Biography & Memoir
What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life
Paperback
“[An] incisive, personal mediation.” —New York Times Book Review
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
Hardback
NPR • Best Books of 2021 “Unforgettable. . . . An outstanding adventure in its lyrical, utterly compelling, and heartbreaking investigations of the world of diamond smuggling.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob
Hardback
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2021
Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America.
Russell Lee: A Photographer's Life and Legacy
Hardback
Russell Lee, a contemporary of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, now emerges from the shadows as one of the greatest photographers of Depression-era America.
The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene
Hardback
A Finalist for the 2022 Edgar Award
A Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
A vivid, deeply researched account of the tumultuous life of one of the twentieth century’s greatest novelists, the author of The End of the Affair.