Literary Figures
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The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature
$35.00 Add to cartA delightful and majestic reckoning with the ascent of American fiction in the twentieth century through the prism of the under-known man who had an astonishing amount to do with it
Malcolm Cowley is- Author: Howard, Gerald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0525522050
- Language: English
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The Durrells: The Story of a Family
$32.00 Add to cartA variously tragic tale of escapism and assimilation, Richard Bradford’s The Durrells explores the truth behind the image.
The Durrells are probably the most celebrated literary family of the 20th ce- Author: Bradford, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1448218098
- Language: English
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J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy
$17.00 Add to cartExplore the extraordinary life of J.R.R. Tolkien, the legendary creator of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, in this captivating literary biography that celebrates the father of modern fantasy and… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Portraits
- Author: Marshall, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1507224176
- Language: English
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Philip Roth: Stung by Life
$28.00 Add to cartA landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life
In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Phili- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Zipperstein, Steven J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0300251556
- Language: English
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Damaged People: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons
$29.00 Add to cartThe son of renowned author Joe McGinniss–celebrated for works like The Selling of the President and true crime blockbusters Fatal Vision and Cruel Doubt–delivers a raw and deeply moving memoir that … [more below]
- Author: McGinniss, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1668004852
- Language: English
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Writers Revealed: Treasures from the British Library and the National Portrait Gallery, London
$35.00 Add to cartA magnificent collection of portraits combined with selections from the archives of great writers
Telling the stories of the best-loved writers in English literature, Writers Revealed investigates thei
- Author: Ault, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1855145995
- Language: English
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The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford
$29.95 Add to cart“The full-throated biography fans have been yearning for.”
“McWilliams does a remarkable job connecting Stanford’s poetry with his personal life, particularly his l
–Kirkus Starred Review, April 2025- Author: McWilliams, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 686
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1682262790
- Language: English
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True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
$40.00 Add to cartThe first biography of Peter Matthiessen, the novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi, whose trailblazing work championed Native American rights and helped usher in the modern environmental movement, by a… [more below]
- Author: Richardson, Lance
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1524748315
- Language: English
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Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel
$35.00 Add to cartThe award-winning biographer Frances Wilson presents an exhilarating new look at Muriel Spark, a consummate artist of the twentieth century.
“Is the story fact? Is it fiction? It is what it is,” said- Author: Wilson, Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0374613206
- Language: English
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The Places of Marguerite Duras
$25.00 Add to cartThe first English translation of an important and evocative interview-turned-book project in Marguerite Duras’ illustrious oeuvre
“I could talk for hours about this house, this garden. I know it all, I
- Author: Duras, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1738901343
- Language: English
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Horace: Poet on a Volcano
$28.00 Add to cartA biography of Horace, one of the most popular poets from antiquity, revealing the little-known man behind his famous lines
“Peter Stothard is a master of modern writing about ancient Rome, of vividl- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Stothard, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300256582
- Language: English
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Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life
$29.99 Add to cartDevouring Time is the definitive biography of Jim Harrison–one of America’s most beloved writers–and a penetrating deep dive into the life of the talent behind Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and True N
- Author: Goddard, Todd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1799902366
- Language: English
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Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography
$40.00 Add to cartA long-awaited and much-anticipated biography of one of the great modern poets.
In 1933, on his seventieth birthday, the poet Constantine Cavafy died in an Alexandrian hospital, surrounded by friends.- Author: Jusdanis, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0374610428
- Language: English
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A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler
$40.00 Add to cartThe long-awaited biography of the mercurial, troubled, brilliant poet James Schuyler, the Pulitzer Prize winner who helped shape the New York School of poetry in the 1960s.
Nathan Kernan’s A Day Like A- Author: Kernan, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0374281173
- Language: English
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The Key to Everything: May Swenson, a Writer’s Life
$29.95 Add to cartAn intimate portrait of the twentieth-century American poet
May Swenson (1913-1989) was one of the most important and original poets of the twentieth century. The Key to Everything is a biography of t- Author: Brucia, Margaret a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0691247234
- Language: English
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The World According to Joan Didion
$18.99 Add to cart**INDIE BESTSELLER**
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 by The Millions – B&N Best Books of 2023 – “Shaped by intellectual rigor and artistic grace … McDonnell’s portrait is vibrant, fluent, sensitive,
- Author: McDonnell, Evelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0063419157
- Language: English
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Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction
“This magnificent biography of Robert Louis Stevens- Author: Damrosch, Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300268629
- Language: English
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The Cat Inside
$20.00 Add to cartBest known for the wild, phantasmagoric satire of works like Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs reveals another, gentler side in The Cat Inside. Originally published as a limited-edition volume, this m… [more below]
- Author: Burroughs, William S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 29 2002
- ISBN10: 0142000256
- Language: English
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Watching Evil Dead: Unearthing the Radiant Artist Within
$28.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House, an impassioned book about a night that changed the author’s life and put into perspective the writing life–and how you too can … [more below]
- Author: Malerman, Josh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0593983270
- Language: English
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Patrimony: A True Story (National Book Critics Circle Award Winner)
$22.17 Read moreWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD – “A tough-minded, beautifully written memoir” (San Francisco Chronicle) about a son watching his elderly father battle with the brain tumor that will … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Roth, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 03 1996
- ISBN10: 0679752935
- Language: English
