Tag Archives: Literary

Sharp
by Michelle DeanFrom celebrated literary critic Michelle Dean, a powerful portrait of ten women writers who managed to make their voices heard amid a culture of…

The Red Word
by Sarah Henstra“The Red Word is the smartest, most provocative novel I’ve read in a long time.” —Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and Nine Inches

Pure Hollywood
by Christine Schutt“Don’t be fooled by its size. This book is a masterwork that hits way harder than its weight class, and achieves what great fiction…

The Prague Sonata
by Bradford MorrowFrom the critically acclaimed author Bradford Morrow, a literary quest novel that travels from Nazi-occupied Prague to turn-of-the-millennium New York as a young musicologist…

Open Me
by Lisa LocascioA political and erotically-charged debut that follows a young American woman’s transformative journey during one pivotal summer abroad hailed by Viet Thanh Nguyen as “unflinching in its portrayal of sex, desire, racism, and the excitement and confusion of youth.”

Nine Continents
by Xiaolu GuoNational Book Critics Circle’s Award Winner for Autobiography, Xiaolu Guo’s memoir documents her trajectory from a small fishing village in rural China to life…

The New Inheritors
by Kent WascomThe third novel from “one of the most exhilarating historical novelists in the country” (Washington Post), set in New Orleans, the Mississippi coast, Cuba,…

Night Beast
by Ruth JoffreA stunning debut collection by an award-winning young writer, Night Beast follows haunted characters through real, surreal, and speculative landscapes to examine the darker…