and at
once an example, definition, and defense of what "freedom of
speech" truly means.
From the famed publisher and poet, author of the
million-copy-selling collection A Coney Island of the Mind,
his literary last will and testament -- part autobiography, part
summing up, part Beat-inflected torrent of language and feeling,
and all magical.
More of Mason Currey's irresistible Daily Rituals, this
time exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are
artists--painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers,
and performers. We see how these brilliant minds get to work, the
choices they have to make.
Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now
gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her
essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art,
spanning four decades.
The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark.
The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark.
In her first memoir, award-winning novelist Yiyun Li offers a
journey of recovery through literature. a letter from a writer to
like-minded readers.
“A meditation on the fact that literature itself lives and gives life.”—Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead
“What a long way it is from one life to another, yet why write if not for that distance.
“A meditation on the fact that literature itself lives and gives life.”—Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead
“What a long way it is from one life to another, yet why write if not for that distance.
An extraordinary, exquisitely written memoir (of sorts) that
looks at race--in a fearless, penetrating, honest, true way--in
twelve telltale, connected, deeply personal essays that explore,
up-close, the complexities and paradoxes, the haunting memories and
ambushing realities of growing up black in the South with a family
name inherited from a white man, of getting a PhD from Yale, of
marrying a white man from the North, of adopting two babies from
Ethiopia, of teaching at a white college and living in America's
New England today.
An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers,
curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black
Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in
literature.
Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you.
Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you.
By the acclaimed critic, memoirist, and advice columnist behind
the popular "Ask Polly," an impassioned collection tackling our
obsession with self-improvement and urging readers to embrace the
imperfections of the everyday
Heather Havrilesky's writing has been called "whip-smart and profanely funny" (Entertainment Weekly) and "required reading for all humans" (Celeste Ng).
Heather Havrilesky's writing has been called "whip-smart and profanely funny" (Entertainment Weekly) and "required reading for all humans" (Celeste Ng).
