In a world where the corporate iron fist clad in the velvet glove of the state has appropriated all that is authentic and authoritative in language, there seems little left for us to say to each other
Nicholson Baker, who “writes like no one else in America” (Newsweek), here assembles his best short pieces from the last fifteen years. The Way the World Works, Baker’s second nonfiction collection, r
Surrealism in Latin American Literature: Searching for Breton's Ghost is the first comprehensive study of Spanish-language surrealism in the Americas. Charting surrealism in Latin American literature
From an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, a powerful story of a love triangle set in England, France, India, and Jamaica against the backdrop of World War II.Kitty is loved by two best friends: Ed
The delightful new Kate Carpenter Mystery It's springtime in the city and the first festival of the summer is taking place. Amidst clowns and bands and face painters, Kate Carpenter and her friends ar
It has been four years since Bob Moore died in a tragic car accident on a foggy California road. His best friend, Rick, who regularly drives by the accident scene, cannot help but stare at the makeshi
It has been four years since Bob Moore died in a tragic car accident on a foggy California road. His best friend, Rick, who regularly drives by the accident scene, cannot help but stare at the makeshi
An accomplished poet tries his hand at songwriting, Quaker meetings, and tobacco experiments while he copes with his ex-girlfriend's new relationship with a local NPR radio host.
In the North Arm of British Columbia's Fraser River lies an uninhabited island. Guarded by water from the city of New Westminster's bustling industrial district, Poplar Island is lush and unspoken, bu
A new novel by bestselling author Nicholson Baker reintroduces feckless but hopeful hero Paul Chowder, whose struggle to get his life together is reflected in his steadfast desire to write a pop song,
Alice Dickinson, a young advertising executive in London, decides to take time off work to research her idea for a screenplay: the true story of the scandalous, adulterous love affair that took place
Alice Dickinson, a young advertising executive in London, decides to take time off work to research her idea for a screenplay: the true story of the scandalous, adulterous love affair that took place
These poems explore the migratory histories of the black diaspora around the WindsorDetroit border. Wayside Sang rolls out of factories and onto roads to return with a new understanding of home
Poetry. Sara Nicholson's second collection, WHAT THE LYRIC IS, is a sharp, humorous, and poignant exploration of how the lyric in poetry both fits and fails us. Conversant with dead poets, but skeptic
The novel focuses on the true events that occurred around the London theatre dramatization of Thomas Hardy’s acclaimed novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, including Hardy’s hand-picked casting of the you
"From an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and the author of Motherland, a novel about two love affairs set in Amherst--one in the present, one in the past, and both presided over by Emily Dickinson. Alice
Charting surrealism in Latin American literature from its initial appearance in Argentina in 1928 to the surrealist-inspired work of several writers in the 1970s, Melanie Nicholson argues that surreal
Quick Tips for a beginner genealogist. Some books provide some information but when I started 25 years ago many things were missed in some books. We wanted the beginner or advanced genealogy researche
