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Featuring brand-new stories by: Ace Atkins, Tom Franklin, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Michael Farris Smith
Featuring brand-new stories by: Ace Atkins, Tom Franklin, William Boyle, Megan Abbott, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Michael Farris Smith
Jun Nakayama was a silent film star in the early days of Hollywood, but by 1964, he finds himself living in complete obscurity - until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, tracks him down for an interview
Brand-new stories by: Thomas Adcock, Ace Atkins, Patty Friedmann, David Fulmer, Barbara Hambly, Greg Herren, Laura Lippman, Tim McLoughlin, James Nolan, Ted O’Brien, Eric Overmyer, Jeri Cain Rossi, Ma
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"Brimming with humor and heart, Around Harvard Square is a delight."--Andy Borowitz, creator of the New Yorker's "The Borowitz Report""The first year of college can feel as dramatic as the first moon
"The Necessary Hunger is the kind of irresistible read you start on the subway at 6 p.m. on the way home from work and keep plowing through until you’ve turned the last page...It beats with the pulse
Updated with six more interviews and a new introduction, the expanded edition of We Owe You Nothing brings the definitive book of conversations with the underground’s greatest minds up to 2007. New in
"Vividly imagined, compelling, and sympathetic, The Perfume Burned His Eyes convinces with the force of its emotional intensity."--Joyce Carol Oates"It has been a long time since I have regarded the p
In Knucklehead, we meet Marcus Hayes, a brilliant black attorney who struggles, often unsuccessfully, with the impulse to confront everyday bad behavior with swift and antisocial action. The cause of
Atlanta is one of America's most dynamic and fastest-growing cities, with an increasingly diverse population. This volume honors the city's transformation?albeit in a chilling manner?with a highly tal
"Insight into the remarkable life of a remarkable man. [Frederick] Douglass in Brooklyn shows how the great author and agitator associated with radicals--and he associated with the president of t
"Achy Obejas's new story collection begins and ends with a question: What is your name? The answer is an abounding one. Counterrevolutionaries, the witnesses to the arrival of Columbus's caravels, poe
This is the unflinching memoir of a black woman's journey from the projects of Motown-era Michigan to the skyscrapers of Madison Avenue and beyond. With marches, riots, and demonstrations as the backd
A cookbook inspired by the food of Ziggy's upbringing in the household of Bob and Rita Marley.As the oldest son of Bob and Rita Marley, Ziggy was raised with both traditional Jamaican food and the mor
"Classic and timeless."—New York Times"Ron Kovic is one of the premier voices of a generation. The large irony of his birthday provides the background for a journey which begins with the unquestioning service in Vietnam, his terrible wounding with all the anger and bitterness that follows, and ends with his passionate discovery of a large and all-too-human heart."—Larry Heinemann, author ofPaco's Story"There is no book more relevant in the twenty-first century to healing the wound of Vietnam, which continues to bring so much pain to our country. . . . It remains to Kovic to remind us that history matters, and that the cost of our high follies persists."—Robert Scheer, editor-in-chief of Truthdig"Ron Kovic's terrible tragedy is America's."—The Los Angeles Times"Ron Kovic has returned from the dead and given us an honest, unrefined account of his struggle."— TheWashington PostThis New York Times bestseller (more than one million copies sold), presented here in a special fortieth-ann
"Classic and timeless."—New York Times"Ron Kovic is one of the premier voices of a generation. The large irony of his birthday provides the background for a journey which begins with th
"Great reading for the criminal-minded."--VIBE"George writes with pace and panache...packing his tale with more glitzy characters than a red carpet E! broadcast."--
?Not for Everyday Use is a gorgeous tapestry of mourning and redemption. Nunez is an astonishing writer, approaching the page with both skill and heart. Her memories are well-deep and love-strong. Wit
?Not for Everyday Use is a gorgeous tapestry of mourning and redemption. Nunez is an astonishing writer, approaching the page with both skill and heart. Her memories are well-deep and love-strong. Wit
"What is the actual experience of living with autism in a deep-felt sense, beyond the social stereotypes and headline-worthy superskills? Drawing Autism, a celebration of the artistry and self-express
The Jesus Lizard Book is a coffee table affair of exclusive photography, art, and other imagery with written pieces by all four members of the seminal indie rock band The Jesus Lizard. The layout is s
"The dramatic stakes may be higher with speed, cocaine, and certainly heroin, but these stories hit the mark."--Publishers Weekly"Joyce Carol Oates is in a rare class of her own, but she’s just of the
"The dramatic stakes may be higher with speed, cocaine, and certainly heroin, but these stories hit the mark."--Publishers Weekly"Joyce Carol Oates is in a rare class of her own, but she’s just of the
"Photos capturing the raw magnetism of performers like Charlie Danbury of Trenchmouth and H.R. of Bad Brains signal the power of the music. Perkins is also fascinated with the audience at these events
"The brutalities of Jamaica's past and the myriad social and cultural contradictions that contributed to it are conveyed with a genuine fondness for this complicated and conflicted place. A surprising
Svenonius, a member of the band "Chain and the Gang," presents a comical but nonetheless serious guide to starting a rock-band with the aid of the supernatural. The pocket-sized guide reads as a syste
"Cervantes Street is exciting to read...Under Mr. Manrique's pen, the world of renaissance Spain and the Mediterranean is made vivid, its surface cracking with sudden violence and cruelty...This novel
"Cervantes Street is exciting to read...Under Mr. Manrique's pen, the world of renaissance Spain and the Mediterranean is made vivid, its surface cracking with sudden violence and cruelty...This novel
"Eloquent and erudite, Robinson's oft-times mystical coming-of-age saga teems with rich and evocative historical insights."--Booklist"Hypnotic . . . one of the finest novels this year . . . [Robinson]
Eternity, an African clone shunned for her dark skin color, searches for her ancestors, becomes an activist supermodel in the West, and gets involved with an African rapper with multiple wives and pol
"A psychologically and emotionally astute family portrait, with dark themes like racism, cancer and the bittersweet longing of the immigrant."--New York Times Book Review (Editors Choice)"Nunez has cr
"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
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
"Every country (if she’s lucky) gets the Mark Twain she deserves, and Winkler is ours, bristling with savage Jamaican wit, heart-stopping compassion, and jaw-dropping humor all at once."—Marlon James,
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