"An inspired collection of 20 stories, brilliant in its command of tone and narrative perspective...Creativity and empathy mark the collection . . . Illustrations enhance the already vivid storytellin
This stunning debut novel tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957 with language as taut as classic works by Cormac McCarthy and a richness reminiscent of early Toni
"Calabash is a serious literary festival with serious literary merits. It combines this with good humor and merriment."---Times Literary Supplement"A mini-Woodstock on the Caribbean...a world-class Ca
Sandy, recently fired and divorced, agrees to do a freelance job in Memphis on a runaway bride, but she becomes drawn to a story about the murders of Elvis Presley impersonators who were supposed to p
"[A] brave and moving tribute to a brother gone astray; with skill, unflinching honesty, and redemptive compassion, Cristina Garcia tracks his marvelous, complex, and errant life. . . . These poems ar
Orange County, California, brings to mind the endless summer of sand and surf, McMansion housing tracts, a conservative stronghold, and tony shopping centers. It's a place where pilates classes are ru
The Failure is a picaresque novel set in Los Angeles about two guys who conceive and badly execute a plan to rob a Korean check-cashing store in order to finance the prototype for an impossibly ridicu
“Great writers by definition are outriders, raiders of a sort, sweeping down from wilderness territories to disturb the peace, overrun the status quo and throw into question everything we know to be t
Discusses modern jazz movements and musicians, including Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Archie Shepp, and Sun-Ra.
"Ryan Adams writes with equal parts precision and recklessness; the blood he draws from the text is easily as unnerving as its unapologetic tenderness. He is proof that poetry will find its writer.&am
Examines the history of the Washington D.C. punk rock music scene that led to the rise of such bands as Positive Force, Riot Grrrl, Fugazi, and Bikini Kill.
"[Animals and Objects In and Out of Water] provides a constant stream of visually appealing eye candy and subtly complex visual spectacle."?The Onion AV ClubThe second book from the iconic Chicago und
Israel is a synonym for many things: the ancestral home of the Jewish people, the hell of the Palestinians; the realization of a centuries-old dream of freedom, and the heart of the War on Terror. No
"Christianity or cuisine, cinema or sex manuals, Eros or Thanatos, Artaud or Marilyn Monroe? Marry or suture or eat all of them and you are close to Ravenous. A brutal tour de force."--Juan Felipe Her
Anna In-Between is Elizabeth Nunez's finest literary achievement to date. In spare prose, with attention to every word and the juxtaposition of words to each other, Nunez returns to themes of emotion
“A startling new voice in Canadian letters.” —Olive Senior, author of Shell"Ede has the warmth of William Carlos Williams and the analytical power of Malcolm X.”—George Elliott Clarke, author of Georg
“Lydia Lunch is an American icon.”—Austin American-Statesman“Lunch has defined the underground music and art scene for over thirty years. Predictable only in her unpredictability, she has exploited ev
In a city full of police controversies, hippie artist punk houses, and overzealous liberals, Portland, Oregon, is a place where even its fiction blurs with its bizarre realities.Brand-new stories by:
Alice Hunter is a thirty-six-year-old professional gambler living in Queens, NY. She is modestly successful as a horseplayer and enjoys her work. Though avidly pursued by her lover, Clayton, who she
“Ryan Adams, one of America’s most consistently interesting singer/songwriters, has written a passionate, arresting, and entertaining book of verse. Fans are going to love it, and newcomers will be pl
This groundbreaking poetry collection is a work of interval, delay, and retracing - a writing of shifts of silence. Each page serves as a kind of frame that superimposes itself temporally, aurally, a
Set in 1952, Andean Express is the story of a tragic overnight train journey that unfolds in an environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. Beginning near La Paz, Bolivia, the austere Andean plat
Rome Noir looks beyond the tourist facade of Italy’s capital. This is the real city of Fellini, Pasolini, and countless other major artists who devoted their lives to depicting its grandeur and decade
“A richness of language and observation pervades this collection of short stories by a black writer about real black people.”—The New York Times Book ReviewThese early writings from award-winning play
The author, poet, playwright, and composer documents the racial politics of America between 1960 and 1965 in a collection of essays on urban life, boxing, black sexuality, Harlem, and the Cuban revolu
“Everett’s talent is multifaceted, sparked by a satiric brilliance that could place him alongside Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison.”—Publishers Weekly“I think Percival Everett is a genius. . . . He’s
"The dank and sweaty crime scenes in Paris Noir…testify to the fact that the French invented “noir.” Among the jarring images in this story collection, Didier Daeninckx’s murky view of the after-hours
“Nersesian’s extravagantly imagined dystopia relies—as did those in Philip Roth’s Plot Against America and Michael Chabon’s Yiddish Policemen’s Union—on an alternate, counterfactual history.”—The New
Presents a second collection of short stories featuring noir and crime fiction about Manhattan by writers such as Stephen Crane, Horace Gregory, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Presents accounts of women who had abortions, detailing their individual life experiences, why they decided to get an abortion, and why the pro-choice movement is important to them.
Trinidad Noir reveals the Caribbean island’s darkness and its appeal with an unexpected and gratifying result.Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espi
It's less than six months after the events of Got and our nameless narrator has vanished off the Brooklyn grid only to end up in Atlanta, where he now lives with his ambitious but somewhat dim-witted
“Remarkable. . . . Gabriela Jauregui displays perfect pitch: Her lyrics are impressive in their scope, range, empathy—and especially their authentic passion.”—Marjorie Perloff , author of 21st-Century
Presents an anthology of chilling but true stories, each set in Brooklyn, featuring contributions by writers as Robert Leuci, Errol Louis, Kim Skyes, Rosemarie Yu, and Reed Farrel Coleman.
Highlights the life of the actor famous for his role in the television series "M*A*S*H" and "Providence," and describes his interest in politics and human rights around the world.
