Bankei Zen

A Flock of Fools

…Peter Levitt have given these stories a subtle American-Zen flavor, and although this collections has a 1500-year pedigree . . . its messages ring clear and true today.” –Shambala Sun…

High Lonesome

“Barry Hannah writes the most consistently interesting sentences of any writer in America today. . . . High Lonesome collects thirteen stories, a handful of them of startling unexpectedness, with…

Love Like Blood

When a murder strikes near to the heart for DI Nicola Tanner, she enlists Tom Thorne’s help in the latest thriller from “one of the best crime novelists working today”…

Reviving the Spirit

…. . . Lawrence reveals much about the cultural and spiritual lives of middle-class blacks today by translating her personal experiences and conversations into a tell-all about her generation.” –Booklist…

A Splendid Exchange

“[An] entertaining and greatly enlightening book . . . Bernstein is a fine writer and knows how to tell a great story well. . . . He never loses sight…

Wilmington’s Lie

From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans

Grove at Home: April 18-24

…vault — to say hi, remind you to keep reading, and let you know what’s on our minds.   Friday, April 23 Happy birthday, J.P. Donleavy Today would be the…

Grove at Home: February 14-20

…vault — to say hi, remind you to keep reading, and let you know what’s on our minds. Friday, February 19 “Surrealists have luxuriant hair”: Happy birthday, André Breton! Today…

Grove at Home: September 6—12

…vault — to say hi, remind you to keep reading, and let you know what’s on our minds.   Friday, September 11 Happy birthday, D.H. Lawrence! Today marks the 135th…