The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad

by Roger Boylan

“Boylan’s narrative resembles Joyce at his comically prolix best, with a similar appetite for vernacular nuance and pop allusion.” –The Village Voice…

Stone Junction

by Jim Dodge

…Finn. Stone Junction is a rollicking, frequently surprising adventure-cum-fairy tale. It also has a sweetness about it and an indigenous American optimism, as if somewhere out there, beyond the shopping…

The Lost German Slave Girl

by John Bailey

“Bailey has the gifts of a novelist and a readiness to blend fact and conjecture . . . with the result that The Lost German Slave Girl reads like a…

Indian Journals

by Allen Ginsberg

“Ginsberg is both tragic and dynamic, a lyrical genius, a con man extraordinaire and probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Whitman.” –Bob Dylan…

The Big One

by David Kinney

“The Big One is a rollicking true story of a grand American obsession. You don’t have to be a fisherman to relish David Kinney’s marvelous account of the annual striper…

A Few Stout Individuals

by John Guare

“Vivacious. Individuals is . . . so unmistakably the product of Mr. Guare’s exotic yet very American imagination.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times…

Grove at Home: January 10-16

…As Americans, and people all over the world, continue trying to make sense of last week’s events in Washington, it’s an excellent time to watch this short video from Rosemary,…

10 Powerful Books for Hispanic Heritage Month

…Before the End, After the Beginning by Dagoberto Glib An exquisite collection of ten stories that takes readers through the American Southwest, from Los Angeles and Albuquerque to El Paso…