Literary Figures
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Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land
$19.99 Add to cart“I am a child of the American West, a landscape so rich and wide that my culture trembles with terror before its power.” So begins Taylor Brorby’s Boys and Oil, a haunting, bracingly honest memoir abo
- Author: Brorby, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1324096780
- Language: English
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Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
$22.00 Add to cartA Time Must-Read Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year
Winner of the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction
A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the l- Author: Gumbs, Alexis Pauline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1250390400
- Language: English
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The Key to Everything: May Swenson, a Writer’s Life
$29.95 Add to cartAn intimate portrait of the twentieth-century American poet
May Swenson (1913-1989) was one of the most important and original poets of the twentieth century. The Key to Everything is a biography of t- Author: Brucia, Margaret a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0691247234
- Language: English
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartNick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City tells the story of the trajectory that led Nick and his father onto t
- Author: Flynn, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105372
- Language: English
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The World According to Joan Didion
$18.99 Add to cart**INDIE BESTSELLER**
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 by The Millions – B&N Best Books of 2023 – “Shaped by intellectual rigor and artistic grace … McDonnell’s portrait is vibrant, fluent, sensitive,
- Author: McDonnell, Evelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0063419157
- Language: English
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The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartA brilliant debut memoir about a young writer–struggling with depression, family issues, and addiction–and his life-changing decade working for Joan Didion
As an aspiring novelist in his early twenti
- Author: Leadbeater, Cory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0063371588
- Language: English
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On Elizabeth Bishop
$16.95 Add to cartA compelling portrait of a beloved poet from one of today’s most acclaimed novelists
In this book, novelist Colm T?ib?n offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most im- Series: Writers on Writers #7
- Author: TóibÃn, Colm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271046
- Language: English
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Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food: Recipes, Remedies & Simple Pleasures
$31.99 Add to cartEatonville, Florida native Zora Neale Hurston’s early twentieth-century ethnographic research and writing emphasizes the essentials of food in Florida through simple dishes and recipes. It considers f… [more below]
- Author: Opie, Frederick Douglass
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: January 19 2015
- ISBN10: 1540213110
- Language: English
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats
$16.95 Add to cartTHE PURR-FECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: Discover the literary legend’s quirky and winsome cat poems, meditations, and drawings
Includes the hard-to-find The Art of Bunditsu, plus 30+ other delights from a- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1598538292
- Language: English
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Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction
“This magnificent biography of Robert Louis Stevens- Author: Damrosch, Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300268629
- Language: English
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Little Failure
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES – NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS- Author: Shteyngart, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0812982495
- Language: English
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The Cat Inside
$20.00 Add to cartBest known for the wild, phantasmagoric satire of works like Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs reveals another, gentler side in The Cat Inside. Originally published as a limited-edition volume, this m… [more below]
- Author: Burroughs, William S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 29 2002
- ISBN10: 0142000256
- Language: English
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Watching Evil Dead: Unearthing the Radiant Artist Within
$28.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House, an impassioned book about a night that changed the author’s life and put into perspective the writing life–and how you too can … [more below]
- Author: Malerman, Josh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0593983270
- Language: English
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The Mystery of Perception: A Conversation with Lynne Tillman
$16.95 Add to cartCandid and instantly engaging, this will be the go-to introduction to Lynne Tillman for readers everywhere and is a must have for any fan. A breakthrough for the legendary underground icon, who speaks… [more below]
- Author: Lewandowski, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1648230938
- Language: English
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Patrimony: A True Story (National Book Critics Circle Award Winner)
$22.17 Read moreWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD – “A tough-minded, beautifully written memoir” (San Francisco Chronicle) about a son watching his elderly father battle with the brain tumor that will … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Roth, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 03 1996
- ISBN10: 0679752935
- Language: English
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Into the Weeds
$20.00 Add to cartAn illuminating reflection on the creative process from acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and translator Lydia Davis
When asked why she writes, Lydia Davis confesses that the question makes her unc- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Davis, Lydia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279744
- Language: English
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In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig
$34.95 Add to cartA refreshing approach to the life and work of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.
In the Future of Yesterday delves into Stefan Zweig’s considerable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Je- Author: Görner, Rüdiger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1914979109
- Language: English
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Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature
$18.00 Add to cartA love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry.
For twenty-five years, Becky Siegel Spratford has worked as a librarian in Reader Advisory- Author: Siegel Spratford, Becky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1668205092
- Language: English
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Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature
$20.00 Read moreAnna Beer investigates the lives and achievements of eight women writers, uncovering a startling and unconventional history of literature
Margery Kempe. Aemilia Lanyer. Aphra Behn. Lady Mary. Jane Aus- Author: Beer, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0861546849
- Language: English
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Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
$27.00 Add to cartFinalist for the National Book Award!In this beautifully wrought memoir, award-winning writer John Philip Santos weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reaching b… [more below]
- Author: Santos, John Phillip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140292020
- Language: English
