Astonishing from start to finish, The Madman’s Library stands as a testament to the abiding adaptability of books.
Astonishing from start to finish, The Madman’s Library stands as a testament to the abiding adaptability of books.
Trisha Ping
This collection of terms for hard-to-articulate emotional states is the perfect gift for logophiles.
This collection of terms for hard-to-articulate emotional states is the perfect gift for logophiles.
This thoughtful guide to the work of marginalized writers is brimming with reading recommendations and fabulous illustrations.
This thoughtful guide to the work of marginalized writers is brimming with reading recommendations and fabulous illustrations.
An award-winning literary critic scrutinizes how the novel may be forever changed by the age of Amazon.
An award-winning literary critic scrutinizes how the novel may be forever changed by the age of Amazon.
A capacious collection of never-before-published letters from one of America’s most enigmatic writers makes its debut 56 years after Shirley Jackson’s death.
A capacious collection of never-before-published letters from one of America’s most enigmatic writers makes its debut 56 years after Shirley Jackson’s death.
Jess McHugh’s book is essential reading—illuminating, engaging and absorbing. You’ll never look at the dictionary or cookbook on your shelf the same way.
Jess McHugh’s book is essential reading—illuminating, engaging and absorbing. You’ll never look at the dictionary or cookbook on your shelf the same way.
The Life She Wished to Live is the biography that Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has long deserved.
The Life She Wished to Live is the biography that Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has long deserved.
In an engrossing new study, Crowther reveals the parallels between Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—two disparate, talented and troubled poetic geniuses.
In an engrossing new study, Crowther reveals the parallels between Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—two disparate, talented and troubled poetic geniuses.
Is Lolita a work of genius or unrepentant smut? A madman’s confession or justification for pedophilia? These essays wholly reassess this work’s legacy.
Is Lolita a work of genius or unrepentant smut? A madman’s confession or justification for pedophilia? These essays wholly reassess this work’s legacy.
Michael Blanding’s deep dive into the world of Shakespearean scholarship is almost as much fun as sitting in a theater.
Michael Blanding’s deep dive into the world of Shakespearean scholarship is almost as much fun as sitting in a theater.
Talented actors narrate stories from Chekhov, Tolstoy and others, and their performances provide a refreshing contrast to George Saunders’ more familiar style.
Talented actors narrate stories from Chekhov, Tolstoy and others, and their performances provide a refreshing contrast to George Saunders’ more familiar style.
This authorized biography of Tom Stoppard, one of the world’s great playwrights, sheds new light on his brilliant work and charmed life.
This authorized biography of Tom Stoppard, one of the world’s great playwrights, sheds new light on his brilliant work and charmed life.
Richard Bradford’s Devils, Lusts, and Strange Desires is the third biography of Highsmith to emerge in recent years, and it is by far the most lurid.
Richard Bradford’s Devils, Lusts, and Strange Desires is the third biography of Highsmith to emerge in recent years, and it is by far the most lurid.
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