Literary Criticism
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How Queer Bookshops Changed the World
$27.95 Read moreThe remarkable tale of how queer bookshops built communities, nourished minds, redefined literature – and changed the world
For over a century, LGBTQ+ bookshops have been the unsung heroes of queer li- Author: West, A. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1836431694
- Language: English
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Liberties Journal of Culture & Politics: Spring 2026
$18.95 Read moreLiberties features the world’s sharpest minds for readers who are determined to stay curious. The result is a collection of writing about today worth rereading tomorrow.
In the Spring 2026 issue, Micha… [more below]
- Author: Grunwald, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 9798992201024
- Language: English
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The Odyssey Effect: How Homer’s Epic Poem Shaped the World
$24.99 Read moreEmbark on a cultural odyssey to explore the impact of Homer’s iconic poem, from its conception to the present day.
Since it originated in the eighth century, The Odyssey has influenced literature, fil- Author: Stevenson, Erica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1577158989
- Language: English
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Bibliophobia: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cart“A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life.”–Hua Hsu, author of Stay True
“Stirring and sparkling.”–The Washington Post A- Author: Chihaya, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 0593594746
- Language: English
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The Works of Anne Bradstreet
$24.00 Read moreAnne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose, scrupulously edited by Jeannine Hensley, has long be… [more below]
- Series: John Harvard Library #121
- Author: Bradstreet, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0674050274
- Language: English
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Arachnomania: Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us
$24.95 Add to cartIn praise of spiders in all their inspirational glory
Spiders are often found lurking in dusty corners, where we can observe them with interest or brush them away with disgust–or make a run for it, a- Author: Tatar, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 0691281025
- Language: English
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Triage
$28.00 Read moreA groundbreaking new direction for Claudia Rankine, the best-selling author of Citizen and Just Us
Claudia Rankine has widened contemporary literature with her consciousness-raising, genre-defying work- Author: Rankine, Claudia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 04 2026
- ISBN10: 1644454009
- Language: English
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Dr Johnson and MR Savage
$9.99 Add to cartA classic reissue of Richard Holmes’s brilliant book on Samuel Johnson’s friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography.
Dr Johnson & Mr Savage is the story
- Author: Holmes, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 31 2010
- ISBN10: 0007204558
- Language: English
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Life Is a Dream
$17.00 Add to cartThe masterwork of Spain’s preeminent dramatist–now in a new verse translation
Life Is a Dream is a work many hold to be the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama. Imbued with highly poetic langu
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143104829
- Language: English
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The Cripple of Inishmaan
$15.00 Add to cartIn 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighboring island to film a documentary. No one is more excited than Cripple Billy, an unloved boy … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: McDonagh, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0375705236
- Language: English
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The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-Bred Women: Spotting Red Flags from Across the Ballroom
$15.00 Add to cartNo one knows red flags like Jane Austen!
Why settle for mediocre dating advice when you can consult the queen of the meet-cute? With The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-Bred Women, you can effortle- Author: Reed, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1250420903
- Language: English
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Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane
$30.00 Add to cartIncisive, funny, and deeply-researched insights into the life, writing, and legacy of Jane Austen, by the preeminent scholar Devoney Looser.
Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we ever truly bel- Author: Looser, Devoney
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1250361338
- Language: English
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A Century of Poetry in the New Yorker: 1925-2025
$50.00 Add to cartEdited by the magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Young, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of influential, entertaining, and taste-making verse in The New Yorker
Seamus Heaney, Dorothy Parker- Author: New Yorker Magazine Inc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593801938
- Language: English
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Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Robert Frost’s road not taken on her debut album to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s albatross on The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift’s lyrics are filled with literary connections.
Make sure you- Author: Feder, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1683694740
- Language: English
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Literary Journeys: Mapping Fictional Travels Across the World of Literature
$32.00 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred years
From Homer’s Odyssey, Chaucer’s Canterbur- Author: McMurtrie, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0691266395
- Language: English
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The Brothers Karamazov: Introduction by Malcolm Jones
$32.00 Read moreDostoevsky’s last and greatest novel is, above all, the story of a murder, told with hair-raising intellectual clarity and a feeling for the human condition unsurpassed in world literature. It is a ma
- Series: Everyman’s Library Classics
- Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 840
- Publish Date: April 28 1992
- ISBN10: 0679410031
- Language: English
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Bicycle
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An alm- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Maskit, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1501338099
- Language: English
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The Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That Feature Them
$18.00 Add to cartPerfect for book lovers and foodies alike–a splendid cookbook featuring recipes inspired by classic works of literature and modern favorites
Wake up to a perfect breakfast with Mrs. Dalby’s Buttermi- Author: Wenger, Shaunda Kennedy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0345465466
- Language: English
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The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology
$12.95 Add to cartCrossley-Holland–the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts–introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving p… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Crossley-Holland, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538719
- Language: English
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Heroines, New Edition
$17.95 Add to cartA manifesto reclaiming the wives and mistresses of literary modernism that inspired a generation of writers and scholars, reissued after more than a decade.
I am beginning to realize that taking the s- Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents
- Author: Zambreno, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902088
- Language: English
