Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

With this book, Amy Motlagh considers how racial thinking underpins cultural practices in Iran and the Iranian diaspora....  Read More >>

Two centuries after Percy Shelley's death, his writings still resonate with pressing societal issues. This collection...  Read More >>

Two new plays from an award-winning playwright.  Read More >>

A probing and provocative play exploring truth, privacy and ambition, based on the true story of Britain's biggest-ever...  Read More >>

Two South Asian elders meet each other in a Type 2 diabetes workshop but find themselves navigating the sparks of...  Read More >>

Life Before You, a fierce and unflinching new play by Eva Hudson, lays bare the fault lines between mothers and...  Read More >>

The Human Voice by Darren Murphy is a radical reimagining of Jean Cocteau’s classic play La Voix Humaine.  Read More >>

Channeling the subversive and sharp-eyed voice showcased in her popular column for The Cut – this memoir stylishly...  Read More >>

The most comprehensive and detailed history of Latin literature from the second to the seventh centuries, which...  Read More >>

Offers an authoritative account of British utopian literature and culture from the postwar to the present. Written...  Read More >>

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now...  Read More >>

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'Courageous and candid… An important story well told' The Independent This...  Read More >>

100 life-affirming poemsand remedies for anyone searching for love, meaning, belonging, purpose and hope in their...  Read More >>

A gripping tale of education, violence, and hope, in which one man's dream for a better future collides with a community...  Read More >>

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Face it asks us to take an unflinching but compassionate look at everything we've made and everything that has made...  Read More >>

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This is a book about storytelling and reading and Hilary McPhee's work with writers. It is a personal reflection,...  Read More >>

Ocean, as Much as Rain presents for the first time in the English-language world a collection of stories, poetry,...  Read More >>

In Clowns in the Burying Ground, Christopher K. Coffman offers an intertextual analysis of the Grateful Dead, showing...  Read More >>

A biography of the remarkable woman whose bestselling Mythology has introduced millions of readers to the classical...  Read More >>

Uncovers how Mexican-American and Cuban-American writings during the US Civil War shaped Latinidad amid conflicts...  Read More >>