Fault Lines

“Vivid and lush. . . . Huston keeps us invested in smaller moments . . . These exquisitely evoked scenes are just as formative as the awful secrets at the…

Had a Good Time

“All of these stories are told in the first person, but Butler rarely settles for impressing us with his range of vocal effects. He favors strong plots and strong twists….

Essays in Zen Buddhism

Uniform Justice

“Leon is probably the best mystery writer you’ve never heard of. . . . She uses the relatively small and crime-free canvas of Venice for riffs about Italian life, sexual…

Tulsa

…challenge. For this is a collection of photographs that assail, lacerate, devastate. And ultimately indict. These are pictures that shimmer with a ferocious honesty.” –Dick Cheverton, The Detroit Free Press…

Transforming Leadership

“Harvesting vignettes from American and world history and reading them in light of new sociological and psychological research, [Burns’] latest book aims to put “transforming leadership” at the core of…

Meditations in an Emergency

“Moving in the way that only simple communication can be moving… His poems always manage a fresh start free from the dreadful posturings of the conventional verse of his generation.”—Kenneth…

Lovers for a Day

“Klíma is simply not read widely enough in the U.S. . . . A master of the significant detail–telling only that which is essential.” –Brad Hooper, Booklist…

Licorice

‘spellbinding as a dream. . . . Ms. Frucht’s free-floating imagination and gentle, sensual voice have fashioned an enchanting novel.” –Bethami Probst, The New York Times Book Review…

Hell

The Pulitzer Prize winner delivers a deliciously witty new novel of good, evil, and free will, set in a Hell populated by figures from history and contemporary culture (William Randolph…