Heart Sutra

From “China’s foremost literary satirist” (Financial Times) comes a captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing…

Polish Joke and Other Plays

“Ives [is] wizardly . . . magical and funny . . . a master of language. He uses words for their meanings, sounds and associations, spinning conceits of a sort…

Ritual

“Mo Hayder has utterly mastered the art of suspense. Ritual moves from the eerie and dangerous to the downright ferocious as steadily as an oncoming train. Her characters are full,…

Act of the Damned

“An exhilarating cacophony of conflicting voices . . . The fury of its rhetoric takes on all but irresistible momentum.” –Kirkus Reviews…

The Coming of the Night

“The question Rechy asks is still potent: Would you die for sex? Rechy’s sizzling literary response . . . is as exciting as it is chilling.” –Pamela Warrick, Los Angeles…

The Delusions of Crowds

Grove at Home: May 30-June 5

…space for us to know we belong to a community in which we are embraced for who we are.” Continue reading…   Tuesday, June 1 Remembering Charlie Wilson Today would…

Grove at Home: November 22-28

…left behind more complex legacies — or more stunning writing — than the controversial, and undeniably brilliant, Yukio Mishima, who died by seppuku fifty years ago today, after leading an…

Grove at Home: November 15-21

…Walter Mosley received the National Book Foundation’s 2020 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Today, at Literary Hub, we’re reading his monumental acceptance speech. It’s a moving, powerful piece…

Grove at Home: October 11—17

…craft and calibration,” NPR wrote that it was “electrifying,” and it was named a New York Times Editors’ Pick and a USA Today Notable Book and nominated for the Booker…