Essays
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Atavists: Stories
Hardback
A fast-moving, heartbreaking collection of linked stories that evokes the joy and alienation between generations and classes in the era of mass overwhelm
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American Bulk: Essays on Excess
Paperback
A tender, critical and curious window into the American ethos of quantity over quality
The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation
Hardback
A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world
Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
Paperback
A nuanced, passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunderstood writers of the twentieth century
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life
Paperback
This lucent anti-memoir from celebrated novelist Lydia Millet explores the pain and joy of being a parent, child and human at a moment when the richness of the planet’s life is deeply threatened