Classics / Criticism

Yuko Tsushima

An epic novel of postwar Japan--a powerful reckoning with empire, catastrophe, trauma, and truth-tel…

Nettie Jones

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025 A mesmerizing spin through the high-rolling high times …

Paul Celan

2015 National Translation Award Winner in Poetry Paul Celan, one of the greatest German-language poe…

Elisa Gabbert

Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of …

Christian Wiman

Christian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work. Fe…

Andrea Long Chu

A bold, provocative collection of essays on one of the most urgent questions of our time: What is au…

Elisa Gabbert

"Terror, disaster, memory, selfhood, happiness . . . leave it to a poet to tackle the unthinkable so…

Durga Chew-Bose

Named a best book of 2017 by NPR, The Guardian, Slate, NYLON and The Globe and Mail (Canada) From D…

John Jeremiah Sullivan

Named A Best Book of 2011 by the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Boston Globe and Entertainment W…

Roland Barthes

Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes's personal, wide-ranging, and contemplative volume--and the last book …

Roland Barthes

A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented u…

Elif Batuman

One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year From the author of Either/Or and The Idiot, Elif Batu…