Search Results for: American
The Toughest Indian in the World
by Sherman Alexie“Alexie reveals himself to be a more fearless writer than one might ever have imagined; the stories are bold, uncensored, raucous, and sexy.” –Ken Foster, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review…
Painted Horses
by Malcolm BrooksA big, enthralling debut novel of America in its ascendance, of history versus modernity, and a love story of the West, Painted Horses introduces an extraordinary new literary voice….
The Mammoth Cheese
by Sheri Holman“Holman has fashioned a tale that is poignant and powerful and, like an award-winning cheese, surprisingly complex.” —Chris Bohjalian, The Washington Post Book World…
Into Tibet
by Thomas Laird“A scrupulously documented account of Cold War intrigue. . . . [Provides] a detailed view into the CIA’s shadowy world and the havoc it wreaks on individual lives. . ….
A Carnivore’s Inquiry
by Sabina MurrayThe spellbinding new book by the winner of the 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award is a gripping, literary psychological thriller about a young woman and a peculiar taste for flesh…
Celebrating National Poetry Month
…major event in American poetry. Selected Poems, Pablo Neruda, translated by Ben Belitt The winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, Pablo Neruda is widely regarded as…
Grove at Home: April 25-May 1
…called before Joseph McCarthy’s House Committee on Un-American Activities, where he refused to answer the question of whether he had been a member of the Communist Party. Fast had indeed…
Grove at Home: April 18-24
…95th birthday of the legendary American-Irish author J.P. Donleavy, whose bold — and, in its day, all but unpublishable — first novel, The Ginger Man, remains a classic that has…
Grove at Home: March 14-20
…colonialism in America, as well as fascinating personal narrative of the development of his own Asian-American identity. “My origins begin, intellectually, as someone who became an Asian-American, which is a…
Grove at Home: June 7—13
…interview with historian Jill Watts about The Black Cabinet, her new book about the pivotal-yet-unofficial African-American brain trust that helped FDR understand and address the systemic inequalities faced by black…
