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  • Allegorizings

    Jan Morris

    Hardback

    New York Times Book Review • Editors' Choice

    Jan Morris delivers her final volume, brimming with reminiscences, meditations on daily life, and mini-essays on everything from maturity to whistling to Princess Diana.

  • American Bulk: Essays on Excess

    Emily Mester

    Paperback

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

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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

  • Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction

    John Casey

    Paperback

    For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina.

  • Butterflies: Reflections, Tales, and Verse

    Hermann Hesse, Volker Michels, Elisabeth Lauffer, Jakob Hübner

    Hardback

    This volume gathers the most alluring stories, recollections, contemplations and poems on butterflies by Herman Hesse.