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On a Wave

by Thad Ziolkowski

“More than an account of a sport mastered. It’s a sharp, self-conscious portrait of the artist as a young grommet.” –The New Yorker…

The Bulgari Connection

by Fay Weldon

‘swift and amusing . . . You can count on Weldon for sharp, comical observations on subjects ranging from contemporary British painters and arts funding and programming to the contrast…

Celebrate Banned Books Week by… reading banned books!

…from the Chinese by Carlos Rojas There’s a reason the Financial Times called sixty-year-old Yan Lianke “China’s most feted and most banned author.” Feted indeed — his recognitions include the…

The Secret Rapture and Other Plays

by David Hare

“Mr. Hare’s A Map of the World, which passionately embraces utopia without arrogantly presuming to annex it, is original and provocative.” –The New York Times…

Paradise Lust

by Brook Wilensky-Lanford

“Paradise Lust is a pleasure. Wilensky-Lanford tackles her subject with an appealing mix of serious research and tongue-in-cheek humor. Neither too academic nor too whimsical, the storytelling in Paradise Lust…

Binu and The Great Wall

by Su Tong

“This, in its own curious way, is a wonderful read—with all of a fairy tale’s leaps and turns and queer, vivid images. . . A masterful retelling of an ancient…

The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk

by Palden Gyatso

“I believe that few readers of this book will fail to be moved by Palden Gyatso’s story and the tenacity and dedication it displays. Like Palden Gyatso, I am optimistic…….

Woodcuts of Women

by Dagoberto Gilb

‘dagoberto Gilb is an important voice in American fiction. These stories of working class, low-rent lives illuminated by the small pleasures of sex and drink and food and sleep and…

Last Words

by William S. Burroughs

“Last Words . . . presents fresh cues to the larger design of [Burroughs’s] imagination, and a means of gaining a renewed perspective on his work.” –The New York Times…

Four Blondes

by Candace Bushnell

“Bushnell has her milieu down cold, and writes with the peculiarly New York cynicism of a woman who has attended one too many fragrance launches.” –New York Times Book Review…