Essays

  • A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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    These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation[more below]

    • Author: Wallace, David Foster
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: February 02 1998
    • ISBN10: 0316925284
    • Language: English
  • Danse Macabre

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    Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular cult… [more below]

    • Author: King, Stephen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 512
    • Publish Date: February 23 2010
    • ISBN10: 1439170983
    • Language: English
  • What the Mirror Said: The Necessity of Black Women in Poetry

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    When did you feel the pull of poetry? For Ashley M. Jones, the moment she knew she would be a poet was at seven years old–reciting “Harriet Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. That moment, that poem, showe… [more below]

    • Series: Poets on Poetry
    • Author: Jones, Ashley M.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 100
    • Publish Date: April 21 2026
    • ISBN10: 0472040197
    • Language: English
  • White Magic

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    Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award

    Longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award

    A TIME, NPR, New York Public Library, LitHub, BookRiot, and Entropy Best Book of the Year

    “Beguiling and haunting. . . . Wa

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    • Author: Washuta, Elissa
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 432
    • Publish Date: April 27 2021
    • ISBN10: 195114239X
    • Language: English
  • Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

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    From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from

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    • Author: Nezhukumatathil, Aimee
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: March 31 2026
    • ISBN10: 0063414422
    • Language: English
  • The Long Game

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    Some lessons only come from a life fully lived.

    In The Long Game: Short Writings on Ideas That Last, Jerry G. Banks – real estate investor, father, grandfather, and author of the best-selling memoir Ea

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    • Author: Banks, Jerry G.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 188
    • Publish Date: March 31 2026
    • ISBN10: 9798234019059
    • Language: English
  • Classics for Pleasure

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    This is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books. Writing with affection as w… [more below]

    • Series: Harvest Book
    • Author: Dirda, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: November 10 2008
    • ISBN10: 0156033852
    • Language: English
  • Artists & Authors: A Life in Good Company

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    Join a literary insider for a behind-the-scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing.

    From the author of Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing comes this new collectio

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    • Author: Scribner III, Charles
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 200
    • Publish Date: February 10 2026
    • ISBN10: 1493093630
    • Language: English
  • On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes

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    “As a man who long convinced himself that he lived on the edge of the world, here’s my wish for you: Embrace the awe. Allow yourself to feel alone. Then remember you are not.”

    The thirty-three writers

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    • Author: Welch, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: March 10 2026
    • ISBN10: 1540270165
    • Language: English
  • Rubble Masonry

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    Rubble Masonry is a collection of lyric essays that takes its title from the practice of stone masons who, rather than using materials cut to ideal measurements, work with found rocks’ natural shapes…. [more below]

    • Author: McLarney, Rose
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 164
    • Publish Date: March 27 2026
    • ISBN10: 0807185892
    • Language: English
  • Raised by Ferns

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    Born in a Pacific Northwest gas station to itinerant, countercultural parents, Maya Jewell Zeller came of age in a landscape where poverty, wildness, and self-reliance intertwined. Raised by Ferns tra

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    • Author: Zeller, Maya Jewell
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 266
    • Publish Date: March 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1736755870
    • Language: English
  • Men I Hate: A Memoir in Essays

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    A rare spouse’s perspective on a partner’s transition that asks what happens to us when the people we are closest to change.

    Can a lesbian who loves a trans man still call herself a lesbian? Against

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    • Series: 21st Century Essays
    • Author: D’Amico, Lynette
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 168
    • Publish Date: February 17 2026
    • ISBN10: 0814259693
    • Language: English
  • Things in Nature Merely Grow

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    Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
    Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
    Short-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
    Long-listed for the National Book Cr

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    • Author: Li, Yiyun
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: May 19 2026
    • ISBN10: 1250437970
    • Language: English
  • No Contact: Writers on Estrangement

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    “A landmark work around a theme so prominent–and yet so thoroughly ignored–in modern life.” –Ocean Vuong

    A poignant and galvanizing anthology that illuminates the realities and nuances of family es

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    • Author: Bartoy, Jenny
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: April 28 2026
    • ISBN10: 164622311X
    • Language: English
  • How to Disappear and Why: Essays

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    From acclaimed fiction writer Kyle Minor emerges a collection of essays all about disappearing.

    Considering a wide scope of cultural, historical, spiritual, and philosophical figures and ideas, Minor

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    • Author: Minor, Kyle
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 260
    • Publish Date: February 24 2026
    • ISBN10: 1956046577
    • Language: English
  • The Site of Memory

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    The Site of Memory describes Toni Morrison’s work of literary archaeology. She offers insights into how she arrives at a text through the act of imagination bound up with memory and shows how she expl… [more below]

    • Author: Morrison, Toni
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: January 25 2026
    • ISBN10: 1068591897
    • Language: English
  • Little Apocalypses: Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World

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    “Raw, undeniable, and tender.” –Kate Baer, New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman

    “As quietly earth-shattering as it is tenderly hopeful.” –Catherine Newman, New York Times bestsell

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    • Author: Teer, Kaitlyn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: April 14 2026
    • ISBN10: 0063440229
    • Language: English
  • Sophie Calle: True Stories: 66 Short Stories: New Edition

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    The latest edition of Sophie Calle’s classic artist’s book features three new tales

    First published in 1994 and regularly reissued and expanded since, this new edition of True Stories returns with thr

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    • Author: Calle, Sophie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 152
    • Publish Date: April 09 2024
    • ISBN10: 2330182465
    • Language: English
  • A Brief Inhalation

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    Daragh Fleming’s A Brief Inhalation is a candid exploration of contemporary existence, dissecting themes of identity, dislocation, and introspection with a sharp, unflinching eye. Blurring the line be

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    • Author: Fleming, Daragh
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 156
    • Publish Date: March 31 2025
    • ISBN10: 1916938876
    • Language: English
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