Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. Asian American Studies. The bride who contemplates her half paralyzed face on the eve of marriage (in the opening poem, "Facial Palsy") is emblematic of the larger stor
Literary Nonfiction. African American Studies. MIRACH SPEAKS TO HIS GRAMMATICAL TRANSPARENTS is a philosophical meditation vertically scripted. It is an extension of Alexander's first book in this mod
Poetry. "Zach Savich's THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD wrestles with the irrational rationality of life as we dimly perceive it. Yet these poems elicit, like the ambiguity of life itself, our most fervent a
Poetry. In TEXASES, his fifth collection of poems, John Poch offers readers a kaleidoscope through which to view his home state--its geography and people, its past and present. Here is a mix of forms
Fiction. The imaginary author/teacher/father Sidney Fein (1942-1984) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family's fortune came from the business of clothing women of modest means. He attended
Poetry. LGBTQIA Studies. Jason Phoebe Rusch is a queer writer from the Chicago suburbs. His full-length debut DUALITIES explores gender and patriarchy from the perspective of a man who was socialized
Poetry. Native American Studies. "In ELECTRIC SNAKES, Adrian C. Louis's thirteenth poetry collection, no one is spared his critical eye, including himself. These powerful and often humorous poems cove
Poetry. Translated from the Slovenian by Michael Thomas Taren. Slovenian poet Toma? ?alamun (1941-2014) is hailed as one of the most prominent poets of his generation, renowned for his impact on the E
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Turning seventy, Thomas Farber appraises the writing life, aging, love, his own fate, and ours. In this spare, elegant volume he takes the measure of both his vocation and
Fiction. Twenty-one new authors evoke the painful and beautiful realities of life. Whether the struggles of a recent immigrant to support his family, a young daughter dealing with her mother's mental
Fiction. A world traveler and vagabond, Daniel Gabriel draws inspiration from his global experiences, exploring collisions between countries, peoples, and even natural and supernatural occurrences. Fr
Poetry. Translated from the Italian, edited, and introduced by Sean Mark. Bilingual Edition. Selected poems from 1969-2014. In his introduction to the experimental Italian poet Antonio Sagredo, transl
Poetry. California Interest. "There is seemingly no object, image, or idea that couldn't potentially work its way into a Kit Robinson poem. His work is oracular and quotidian, straightforward and
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Travel Writing. "Matt Potter unflinchingly allows us inside his mind and heart, sharing fears and insecurities that most of us would never dare to reveal. His book is
Poetry. Edmund Keeley, novelist, critic and celebrated translator of modern Greek poets has written a heartfelt suite of poems, a requiem to his late wife Mary.
Poetry. "'Remember this,' the poet tells himself as he races his 'little girl': 'what is a memory that anticipates itself / a recollection / that becomes / the ground on which the present plays.'
Fiction. LGBTQ Studies. The judge's house contains mysteries unknown to Lawrence and Nancy Huggins, who have moved in next door. Reassigned to a small-town branch of his Chicago bank, manager Lawrence
Poetry. The sixth book in a series representing the life's work of the poet, Douglas Blazek. Cover artwork by the author."Douglas Blazek's net is so broad, his inventiveness so bounding, his
Poetry. "In this powerful sequence of poems, Owen Lewis bravely revisits the death of his younger brother in 1980, trying to make what sense he can of inexplicable loss. He summons his brothe
Poetry. Translated from the Italian by John Taylor. Bilingual Edition. The first comprehensive translation of a long- neglected poet who lived most of his life in his home village in Calabria, experim
Fiction. A Jesuit priest caught between his love and his calling. A man-eating tiger deep in the Indian jungle. A professional photographer with a turbulent past. Can any of them—including the tiger—t
Fiction. "Appel presents a cast of characters worthy of his quirky title. Among them Red Ziggy, a restaurateur from a distant planet who opens Birmingham, Alabama's only Latvian eatery, and H
Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. In his first full-length collection, GRUEL, Bunkong Tuon documents the lives of Cambodian refugees and explores the poetic landscape of a Cambodian Amer
Poetry. In PLAYTIME, William Fuller offers dispatches from a strange world. Through deadpan memoranda and dark parables, he addresses uncommon topics from witchcraft to vegetable life. Yet his focus o
Literary Nonfiction. Italian American Studies. "In THE STORY OF MY PEOPLE, Mario Mignone gives eloquent testimony to the hopes, fears, struggles and ultimate triumph of his family's extraordi
Poetry. This collection of seventy poems moves through the physical and metaphysical vastness of desert canyons toward the memory of the small New England farm where the author spent his childhood, fo
Poetry. The spirits hovering around his new collection "include Philip Whalen and Erik Satie, Thelonious Monk and James Madison—maybe they have something to do with the astringent buoyancy an
Poetry. Michael Ives' witty, powerful and challenging poems have been anthologized in numerous American journals and magazines. His work has the unmistakable quality of a true poet at work; Wavetable
Poetry. ALIEN ABDUCTION is Lewis Warsh's first full-length collection of poems since INSEPARABLE (2008). Warsh extends his exploration of the way fragments of thought and feeling and experience come t
Poetry. In ON HOURS, his second stunning collection, Marc Rahe reveals himself as an occasionally grave and often humorous master of observation whose poems note the natural in the mechanical and the
Poetry. Carefully edited by his friends, Clark Coolidge and Craig Watson, the COLLECTED POEMS includes all of Michael Gizzi's books, and more than 100 pages of unpublished poetry covering the years 19
Poetry. Carefully edited by his friends, Clark Coolidge and Craig Watson, the COLLECTED POEMS includes all of Michael Gizzi's books, and more than 100 pages of unpublished poetry covering the years 19
Poetry. Fiction. "A man in his forties is walking along the embankment of the river Thames. He has recently abandoned his marriage and has thus imperilled his care and responsibility for his
Poetry. Translated from the Swedish by Jennifer Hayashida. Karl Larsson is a poet, editor and artist. His non- conventional writing focuses on spatial experience and embodiment.
Literary Nonfiction. One of the most versatile writers of his generation, Stephen Kessler has distinguished himself over the last forty years as a poet, critic ("certainly the best poetry cri
Poetry. Describing his new book as "an intimate primer to a history of literary epochs," Dan Beachy-Quick summons his belief that tradition and experiment are mutually embracing, and
Fiction. Stuck head-first into a Tomotherapy Radiation Machine, CASE X enters "skull-time," his inner pro-jectionist giving him views of his past, present, and future during a series
Fiction. "Guns, punches, fishing. Empathy, forgiveness, love. This is what readers should expect from Miller's astounding debut collection. His work harkens to what it means to me a boy, a ma
Poetry. George Hitchcock was a surrealist with a vast, playfully serious spirit in the universe of poetry. His is an art of carnivals, parades, and big brass instruments with top-hatted showmanship li
Cultural Writing. Social Criticism. Translated from the Italian with an introduction by Pasquale Verdicchio. "It is hard to think of a better point of entry into Gramsci's thought than his es
