New in September: The Report, The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards and Skin, Inc.
The Report by Jessica Francis Kane “The
Report is a graceful and dignified look at a single event that
quickly becomes something so much more expansive: a kaleidoscopic examination
of crowds, of disasters, of reverberations and reckoning. I was
absolutely riveted.”
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards by Robert Boswell
*now available in paperback*
“Like Richard Yates, Robert Boswell seems always to
wish he had better news for us. In the wide-ranging stories of The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards, he
wishes we weren’t so lost, so conflicted, so stubborn in our
misapprehensions. But he's been watching us too closely, with too
clear an eye, too keen an intelligence, and besides, Boswell’s real
talent, like Yates’s, is for telling us the truth.”
Skin, Inc. by Thomas Sayers Ellis “Thomas Sayers Ellis is one of the most gifted poets of his
generation and more. . . . Ellis has something to say about the moment
we’re in, and he is that rare breed of Poet, the kind whose works will be
studied for generations to come, whose
name will be uttered alongside that other great T. S.”
—ROBIN D. G. KELLEY,
author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and
Times of an American Original
By Elizabeth Alexander "Readers owe themselves the many pleasures to be found in this book;
Elizabeth Alexander creates intellectual magic in poem after poem." —The New York Times Book Review
“To my mind, what distinguishes Marchant’s work is his willingness to take a hard look at human suffering while maintaining his unflinching, delicate tone.”
“I found A House at the Edge of Tears stunning and
provocative, compelling and haunting. Vénus Khoury-Ghata has
weaved like a lace maker the story of her brother, herself, her family,
and a society far removed from any bland ideal...using the finest,
poetic, hypnotic prose which pricks you like needles.”—Hanan al-Shaykh
By Natasha Trethewey "Natasha Trethewey's book puts women's work, and, in particular, black
women's work, the hard unpretty background music of our survival, in
its proper perspective. For all her meticulous control and subtle
perception, this is a revolutionary book that cuts right through to the
deepest places in the soul." —Toi Derricotte
By Natasha Trethewey "Inspired by Bellocq's Storyville portraits, Natasha Trethewey brings
to art a young 'octoroon', in 1912, gallant, dignified, undefeated in
her aspirations, yet barely able to breathe trapped and objectified in
the world of a New Orleans brothel. Hers—theirs—is a stunning
accomplishment." —Gail Mazur
The Report by Jessica Francis Kane
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards by Robert Boswell 
Skin, Inc. by Thomas Sayers Ellis
