Thoreau remarked that he would not write so much about himself if there were anyone else he knew as well. Readers who understand what he meant, but still find themselves fascinated by the endless efforts we make to explain ourselves to... Read More

In this poetic memoir, the author seeks to find the source of her daughter’s mental illness through the vehicle of lineage. Writing through three generations of family history, she assumes the voice of her parents, her daughter, and... Read More

“Back in those days, we didn’t have the dime-store variety playthings. Sticks and boards would be carved into machine guns and used in war games. As usual, no one wanted to play the Indians.” In this book, a companion piece to a... Read More

An ominous thread runs through this novel, making it one of the most heart- rending, frightening, and unique gay novels in a generation. Set in the Spain of fascist dictator Franco in the latter part of the 1960s, this thread sewn... Read More

“I started stripping when Louisville changed the nudity/alcohol laws. I was 18 and had been working in the live girl shows.” Callous, coarse, and candid, the author draws from her extensive body of experience and offers glimpses of... Read More

Good poems can be timely or timeless, and sometimes both. Bad poems are rarely either. Confronted with an unknown poem by an unknown poet, the curious reader, once having decided whether he does or does not “like” the poem, may ask... Read More

Alive with vibrant photographs and teeming with fascinating facts, this book will capture young imaginations and encourage explorations into the world of auto recycling. Few topics incite as much interest as large machinery and... Read More

National Public Radio provides unflappable refinement for the savage heart that beats wildly in the modern breast. The eloquent voices of NPR commentators announce soothing classical notes that swirl out of car stereos and float into... Read More