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From the #1 bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim comes a collection of the short stories David Sedaris loves most. Containing the work of both contemporary and classic writers, CHILDREN PL… more

As a graduate student in upstate New York, Nathaniel Mason is drawn into a tangle of relationships with people who seem to hover just beyond his grasp. There’s Theresa, alluring but elusive, and Jamie, who is fickle if not wholly unavailabl… more

At turns humorous, irreverent, poignant and tender, The Book of Dads brings together twenty well-known and beloved writers on the subject of fatherhood, offering fathers—or anyone who has been or loved a parent—unrivaled insights into the c… more

Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature“A remarkable work … [that] documents a triumph of the human spirit over tremendous adversity.”—Harper’s“This elegantly-written tribute makes as beautiful a use of the darkness and light of one man’s… more

The Fall 2010 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Jim Shepard. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.This all-fictio… more

A unique anthology of avian literatureFrom the myths of ancient Greece to the fables of Aesop, from Chaucer to contemporary poetry and fiction, birds are central to literature because they connect us intimately to the natural world. Whethe… more

“Apowerful meditation on the undying nature of love and the often cruel beauty ofone’s own fate. This is a novel you simply must read!” —Andre Dubus III, New York Times bestselling author of TownieFromSimon Van Booy, the award-winning autho… more

Five Oaks, Michigan is not exactly where Saul and Patsy meant to end up. Both from the East Coast, they met in college, fell in love, and settled down to married life in the Midwest. Saul is Jewish and a compulsively inventive worrier; Pats… more

NONFICTION FROM “ONE OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST ARRESTING PROSE TALENTS OF HIS GENERATION” (LARRY MCMURTRY) Leonard Michaels was a writer of unfailing emotional honesty. His memoirs, originally scattered through his story collections, are am… more

Ever since the publication of The Harmony of the World in 1984, Charles Baxter has slowly gained a reputation as one of America’s finest short-story writers. Each subsequent collection—Through the Safety Net, A Relative Stranger, and Believ… more

“Nathaniel Mason comença la carrera lluny de casa. Som als anys setanta i tot són descobertes al seu voltant. Coneix una noia, la Theresa, plena d’encant però esmunyidissa com una anguila, i Jamie, inconstant si no absolutament inabastable…. more

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: -, Coastal Georgia Community College, Brunswick, Georgia, USA (Coastal Georgia Community College, Brunswick, Georgia, USA), 7 entries in the bibliography,… more

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: -, Coastal Georgia Community College, Brunswick, Georgia, USA (Coastal Georgia Community College, Brunswick, Georgia, USA), 6 entries in the bibliography,… more

Now in paperback, an irresistible gift for dog lovers: poems from the dogs’ point of view, written by the well known writers and poets who love them.List of contributors:Edward Albee,  Jennifer Allen,  Danny Anderson,  Lynda Barry,  Rick Ba… more

From “one of our most gifted writers” (Chicago Tribune), here is a superb new novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people.The Feast of Love is just that — a sumptuous work of ficti… more

A master of the cadences of colloquial speech and a pioneer of literary modernism, Sherwood Anderson transformed American writing in the years between the world wars. Though he wrote in many genres, Anderson found his ideal form with the co… more

The Fall 2012 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Patricia Hampl. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.Award-wi… more

In this remarkable anthology, some of the world’s greatest writers provide a master class on the transformative power of learning and literature. Culled from a course developed by Pulitzer Prize—winning author Robert Coles for the Harvard G… more

The Northeast Texas town of Paris, Texas has made headlines for many events and reasons. A rogue movie not filmed in the area, but in El Paso, falsely branded the town for the world to see. The city’s red cowboy hat on a small Eiffel Tower … more

The Provident Family lives in an impoverished community of Baxter’s Yard on the fictional island of Au Tabor. The family’s dream of improving their situation rests on Victor, the oldest child and an outstanding student both academically and… more