Interviews
Reviews
POETRY
Hoops
Major Jackson
Jackson’s formal talents and lyrically spun narratives dazzle in a book that covers everything from lay-ups to po-biz.
Hostile
Heather Nagami
An anomaly among first books by an Asian American poet, Hostile struggles with the very roots of unfashionable “identity work.”
Bird and Forest
Brent Cunningham
Cunningham’s first collection of poems transforms itself from declarative orations to stunningly self-conscious meditations and then turns again…
The Healing Spirit of Haiku
David Rosen and Joel Weishaus
This book of reflections and haiku enhances the physical reality of the haiku experience.
FICTION
Gate of the Sun
Elias Khoury
translated by Humphrey Davies
A Palestinian resistance fighter of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war tells stories to his dying comrade, in an effort to talk him back to life in this poetic and poignant reworking of 1001 Nights.
Things in the Night
Mati Unt
Unt’s book does not document absurdities so much as embody them; peeking out from behind these absurdities is an ongoing critique of modern society.
Fan-Tan
Marlon Brando & Donald Cammell
edited and with an Afterword by David Thomson
Follow the exciting adventures of a man named Annie, Hong Kong prisoner and pirate.
NONFICTION
A Little History of the World
E.H. Gombrich
Gombrich retells for young readers the great stories of history, from the beginnings of time and civilization to the dawning age of technology.
Rousseau’s Dog
David Edmonds & John Eidinow
This is a story of two great thinkers who became close friends only to become bitter enemies.
Neurosphere
Donald P. Dulchinos
Could the World Wide Web be the next step in the evolution of consciousness?
Bait and Switch
Barbara Ehrenreich
Ehrenreich sets out to prove how hard it is to find a job in George W. Bush’s America.
An End to Suffering
Pankaj Mishra
The story of the Buddha continues to be relevant for a society constantly dealing with consumerism, militarism, and nihilism.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Why are You Doing This
Jason
In his first full-color work, Jason follows a cat-headed young man named Alex as he tries to discover who has framed him for the murder of his best friend.
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