Essays
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
eBook
“A masterpiece... Farah Jasmine Griffin’s magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes.”—Cornel West
Report From a Parisian Paradise: Essays from France, 1925-1939
Paperback
The wisdom of a lost generation distilled in a bottle of Calvados.
Rocket and Lightship: Essays on Literature and Ideas
Hardback
Essays from a "great poet-critic-intellectual" (Daily Beast).
Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
Paperback
One of Henry Miller's most luminous statements of his personal philosophy of life,Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, provides a symbolic title for...
The Task of Criticism: Essays on Philosophy, History, and Community
Paperback
A new chapter in American thought devoted to the authority of critique and the defense of democracy.