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A master of the short form, Gina Berriault stands somewhere between Chekhov and Isaac Babel in style and psychological acuity. "Berriault writes re...

An excellent introduction to “the best and most representative American poet” (Harold Bloom), this palm–sized, keepsake edition is the first separa...

A brief meditation on the role of technology in his own life and how it has changed the landscape of the United States from "America's greatest phi...

Fragmentary, unabashed, erotic―“Lifting Belly” is a singular lesbian love poem from modernist Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) which lays bare desire and...

A carefully curated selection of stories from "one of the foremothers of 20th-century literature and feminist thought" (The New York Times), known ...

Ursula K. Le Guin selected Crazy Weather for her contribution to Pharos Editions citing Charles McNichols "offhanded skill, the ease with which (he...

Conceived as a challenge to long–standing conventional wisdom, Creating the Future is a work of social history/cultural criticism that examines the...

A prismatic, provocative look at one family—led by a charismatic, defense attorney father—whose bonds exist on both sides of the lawThe Siegels of ...

Valerie Trueblood is, simply put, one of the finest story writers who is currently working in the American language, as prize committees acknowledg...

Edmund Wilson, 20th century America's most direct and readable critic of literature and society, was a man of many loves. In his half century as a ...

Forty-nine-year-old Isla revels in her career and happy second marriage despite her first husband's shocking actions, while seventeen-year-old Rodd...

For more than thirty years, Frederick Kirschenmann has explored the ethical and practical principles of sustainable agriculture. An accomplished th...

A collection of essays explores the impact of indigenous cultures with stable communities on the conservation of biological diversity in natural ha...

A portrait of one of the twentieth century's most radical and misunderstood writers follows Lawrence from his awkward youth in Nottinghamshire, thr...

When first published in 2004, Danger on Peaks was the poet's first new collection of poems in twenty years. Perhaps his most personal, autobiograph...

Dante is one of the towering figures of European literature, yet there remain a surprising number of questions about his life and works; Who was th...

As a middle child raised middle class and stuck out in the middle of Louisiana, hilarious writer and actress Sarah Thyre often found her in–between...

The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial powerThe American em...

The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial power The American e...

Five years after returning from his trip around the world, young Charles Darwin became the owner of Down House in Kent, England, where he moved his...

Pushed to his breaking point and accused of murder, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must face his greatest adversary yet to solve a mystery that...

Pushed to his breaking point and accused of murder, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must face his greatest adversary yet to solve a mystery that...