Essays, Criticism, Memoirs

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TALES OF POLYNESIA: FOLKTALES FROM HAWAI'I, NEW ZEALAND, TAHITI, AND SAMOA

Explore the enchanting world of Polynesian folklore in this beautifully illustrated collection of traditional stories. A woman falls in love with the king of the sharks. Two powerful sorcerers compete in a battle of magical wits. The king of Maui's fastest messenger races to bring a young woman back from the dead.
May 9, 2023 | Hardcover | Chronicle Books |
$24.95
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GUEST AT THE FEAST: ESSAYS

Written by Toibin, Colm
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by LitHub and The Millions! From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature. "IT ALL STARTED WITH MY BALLS." So begins Colm Tóibín's fabulously compelling essay, l
January 17, 2023 | Hardcover | Scribner Book Company |
$28.00
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GRANTA 160: CONFLICT

Written by Rausing, Sigrid
From Nobel laureates to debut novelists, international translations to investigative journalism, each issue of Granta turns the attention of the world's best writers on to one aspect of the way we live now.
July 28, 2022 | Paperback | Granta Books |
$19.99
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NINETIES: A BOOK

Written by Klosterman, Chuck
An instant New York Times bestseller!
January 31, 2023 | Paperback | Penguin Books |
$18.00
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TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION): ADVICE FROM DEAR SUGAR

Written by Strayed, Cheryl
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 New York Times bestseller Wild--featuring a new preface and six additional columns.
November 1, 2022 | Paperback | Vintage |
$17.00
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CALL OF THE TRIBE

Written by Llosa, Mario Vargas
The intellectual autobiography of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. From its origins, the liberal doctrine has represented the most advanced forms of democratic culture, and it is what has most defended us from the inextinguishable "call of the tribe." This book hopes to make a modest contribution to that indispensable project.
January 17, 2023 | Hardcover | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 288 Pages |
$28.00
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IN THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS: ESSAYS

Written by Knausgaard, Karl Ove
From the New York Times bestselling author of the My Struggle series comes a collection of ambitious, remarkably erudite essays on art, literature, culture, and philosophy. In the Land of the Cyclops is Karl Ove Knausgaard's first collection of essays to be published in English.
January 10, 2023 | Paperback | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
$20.00
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EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN

Written by Baldwin, James
Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atlanta despite national attention and outcry; they were all Black. James Baldwin investigated these murders, the Black administration in Atlanta, and Wayne Williams, the Black man tried for the crimes.
January 17, 2023 | Paperback | Holt McDougal | 144 Pages |
$16.99
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YOU DON'T KNOW US NEGROES AND OTHER ESSAYS

Written by West, Genevieve
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Seattle Times, Lit Hub, Bustle, and New York Magazine's Vulture Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry Louis Gates Jr.
January 10, 2023 | Paperback | Amistad Press |
$19.99
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DIFFERENT SPEEDS, SAME FURIES: POWELL, PROUST AND OTHER LITERARY FORMS

Written by Anderson, Perry
An exploration of Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell's greatest literary achievements. There are few writers about whom opinions diverge so widely as Anthony Powell, whose Dance to the Music of Time sequence is one of the most ambitious literary constructions in the English language.
November 8, 2022 | Hardcover | Verso |
$24.95

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