Literature
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
White Spaces: Selected Poems and Early Prose
Paperback
“Magnificent poetry; dark, severe, even harsh—yet pulsating with life.” —John Ashbery
Who Killed My Father
Paperback
Now in paperback, this bracing book by the young superstar Édouard Louis is both a searing j’accuse of the viciously entrenched French class system and a wrenchingly tender love letter to his father
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays
Hardback
A supremely talented young critic’s essays on race and culture, from Toni Morrison to trap, herald the arrival of a major new voice in American letters.
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
Paperback
The Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction of 2013
“I can imagine few more enjoyable ways of thinking than to read this book.”—Sarah Bakewell, New York Times Book Review, front-page review