From legendary journalist Gay Talese, a collection of his greatest reporting on New York City. "Along with Joan Didion, ......more
The landmark work The Ethics of Rhetoric and a selection of essays on language, modernity, education, and cultural freed......more
Four "pitch-perfect" (Oprah Daily) essays by the author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. In these four cris......more
In Go All The Way, today’s best and brightest writers go deep on what certain Power Pop bands and songs mean and have me......more
With over 7,500 personal letters from WW1 and 12,000 from WW2, IWM’s archives hold a unique collection that shines a lig......more
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An intimate and evocative celebration of the life and legacy of music and political icon Sinéad O’Connor, featuring writ......more
My ignorance was on my side. I wasn’t afraid. I didn’t know what to be afraid of. I did one thing, I did another. I did ......more
In this collection of medical tales "reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing" (Abraham Verghese, autho......more
Slouching Towards Los Angeles is a love letter and thank you note to Joan Didion. In The White Album, Joan Didion famous......more
A unique, conversation-starting essay collection about critical care work, kink practices, and how one might transform t......more
A sleek, accessible edition of this classic 17th-century work focusing on love: its joy, madness, and despair - and poss......more
The story of how one misunderstood disease became the global blueprint for stigma and ostracization Outcast: A History o......more
A TIME Must-Read of 2025 A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman--an introspective, se......more
A twelve-time finalist for the National Magazine Awards, every issue of The Believer features commentary, deeply reporte......more
A follow-up to the wildly successful What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, this "moving and deeply relatable" (Qian Jul......more
Martin Amis, the renowned author of Money and London Fields, presents a collection of essays on the "moronic inferno," a......more
A collection of essays, ranging from the personal to the humorously mundane, Decadence spans a decade in the life of wri......more
A BEST BOOK OF 2025: The New Yorker - Vulture - Kirkus Reviews "Earnest and engaging." --The New Yorker "Among the most ......more
The third anthology from DOPAMINE Books that considers the many-sided splendor of the clown. A blogging dog sitter cring......more
Even before trans bathroom bans, queer book bans, healthcare bans forcing rainbow families to cross state lines, many of......more
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonficti......more
Tender, moving, heartfelt and warm (and sporadically scandalous and outrageous too), these are the private messages betw......more
Pore over the letters of Eve Babitz--queen of the witty, gossipy, and thoroughly engrossing missive. Joan Didion, Joseph......more
From the bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road, a heart-enriching celebration of what makes us great: our f......more
In Mother! Summer Stewart embarks on an unflinching exploration of womanhood through poetry and essays that capture the ......more
"I am supposed to tell you some of the words I heard deep down in the sea where there is much silence and so much happen......more
The struggle to write with deep emotion is the subject of this extraordinary book, the previously unpublished credo of o......more
A globe-spanning essay collection on the human condition from the author James McBride calls "one of the most creative a......more
"A landmark work around a theme so prominent--and yet so thoroughly ignored--in modern life." --Ocean Vuong A poignant a......more
"Ways of Telling isn’t like any other book. Is it social reportage, the eye at the keyhole, the war at the door? It is i......more
When did you feel the pull of poetry? For Ashley M. Jones, the moment she knew she would be a poet was at seven years ol......more
Ishion Hutchinson turns his poetic sensibility to questions of home, displacement, and memory in his beautiful and seari......more
A thoughtful, evocative, and urgently needed collection that reimagines the stories we tell about motherhood, climate ch......more
Brings together two intimate, reflective essays by two acclaimed poets, Ilya Kaminsky and Piotr Florczyck, as they revis......more
A luminous collection of essays and poems about family, faith, and the art of saying goodbye from award-winning essayist......more
After she encounters a poem about love and friendship etched on the Homomonument in Amsterdam, Hélène Giannecchini is mo......more
A twelve-time finalist for the National Magazine Awards, every issue of The Believer features commentary, deeply reporte......more
We Rode the Rhythms as One offers readers an immersive journey into the life and legacy of one of America’s most unortho......more
A Firecracker Award Finalist in Creative Nonfiction An Electric Literature Favorite Nonfiction Book A TIME Magazine Most......more
A heartfelt look at the state of modern fly-fishing and the challenges fishers will face in the coming decades. Ron Dung......more
Fifteen essays that offer inspiration, encouragement, and advice from accomplished writers with ADHD. A rising number of......more
A collection of excerpts from C.S. Lewis’s letters offering guidance and encouragement to correspondents struggling with......more
"As a man who long convinced himself that he lived on the edge of the world, here’s my wish for you: Embrace the awe. Al......more
"First you take a drink," F. Scott Fitzgerald once noted, "then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." Fitz......more
Veering between fiction, memoir, fairy tale and folklore, The Tower is an extraordinary book about power, abuse and why ......more
In Every Story Is a Call to Action, David A. Robertson explores the role of Indigenous stories in stitching together a n......more
One of Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025 "An ode to fiction’s unique ability to illuminate history?not as fa......more
Laurence Hutchman’s third volume of In the Writers’ Words, makes a valuable contribution to Canadian literature, showcas......more
Thought-provoking pieces of nonfiction exploring the crossroads of technology with art and science, as well as how hard ......more
Virginia Woolf’s beloved classic, with a new foreword A Room of One’s Own is an American classic that has been inspiring......more
From acclaimed fiction writer Kyle Minor emerges a collection of essays all about disappearing. Considering a wide scope......more
Visiting Mrs. Nabokov brings together the whirlwind journalistic adventures that, alongside his seismic novels, transfor......more
Compiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of essays from eighteen young Pales......more
The essence of Oscar Wilde’s aesthetic credo: a gorgeous, pocket-sized, clothbound facsimile of a key 1920 collection Os......more
"Ty Bannerman’s family came to Los Alamos in 1952 to build nuclear bombs. This fact has become their origin myth, thread......more
A fun, sophisticated illustrated collection of essays that catalogs the simple and not so simple pleasures of the eclect......more
An atmospheric rumination on gendered violence, cosmic collapse, and colonialism. From deep inside a black hole, comes N......more
In the heart of 19th century England, where cobblestone streets echo with the laughter of children and the whispers of m......more
The story of Hester Thrale’s life after her second marriage to Gabriel Piozzi in 1784, told through the letters she wrot......more
A sparkling, funny, and often wrenching portrait-in-essays on the dairy industry, queer intimacy, family, fluidity, whit......more
An instant New York Times bestseller, Want is a collection of confessions from women around the world. This revelatory, ......more
Please Don’t Interrupt comprises short works of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry on the subject of interruption. The anth......more
What happens when a writer slows down enough to truly see the world? In Waterlines, storyteller and writing mentor Richa......more
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A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in Portrait of an Island on Fire form a searing ......more
The perfect gift for anyone with a shrewd sense of humor. Decidedly absurd, and always entertaining, revel in the very b......more
Threading memoir and personal reflections with travelogue, philosophy, photography and references from a wide variety of......more
A twelve-time finalist for the National Magazine Awards, every issue of The Believer features commentary, deeply reporte......more
"A revelatory and engaging read." - Irenosen Okojie The Subtle Art of Short Fiction explores the power of short fiction ......more
A selection of texts on art and artists by the Belgian French novelist and essayist Marguerite Yourcenar Best known for ......more
What does it mean to arrive, not triumphant, but altered? Rhythms That Are Wrong is a reckoning with the quiet tremors o......more
Like most progressive Southerners, Hal Crowther is decidedly angry about current social and political events, but few wr......more
"A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age."--Chatelaine Selected and in......more
"A remarkable story of work, worry, art, faith, community, life, and hope. An instant classic." -- Heather Cox Richardso......more
"As I See It" is a collection of reflective essays that explores the subtle complexities of everyday life - the quiet mo......more
14 Writers - 14 Stories - 14 Truths The stories contained within this anthology were almost never written. Each contribu......more
"Love Letters" is a collection of personal correspondence between Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia, spanning the ......more
From award-winning author Kathryn Nuernberger, Held is a collection of essays about mutualisms, mutual aid, and ways of ......more
Discover the inimitable genius of Ray Bradbury as he explores the art of writing, the power of creativity, and the timel......more
’For so many, getting older isn’t funny at all. But it’s a time for reflections certainly. So reflect, Michael, reflect.......more
Divine Anarchy: The Writings Originally written to accompany CJ Story’s art book Divine Anarchy: A Collection of Art & W......more
There is a subtle magic in fleeting encounters that brush against the fabric of our lives - the stranger on a train who ......more
Life Stories is the concluding series of 32 MEDITATIONS. It takes you on a heartfelt journey through the author’s life. ......more
A book about the impulse to wonder, the practice of noticing, and the inclination toward joy. Despite its difficulties, ......more
The heyday of reading is probably behind us, but in these shrewd and witty essays Brooke Allen examines the relics of th......more
Letter to His Father (Brief an den Vater, 1919) by Franz Kafka is one of the most revealing autobiographical letters in ......more
WINNER OF THE 2023 RESTLESS BOOKS PRIZE FOR NEW IMMIGRANT WRITING In imaginative prose that interrogates the past with a......more
This fascinating book shares with the reader one year in the life of an experienced Buddhist practitioner living in Taiw......more
"The Book of Kin is an expansive experience . . . beautiful, brave, and inventive."--Hanif Abdurraquib A remarkable debu......more
"The essay has taught me how to live," writes Jia Tolentino, this year’s Best American Essays guest editor. In a time of......more
"The best science and nature writing--which these stories represent--reminds us of the wide world and our connection to ......more