Person and place intersect to offer insight into what dysfunction, within both individuals and families, reveals about us. The characters in C. B. Anderson’s impressive collection "River Talk" live in and around western Maine’s river... Read More

Depth of detail and superb understanding of historical figures prove Benjamin’s research and admiration of the New York landscape. It’s difficult to imagine a more thorough history of the Hudson River Valley than this one by Vernon... Read More

Bromwich delivers a probing and incisive collection of essays about culture, politics, imagination, and the war on terror. In the preface to his new collection of essays, David Bromwich states that "Moral Imagination" is “about works... Read More

Fascinating trivia about artists in turn-of-the-century Paris adds layers of insight to a time of growth and experimentation. The famed Belle Époque was a period of artistic and cultural flowering in Paris that began in 1900 and ended... Read More

A wide range of settings, deeply introspective characters, and dramatic plots reveal the powerful skills of this young writer. A young writer’s imaginative powers are amply displayed in this debut short story collection. These stories... Read More

A skilled historian answers key questions about military strategy during the “war to end all wars.” Peter Hart, Oral Historian of the Imperial War Museum in London, lays out his thesis in the first sentence of The Great War: A Combat... Read More

The characters in Steven Schwartz’s expertly rendered stories want more from life than what they have. Patrick, the failed novelist turned dental salesman in “Blockage,” envies his ex-girlfriend, Luciana, with her “sun-drenched... Read More

The Scottish writer James Kelman is known for producing challenging short stories and novels containing stream-of-consciousness narrative as thick as the brogue of his countrymen. In How Late It Was, How Late, winner of the 1994 Booker... Read More