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Donald Hall draws on his own childhood memories and gives himself the thing he most wanted but didn't get as a boy: a Christmas at Eagle Pond.It's the Christmas season of 1940, and twelve-year-old Donnie takes the train to visit his grandp
In Sucess Stories, an exceptionally varied yet coherent collection, Russell Banks proves himself one of the most astute and forceful writers in America today. Queen for a Day, Success Story, and Adultery trace fortunes o
The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates, edited by Greg Johnson, offers a rare glimpse into the private thoughts of this extraordinary writer, focusing on excerpts written during one of the most productive decades of Oates's long career. Far mor
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATUREA remarkable, graceful collection from one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets.In these 100 poems, Wislawa Szymborska portrays a world of astonis
From two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and pos
From longtime labor organizer Jane Mc Alevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracy For decades, racism, corporate greed, and a skewed political system have been eating away
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature The First Four Books of Poems collects the early work that established Louise Gluck as one of America's most original and important poets.Honored wit
For her graduation from high school in 1920, Frankie Pratt receives a scrapbook and her father's old Corona typewriter. Despite Frankie's dreams of becoming a writer, she must forgo a college scholarship to help her widowed mother. But when a myst
In his acclaimed debut collection The Incentive of the Maggot, Ron Slate delivered an ingenious and enigmatic account of the intersections of global, family and personal histories. Now, in The Great Wave, a more personal tone ass
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!"Plumbs the depths of marriage, motherhood and friendship with warmth and wit. I devoured it in one
“Ryan is a scrupulously observant poet with a gift for going for the jugular . . . His work is finely honed, provocative, questing, and humane.” – Edward Hirsch, Washington Post Book World Michael Ryan's first collection in fifteen years sh
A candid, intimate self-portrait by the legendary collector, patron of the arts, and globe-trotting socialite.In this colorful memoir, Peggy Guggenheim provides an insider's view of the early days of modern art, with revea
Enter a world of adventure and indulgence in this exotic cookbook by the chef Bon Appétit has called "an anarchic artist of the last course."Renowned chef Jehangir Mehta has relentlessly immersed himself in creating inventive dess
Former poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall's final collection of essays, from the vantage point of very old age, once again “alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny.”**(New York Times)“Why s
“Love Under Fire is dedicated to the women who have inspired me and whom I have known and loved and in a few cases loved too much. Their number is many, and I thank all in memory of their timeless appreciation and remembrance – the corner
A stirring, brilliantly crafted collection, Linda Gregerson's third volume of poetry examines mortality in all its beauty and horror. Fluently rendered in Gregerson's distinctive three-line stanzas, these poems explore subjects from autism to gene
A major new collection from one of our best loved, most celebrated, and most original poets Deeply personal but also expansive in its imaginative scope, Nouns & Verbs brings together thirty-five years of writing fr
On the subject of writing poetry, Oliver is the most enlightened and enlightening author I have read. -Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award co
“Why are you so unhappy?” That's the question that Zeke Pappas, a thirty-three-year-old scholar, asks almost everybody he meets as part of an obsessive project, “The Inventory of American Unhappiness.” The answers he receives—a mix of true sadness
From the legendary literary master, winner of the National Book Award and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, a collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all.Insightful, dis
