An enthralling novel of a mother and son's turbulent relationship from the author of Out Stealing HorsesIt is 1989: Communism is crumbling, and Arvid Jansen, thirtyseven, is facing his first divorce.
In Dean Young’s sprawling and subversive first book of prose on poetry, imagination swerves into primitivism and surrealism and finally toward empathy. How can recklessness guide the poet, the
THE RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTION BY EAMON GRENNAN, WHOSE POETRY “ILLUMINATES, CLARIFIES, AND DIRECTS OUR GAZE TOWARD WHAT IT IS WE LOVE BUT OFTEN OVERLOOK” (THENEWYORKER)Out of Sight collects
“It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see,” Mark Doty begins. “But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August
A finely crafted debut, winner of the 2009 Bakeless Nonfiction PrizeKim Dana Kupperman’s essays plumb the emotional and spiritual depths of a transitory life. Her episodic “missives”
Winner of the 2009 Bakeless Fiction Prize, a confident debut collection about life on and around the Mattaponi Indian Reservation Set on the Mattaponi Indian Reservation and in its surrounding counti
An adventurous exploration of the "I" in American culture, by the author of Neck Deep and Other PredicamentsMe. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. Me. In contemporary America,
"A brilliantly inventive writer ... he understands the nature of storytelling and is at once terribly moving and wildy funny." --A.S. ByattObabakoak is a shimmering, mercurial collection about life i
Winner of the 2008 Katharine Bakeless Nason Prize for Poetry, Nick Lantz's poems introduce a startling new voice.Taking its title from a dodging statement from former secretary of defense Donal
An unsentimental vision of the west, new and old, comes to life in a gritty new collection of stories by the author of Snow, AshesIn Ghosts of Wyoming, Alyson Hagy explores the hardscrabble lives and
The new poetry collection by Tony Hoagland, the award-winning author of What NarcissimMeans To Me and Donkey GospelIn Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, Tony Hoagland is deep ins
The new poetry collection by Catie Rosemurgy, author of My Favorite ApocalypseCatie Rosemurgy's second collection, The Stranger Manual, is a wild rush across the American grain. The poems follow an u
Fifty years ago, the terms mourning and melancholia were part of the psychological lexicon. Today, in a world of rapid diagnoses, quick cures, and big pharmaceutical dollars, the catch-all conc
A sequence of 50 poetic works based on the life and paintings of Edward Hopper is an award-winning translation from the Catalan that follows a poetic subject in transit from small-town origins to city
The timeless exchange of advice and friendship between two of our greatest literary talentsDear Leslie: Of course I can’t know whether or not the world looks strange to God. But sometimes it looks str
Poems by the author of Elegy, Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry The goblet mouth on the table speaks To your thirst, saying, Longing, your longing, is infinite.&n
The winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, and a 2008 New York Times Notable Book Look at her—It’s as ifThe windows of night have been sewn to her eyes. —from “Ode to History”
The second collection by the award-winning poet Joanna Rawson, whose “intense language recalls the hothouse prose of Cormac McCarthy” (Kirkus Reviews)The sky threatens to answer a prayer
Selected stories from a renowned poet and prose writer “who savors the elegance of simplicity and whose stories resonate and linger” (The New York Times Book Review)Tess Gallagher’s
In the spring of 2007, a brilliant and well-known computer programmer named Hans Reiser stands accused of murdering his beautiful, estranged wife, Nina. Despite a mountain of circumstantial evidence
John D'Agata leaves no tablet unturned in his exploration of the roots of the essay. In this exploration of the roots of the essay. In this soaring anthology, he takes the reader from ancient Mesopot
The final collection by the late Jason Shinder, “one of the finest of our new poets” (Gerald Stern)I close my eyes and try to rememberwhen I was unopposed, when I started to die,buoyant,
Fiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible,” asserts Joan Silber in The Art of Time in Fiction. The end point of a story determines its meaning, and on
So often (let’s be honest here) we poetswill invent dreams, for our own strategic purposes.But this one is real, and one of the fewI remember. I awoke in the future.&nbs
On January 20, 2009, Elizabeth Alexander served as the fourth ever inaugural poet and a central participant in one of the most closely watched inaugurations in American history. Selected by Barack Oba
A career-spanning collection by one of greece’s most loved and lyrical contemporary poets, Katerina Anghelaki-RookeI wasn’t weaving, I wasn’t knitting I was writing something
Through a collage of reflections on people, places, and times that have been part of her life, she shows the origins and requirements of "a vocation that has no name." She finds proof of this in the
On January 20, 2009, Elizabeth Alexander served as the fourth ever inaugural poet and a central participant in one of the most closely watched inaugurations in American history. Selected by Barack Ob
A celebrated international author, listed among the “21 top writers for the 21st century” (The Observer, U.K.)As David Imaz, on the threshold of adulthood, divides his time between
From “Abalone” to “Zooxanthellae,” Jeffrey Yang’s debut poetry collection is full of the exhilarating colors and ominous forms of aquatic life. But deeper under the surf
I was fourteen and a half when the Germans came. On that 9th April we woke to the roar of aeroplanes swooping so low over the roofs of the town that we could see the black iron crosses painted on the
In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, a Book Sense selection, Lewis Buzbee celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore—the smell and touch of books, the joy of getting lost in the deep canyons
The world of Jeffery Renard Allen’s stunning short-story collection is a place like no other. A recognizable city, certainly, but one in which a man might sprout wings or copper pennies might f
A whimsical volume of short pieces by the Whitbread Poetry Award- and T. S. Eliot Prize-winning writer of Landing Light seeks to revitalize the classic pith of the aphorism, presenting a series of bri
A rigorous examination of the workings of fiction by the novelist Robert Boswell, “one of America’s finest writers” (Tom Perrotta)Robert Boswell has been writing, reading, and
“A story of heroism and of touching romance in a time of fear and danger.”—USA TodayThere are two voices intertwined in the narrative: those of Jack and Rochelle. Now and then
The visceral new work by Katie Ford, whose poems “possess the veiled brilliance of stained glass windows seen at night” (The New York Times Book Review)If you respect the deadand re
A brilliant debut novel about a single day in 1953 as lived by six people at an ohio carnivalA small, incongruous man receives an excruciating piece of news. His son has died in a POW camp in Korea.
A hilarious and perceptive examination of the mysteries of childhood and the perils of parenthoodFrom August 1956 through April 1961 I controlled the traffic and streetlights in New York City and nor
A major anthology spanning the diversity of the latest poetry to come out of EuropeNew European Poets presents the works of poets from across Europe. In compiling this landmark anthology, Wayne
