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    Atavists: Stories

    Lydia Millet

    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

    Emily Mester

    Paperback

    A tender, critical and curious window into the American ethos of quantity over quality

  • Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin

    Andre Dubus III

    Paperback

    From the literary master and best-selling author of Townie, reflections on a life of challenges, contradictions and fulfillments

  • We Loved It All: A Memory of Life

    Lydia Millet

    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

  • Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction

    Andrea Barrett

    Hardback

    The celebrated National Book Award–winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction