Literature
The Last Summer of the Camperdowns: A Novel
Paperback
A New England Society Book Awards Finalist (Fiction)
“A witty, suspenseful tale of murder, marital conflict and agonizing secrets.... The exuberant story is transporting and delicious, a worthy summer read.” —People
The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse
Hardback
“One of the strongest literary renditions of the Shoah I know.”—Saul Friedlander, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Years of Extermination
The Divine Comedy
Paperback
“Under James’s uncanny touch, seven long centuries drop away, and the great poem is startlingly fresh and new.”—Stephen Greenblatt
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Paperback
Named one of the 100 Best Novels Ever Written in English (The Guardian)
Loos’s classic tale shows that questions of women and power—more relevant today than ever—can come in the most alluring of packages.
Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001
Paperback
A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery.