Literary Criticism
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Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
$18.00 Add to cart“Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing.” –Rashid Khalidi, New York Times bestselling author of Th
- Author: Hammad, Isabella
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0802163920
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$14.99 Add to cartThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a timeless literary treasure that offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of America’s most iconic founding fathers. In this engagi
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9358562145
- Language: English
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Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays
$20.00 Read more“I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin’s prose. It liberated me as a writer.”–Toni Morrison
This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of- Series: James Baldwin Centennial
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0807016942
- Language: English
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The Wilderness
$17.95 Add to cartA deeply felt chronicle into the wilderness of the first forty days of new motherhood.
In the final weeks of her pregnancy, Ayşeg?l Savaş becomes fascinated by the mythology around the first … [more below]
- Series: Undelivered Lectures
- Author: Savas, Ayseg?l
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 9798893389098
- Language: English
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Telling the Truth as It Comes Up: Selected Talks & Essays 1991-2018
$25.00 Read more“Once again, we encounter Notley as one the great interlocutors of the world, a dedicated advocate for what is between and beyond definition.” –Tess Michaelson, Full Stop
Alice Notley, the author of m
- Author: Notley, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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Encounter on the Seine: Essays
$20.00 Add to cart“James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on the Left Bank in Paris. . . . He was a giant.” — Maya Angelou
This collectible- Series: James Baldwin Centennial
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0807018678
- Language: English
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Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land
$20.00 Add to cartIn light of Russia’s aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-C… [more below]
- Author: Mikanowski, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1984898094
- Language: English
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Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness
$30.00 Add to cartA new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple.
In Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness, ‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark Aldridge looks at near
- Author: Aldridge, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0008522693
- Language: English
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Silence: Lectures and Writings
$26.95 Add to cartSilence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, “to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not abo
- Author: Cage, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0819573655
- Language: English
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Deluxe Hardbound Edition
$16.99 Read moreIn light of accumulating significant debts, Arthur Shelby, a farmer from Kentucky, finds himself on the verge of losing his entire estate. Despite his and his wife’s compassionate treatment of their s… [more below]
- Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: August 25 2024
- ISBN10: 9358565713
- Language: English
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Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me
$28.00 Read moreAn award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves
“Remarkable, brave and compassio- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273533
- Language: English
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Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of Literature
$29.95 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred years
From Homer’s Odyssey, Chaucer’s Canterbur- Author: McMurtrie, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0691266395
- Language: English
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Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka
$29.95 Add to cartThis groundbreaking study of Franz Kafka’s legacy–to be published during the centenary of his death in 2024–explores Kafka’s life and influence in an entirely new and dynamic way.
In 2024, exactly o- Author: Watroba, Karolina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366717
- Language: English
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Macbeth: The New Oxford Shakespeare
$8.99 Read more‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’
Dark and violent, Macbeth is a restless, haunting exploration of the human costs of violence and power. One of the most theatricall- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0192862421
- Language: English
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The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell
$18.95 Read moreRevelatory memoir and cultural criticism that connects popular fantasy and our perceptions of mental illness to offer an empathetic path to compassionate care
Growing up, K.J. Aiello was fascinated by- Author: Aiello, K. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1770417087
- Language: English
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Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen
$16.95 Read more** INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD AND RECIPES **
“An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking.” — Nigella Lawson “One of the most original food books I’ve ever read, at once intel- Author: Johnson, Rebecca May
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1911590499
- Language: English
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Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life
$15.95 Add to cartOpacities is a book about writing, publishing, and friendship. Rooted in an epistolary relationship between Sofia Samatar and a friend and fellow writer, this collection of meditations traces Samatar’… [more below]
- Author: Samatar, Sofia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1593767668
- Language: English
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Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church
$26.99 Add to cartHave you ever read a book that turned your world upside down? What about a poem?
Poetry has the power to enliven, challenge, change, and enrich our lives. But it can also feel intimidating, confusin- Author: Van Engen, Abram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0802883605
- Language: English
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Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
$29.99 Add to cartAn expansive and illuminating study of legendary writer Dorothy Parker’s life and legacy in Hollywood from the author of the “fascinating” (Town & Country) Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz.
The g- Author: Crowther, Gail
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1982185791
- Language: English
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Devil’s Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain
$28.99 Add to cartA devilishly fascinating tour of the Faustian bargain through the ages, from brimstone to blues and beyond …
From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain–the exchange of- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1685891047
- Language: English
