Essays
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
$19.99 Add to cartThese widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation… [more below]
- Author: Wallace, David Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0316925284
- Language: English
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Danse Macabre
$21.00 Add to cartBefore he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular cult… [more below]
- Author: King, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1439170983
- Language: English
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Classics for Pleasure
$18.99 Add to cartThis is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books. Writing with affection as w… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Dirda, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0156033852
- Language: English
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Artists & Authors: A Life in Good Company
$29.95 Add to cartJoin a literary insider for a behind-the-scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing.
From the author of Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing comes this new collectio- Author: Scribner III, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1493093630
- Language: English
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On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes
$20.00 Add to cart“As a man who long convinced himself that he lived on the edge of the world, here’s my wish for you: Embrace the awe. Allow yourself to feel alone. Then remember you are not.”
The thirty-three writers
- Author: Welch, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1540270165
- Language: English
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Rubble Masonry
$29.95 Read moreRubble Masonry is a collection of lyric essays that takes its title from the practice of stone masons who, rather than using materials cut to ideal measurements, work with found rocks’ natural shapes…. [more below]
- Author: McLarney, Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: March 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0807185892
- Language: English
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Raised by Ferns
$23.95 Add to cartBorn in a Pacific Northwest gas station to itinerant, countercultural parents, Maya Jewell Zeller came of age in a landscape where poverty, wildness, and self-reliance intertwined. Raised by Ferns tra
- Author: Zeller, Maya Jewell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1736755870
- Language: English
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Men I Hate: A Memoir in Essays
$23.95 Add to cartA rare spouse’s perspective on a partner’s transition that asks what happens to us when the people we are closest to change.
Can a lesbian who loves a trans man still call herself a lesbian? Against- Series: 21st Century Essays
- Author: D’Amico, Lynette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0814259693
- Language: English
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Things in Nature Merely Grow
$18.00 Read moreFinalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
Short-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Long-listed for the National Book Cr- Author: Li, Yiyun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1250437970
- Language: English
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To See Beyond
$17.99 Read moreA globe-spanning essay collection on the human condition from the author James McBride calls “one of the most creative and important nonfiction writers in our era”
Our hyper-informed digital era of cli
- Author: Badkhen, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1954276540
- Language: English
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No Contact: Writers on Estrangement
$17.95 Read more“A landmark work around a theme so prominent–and yet so thoroughly ignored–in modern life.” –Ocean Vuong
A poignant and galvanizing anthology that illuminates the realities and nuances of family es- Author: Bartoy, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 164622311X
- Language: English
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How to Disappear and Why: Essays
$18.95 Add to cartFrom acclaimed fiction writer Kyle Minor emerges a collection of essays all about disappearing.
Considering a wide scope of cultural, historical, spiritual, and philosophical figures and ideas, Minor- Author: Minor, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1956046577
- Language: English
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The Site of Memory
$10.99 Add to cartThe Site of Memory describes Toni Morrison’s work of literary archaeology. She offers insights into how she arrives at a text through the act of imagination bound up with memory and shows how she expl… [more below]
- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 25 2026
- ISBN10: 1068591897
- Language: English
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Little Apocalypses: Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World
$18.99 Read more“Raw, undeniable, and tender.” –Kate Baer, New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman
“As quietly earth-shattering as it is tenderly hopeful.” –Catherine Newman, New York Times bestsell- Author: Teer, Kaitlyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0063440229
- Language: English
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Sophie Calle: True Stories: 66 Short Stories: New Edition
$22.00 Read moreThe latest edition of Sophie Calle’s classic artist’s book features three new tales
First published in 1994 and regularly reissued and expanded since, this new edition of True Stories returns with thr
- Author: Calle, Sophie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 2330182465
- Language: English
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A Brief Inhalation
$18.99 Add to cartDaragh Fleming’s A Brief Inhalation is a candid exploration of contemporary existence, dissecting themes of identity, dislocation, and introspection with a sharp, unflinching eye. Blurring the line be
- Author: Fleming, Daragh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: March 31 2025
- ISBN10: 1916938876
- Language: English
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The Rush for Second Place: Essays and Occasional Writings
$24.00 Add to cartAn essential collection of nonfiction essays by the National Book Award winning author of J R and A Frolic of His Own
William Gaddis published only four novels during his lifetime, but with those work- Author: Gaddis, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0142002380
- Language: English
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Field Guide to Falling Ill: Essays
$28.00 Add to cartFrom the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care
“What was wrong with them? That’s what we wanted to- Series: The Yale Nonfiction Book Prize
- Author: Gleason, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 030028294X
- Language: English
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Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
$29.99 Read moreFor thirty years Anne Enright–one of our greatest living novelists (Times)–has been paying attention: casting her lucid and distinctive gaze across the world, literature, and her own life, and gifti
- Author: Enright, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 132412413X
- Language: English
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Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Non-Fiction by Autistic Writers
$22.99 Read moreIn Someone Like Me, editors Clem Bastow and Jo Case showcase the wide-ranging experiences of Autistic gender-diverse and women writers – and explode long-held stereotypes. BIPOC and white gender minor… [more below]
- Author: Bastow, Clem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0857309269
- Language: English
