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Sharp

by Michelle Dean

From celebrated literary critic Michelle Dean, a powerful portrait of ten women writers who managed to make their voices heard amid a culture of sexism

If You Didn’t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?

by Bill Heavey

“[Heavey’s] writing is funny, poignant, acerbic and, best of all, always alert to the absurdities of life. This is a book that will be read and re-read for years and…

Gritos

by Dagoberto Gilb

“[Gritos] is a collection about prejudice and pride, told with the flair of a storyteller known for his fiction. . . . [Gilb’s] prose is easy-flowing and thoughtful. He can…

The Translator

by Leila Aboulela

“Abouela has a talent for expressing the simple wonders of unbroken faith. Just as deftly, she uncovers the intricacies of how such faith can be challenged–suddenly, subtly.” – Kaiama L….

The Deserter’s Tale

by Joshua Key

“Destined to become part of the literature of the Iraq war . . . Key’s clear voice rings out . . . with anguish and a frankness that invests the…

The Titled Americans

by Elisabeth Kehoe

“Both a remarkable achievement and a real treat . . . written with elegance. . . . American and British readers interested in genealogy and the world of social connections…

The Veins of the Ocean

by Patricia Engel

The extraordinary new novel from award-winning author Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean is a heartrending story of one woman’s devotion to her death row-convicted brother and her journey…

Turning Japanese

by David Mura

sansei–a third generation Japanese-American . . . Drawing on his own history of repressed racial self-consciousness, Mr. Mura is quite good on the sexual politics of race. . . .His…

Zappa

by Barry Miles

The definitive biography of religion-baiting, Republican-hating, chain-smoking, coffee-addicted, classically trained guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa.

Grove at Home: February 21-27

…ever printed, A Coney Island of the Mind; opened America’s first-ever all-paperback bookstore, San Francisco’s City Lights, today, nearly seventy years later, a temple to independent reading, writing, publishing, and…