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A New Path to the Waterfall

by Raymond Carver

“Extremely attractive, accessible and moving . . . Like all strong writers Raymond Carver wrote as if he had the whole of European and American culture in his bones ….

Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Philip McFarland

“Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of the great heroines of American history, and Philip McFarland brings her to life in all her glory, in a book at once so dramatic…

Little Savage

by Emily Fragos

“This is not an adjunct poetry collection, but a magically essential one. . . . Fragos uses metaphors to cast spells.” –Benjamin Ivy, American Book Review…

A Little Pregnant

by Linda Carbone

“Affecting . . . astonishingly revealing . . . For six million similarly afflicted American couples, the lessons to be learned from this candid account are as much about love…

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 Everlasting Stream

by Walt Harrington

“A familiar American story, beautifully told in a fresh light. We need to hear this story again and again, until, like Harrington, we realize that most of what we need…

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…

Beyond Innocence

by Phoebe Zerwick

…lifelong impact of incarceration, Beyond Innocence is the poignant saga of one remarkable life that sheds vitally important light on the realities of the American justice system at every level…

Endpapers

by Alexander Wolff

A sweeping portrait of the turmoil of the twentieth century and the legacy of immigration, as seen through the German-American family of the celebrated book publisher Kurt Wolff

Bruce Jay Friedman

Bruce Jay Friedman (1930-2020) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Friedman had three children with his first wife, actress and teacher Ginger Howard, with whom he split in…