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Jim Harrison

…a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Letters (2007) and…

Tobacco

by Iain Gately

“Ambitious . . . informative and perceptive . . . Gately has done a great deal of research . . . and has assembled a lot of useful information in…

Ten Little Indians

by Sherman Alexie

“In [Alexie’s] warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories, the central figures come in all shapes and sizes, sharing only their wry perspective on Indian life off the reservation. . . ….

The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium

by Mark Dery

“An exhilarating, dissonant ride . . . Dery, one of our most astute contemporary cultural critics . . . relishes his role as curator of America’s bulging cabinet of horrors….

11 Unforgettable Books to Read for Hispanic Heritage Month

…Leon’s initial landing in Florida in 1513 to Spanish control of the vast Louisiana territory in 1762 to the Mexican American War in 1846 and up to the more recent…

Washington’s Immortals

by Patrick K. O'Donnell

From a bestselling military historian, the story of the Revolutionary War told through a band of brothers whose actions at key battles from Brooklyn to Yorktown changed the course of…

The Sympathizer

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

A startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in…

The Caprices

by Sabina Murray

“Murray writes stories of fierce intensity, stories that are evocative, distinct, and haunting.” —Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review…

Mary Brave Bird

Richard Erdoes (1912-2008) was one of America’s leading writers on Native American affairs. A prominent illustrator and photographer, Erdoes was the author of more than thirty books, including Lame Deer,…

Gordo

by Jaime Cortez

Shedding profound natural light on the inner lives of migrant workers, Jaime Cortez’s debut collection ushers in a new era of American literature that gives voice to a marginalized generation…