The Lion Sleeps Tonight

A long-awaited collection of essays and journalism from one of South Africa’s best-regarded and most influential commentators, which illuminates the darker and lighter sides of the country’s last twenty years….

My Friend the Mercenary

“Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight in 21st-century Africa. . . A haunting memoir and tribute to an extraordinary comrade-at-arms.” —Kirkus Reviews…

Remembrance Day

Rez Life

A celebrated Native American novelist’s intimate, insider exploration of the history of Indian reservations and contemporary life on the rez….

Carry Me Down

“John Egan is a brave, resourceful boy, intelligent and self-aware, yet skating on the edge of madness. The story of John’s thirteenth year is both sympathetic and disturbing. It is…

An Invisible Spectator

“A gripping page-turner. Sawyer-Lau”anno’s biography is better than brilliant, it is Bowlesian: exhaustively researched and impeccably written.” ––Mark Dery, The Philadelphia Inquirer…

A Lily of the Field

Set in Vienna, London, and the United States, and spanning 1934 to 1948, John Lawton’s brilliant novel A Lily of the Field follows the loosely parallel lives of cellist Meret…

Grove at Home: May 16-22

…and today we’re listening to the classic performance of his beloved song Mr. Tambourine Man that Dylan gave at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeP4FFr88SQ Thursday, May 20 Ian Black…

Grove at Home: April 4-10

…April 8 Happy birthday, Bradford Morrow! Today we’re wishing an exceedingly happy seventieth b-day to the amazing Bradford Morrow! Brad is so many things — the founder and editor of…

Grove at Home: November 1-7

…November 3 It’s Election Day! With tensions running high in all directions, we’d like to offer this, today, as a space to relax and enjoy some media that’ll help get…