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Poetry by Xavier Villaurrutia, one of the few openly homo-sexual Latin American writers of his time, presented here with a book-length critical study by Nobel Laureate, Octavio Paz. --Copper Canyon...

A criminal mastermind creates violent tableaus in abandoned Detroit warehouses in Lauren Beukes's genre-bending novel of suspense.Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies. But this one is...

A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of balletAs much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates...

- Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - From the bestselling author of Echo Mountain and Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of...

In The Hundreds Lauren Berlant and Kathleen Stewart speculate on writing, affect, politics, and attention to processes of world-making. The experiment of the one hundred word constraint—each piece is...

A beautiful new edition of “the greatest dessert book in the history of the world” (Bon Appétit), featuring 175 timeless recipes from Gramercy Tavern’s James Beard Award–winning pastry chef.NAMED ONE...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A powerful study of how to bear witness in a moment when America is being called to do the same.”—Time James Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights...

A book that deeply influenced the young Freud and was the inspiration for many artists, The Temptation of Saint Anthony was Flaubert’s lifelong work, thirty years in the making. Based on the story of...

Review 82 X 48 The Banana Dwarf The Banana Madonna Black Lotus Of The Links, Fr. The Unblinding Bulwark The Coral Reef Corners, Fr. The Unblinding Courtship Of The Jersey Lineman The Creole...

This instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning...

"Claudia Fleming's The Last Course and her menus from Gramercy Tavern introduced us to her sophisticated, classically inspired seasonal desserts and pastries. Her distinctive dishes established a new...

Celebrated by the Boston Globe as "a brilliant anthropologist of the suburbs," the deliciously weird and darkly offbeat Lauren Acampora returns to the secret lives of the polished Connecticut haven...

In this debut essay collection, Laura Marris reframes environmental degradation by setting aside the conventional, catastrophic framework of the Anthropocene in favor of that of the Eremocene, the...

AN IN THE MARGINS BOOK AWARD HONORARY TITLE A "profound", heart-wrenching story of violence, grief, and the American justice system, explored through the story of one teenager (Matthew Desmond,...

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein, a story inspired by a little-known piece of the history of the Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II. Called a "masterpiece"...

From award-winning author Laura Gehl, a sparkling, lyrical picture book about the magic of an early snow.It’s dawn and there is snow all around. The wonder of winter’s first snowfall brings the magic...

A feminist professor and filmmaker addresses the anti-pornography stance of such feminists as Andrea Dworkin, arguing that pornography is too extensive and too pervasive to be eradicated and that...