Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

'I came to realise my mother was a lioness. She was soft and strong at the same time and had the gentlest of hearts.'...  Read More >>

A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who...  Read More >>

Ithaca consists of sixty sonnets divided into two equal parts, ""Ithaca"" and ""Gifts Reserved for Age."" In Homer's...  Read More >>

Magisterial and unforgettable - an intimate story of a Scottish Highland glen, from the prizewinning author of BORDER...  Read More >>

'Beautifully written and utterly compelling, Stalin's Apostles...  Read More >>

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‘Dazzling … one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent blows you away’ La...  Read More >>

A fascinating study into the world of translation and Shakespeare from the award-winning translator Daniel Hahn...  Read More >>

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From an award-winning, innovative poet, a bold reimagination of Arab American womanhood in the modern military age...  Read More >>

No More Animal Poems is a plea and an ode to all creatures great and small. No More Animal Poems breaks new ground...  Read More >>

Combining extensive research into sexual violence with the author's personal experiences as a feminist activist,...  Read More >>

Winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, Theo LeGro's unflinching debut explores chronic illness,...  Read More >>

Since its founding, the United States has colonized more than five hundred Indigenous nations in North America and...  Read More >>

A collection for anyone who has ever searched for meaning in the ordinary, carried unspoken feelings, or found themselves...  Read More >>

A gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry  Read More >>

A braided, elegiac journey through death and recovery, Any Gesture takes on loss, anticipatory grief, and the little...  Read More >>

Do you love the high-octane action movies of the 80s? Larger than life heroes! One liners! Car chases! Big guns!...  Read More >>

Recent news images of disastrous floods, fires and earthquakes vividly show we live in an unstable world. This book...  Read More >>

The future is hers… if she can survive the present. In a small-town supermarket deli, two nameless women — Young...  Read More >>

""This book brings together all of Schwartz's poetry for the very...  Read More >>

Winner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Alberto Ríos  Read More >>

From the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a riveting story of wealth, violence...  Read More >>

50 years in the life of a poet who has deliberately lived a life outside the academy, writing poems that come from...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking collection gathers essays, poems, and hybrid...  Read More >>