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The Divine Husband
by Francisco Goldman“The Divine Husband presents the peculiar crossroads where love and imagination meet politics and history. . . . A great miscegenating carnival of ambition and desire.” —Lee Siegel, The New…
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,…
Word Virus
by William S. Burroughs…on the nod, Mark Twain with a gun . . . . Word Virus [is] a fantastic, weird, disturbing and intriguing tribute to an inimitable American voice.” –Mark Luce, Salon…
The Soft Machine
by William S. Burroughs“Burroughs voice is hard, derisive, inventive, free, funny, serious, poetic, indelibly American, a voice in which one hears transistor radios and old movies and all the clichés and all the…
Reviving the Spirit
by Beverly Hall Lawrence“The historical role of the church during slavery and the civil rights movement has always kept this institution at the center of the African American community. . . . The…
Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs“A book of great beauty . . . . Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.” –Norman Mailer…
In the Fall
by Jeffrey Lent“Majestic . . . epic . . . vital . . . a necessary piece in a uniquely American mosaic.” —The New York Times Book Review…
How the Hell Did This Happen?
by P. J. O'RourkeAn essential take on the stranger-than-fiction 2016 presidential elections from a quintessential voice on American politics and culture.
The Enemies List
by P. J. O'RourkeThe Enemies List began as an article in the American Spectator and, as readers contributed their own suggestions, quickly grew into a hilarious and slashing commentary on politicians and celebrities…
After the Blue Hour
by John Rechy“Rechy . . . continues to write with such elegance and lyricism . . . A mind so singularly attuned to the layers and landscapes of American life.” —Susan Straight,…
