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Book of the Little Axe

by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Ambitious and masterfully wrought, Lauren Francis-Sharma’s Book of the Little Axe is an incredible journey, spanning decades and oceans from Trinidad to the American West during the tumultuous days of…

Mary Jo Bang

…Washington University in St. Louis. Individual poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Denver Quarterly, New American Writing, The Paris Review, Fence, Best American Poetry (2001, 2004),…

Glengarry Glen Ross

by David Mamet

“One of his best plays. Crackling tension . . . ferocious comedy and drama. A top American playwright in bristling form.” –Frank Rich, The New York Times…

Tochi Onyebuchi

…has appeared in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, The Year’s Best Science Fiction, and elsewhere. His nonfiction includes the book (S)kinfolk and has appeared in the New York…

River Selby

…where they are pursuing their PhD in Nonfiction with an emphasis in postcolonial histories, North American colonization, and postmodern literature and culture. River has spent nearly a decade researching the…

Ryan Boudinot

Ryan Boudinot’s work has appeared in The Best American Non-Required Reading, Real Unreal:Best American Fantasy, and McSweeney’s. He blogs about film on The Rumpus and teaches in Goddard College’s MFA…

Parliament of Whores

by P. J. O'Rourke

“Pick up O’Rourke’s Parliament of Whores, a riotously funny and perceptive indictment of America’s political system. You’ll stop reading only when you stop laughing. . . . Parliament of Whores…

Once in a Lifetime

by Gavin Newsham

“Newsham describes the audacious attempt to create a national sport from scratch in meticulous detail, and the story is fascinating”. This book is a gripping evocation of a glorious but…

The Neocon Reader

by Irwin Stelzer

“I find both the substance and the rhetoric of many of the articles here inspiring. But even those who don’t might admire the imagination, forthrightness and clarity of most of…

Mint Condition

by Dave Jamieson

“An excellent and rigorous history of baseball cards . . . Dave Jamieson’s Mint Condition is a comprehensive romp through a quirky subject’s history.” —Marc Tracy, The New York Times…