Literary Criticism
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Bold, Badass, and Bookish: Women Writers Who Made History
$10.99 Add to cartA homage to feminist icons in the literary world.
The perfect gift for any book lover, this innovative format features a collection of beautifully illustrated book-puns and literary quotes alongside 25
- Series: Book Buddies #2
- Author: Duopress Labs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1955834512
- Language: English
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Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
$20.00 Add to cartChristian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work.
Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, a- Author: Wiman, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338417
- Language: English
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F. Scott Fitzgerald on Writing
$17.99 Add to cartA collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s remarks on his craft, taken from his works and letters to friends and colleagues—an essential trove of advice for aspiring writers.
As F. Scott Fitzgerald famou- Author: Phillips, Larry W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1668070367
- Language: English
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Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World’s Greatest Writer
$36.95 Add to cartThis book uses the latest techniques in textual analysis to reveal the influence of a community of English playwrights on the celebrated works of William Shakespeare.
- Author: Freebury-Jones, Darren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1526177323
- Language: English
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Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays
$17.95 Add to cart“Sensitive, searingly intelligent, and beautifully written.” –Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
“This is–for real–a masterwork, one I will return to over and over.” –Joanna Rako- Author: Lipson, Nicole Graev
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1797228560
- Language: English
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The Life of Christina of Markyate
$15.95 Add to cart‘I wish to remain single, for I have made a vow of virginity.’
This is the remarkable story of the twelfth-century recluse Christina, who became prioress of Markyate, near St Albans in Hertfordshire.- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Fanous, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 11 2010
- ISBN10: 199556059
- Language: English
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Telling the Truth as It Comes Up: Selected Talks & Essays 1991-2018
$25.00 Add to cart“Once again, we encounter Notley as one the great interlocutors of the world, a dedicated advocate for what is between and beyond definition.” –Tess Michaelson, Full Stop
Alice Notley, the author of m
- Author: Notley, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987828816
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$14.99 Read moreThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a timeless literary treasure that offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of America’s most iconic founding fathers. In this engagi
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9358562145
- Language: English
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from the Great Gatsby to the Hat
$19.99 Add to cartThoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest–a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of w
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 006330774X
- Language: English
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River of Books
$13.95 Add to cartA memoir of reading and working with books by the renowned Booklist editor.
With the infectious curiosity of an inveterate bibliophile and the prose of a fine stylist, Donna Seaman charts the course- Author: Seaman, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1734643560
- Language: English
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Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Official Guide to All the Books
$22.00 Add to cartWelcome to the ultimate TBR list! With meticulously researched book descriptions and hundreds of guided prompts and reading tips, The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is an officially licensed, one-of-a… [more below]
- Author: Berlin, Erika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0762486643
- Language: English
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Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age
$24.99 Read moreThis book helps readers develop practices that will result in deep, formative, and faithful reading so they can contribute to the flourishing of their communities and cultivate their own spiritual and… [more below]
- Author: Griffis, Rachel B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 154096695X
- Language: English
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El Problema del Dolor
$12.99 Add to cartPor qu? debemos sufrir? “”Si Dios es bueno y todopoderoso, por qu? permite que suscriaturas sufran?”” Y qu? del sufrimiento de los animales, quienes ni se merecen el dolor ni pueden mejorarse por m
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0061140031
- Language: Spanish
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Dangerous Fictions: The Fear of Fantasy and the Invention of Reality
$27.00 Add to cartIn a political moment when social panics over literature are at their peak, Dangerous Fictions is a mind-expanding treatise on the nature of fictional stories as cultural battlegrounds for power.
Fict- Author: Gold, Lyta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1593767706
- Language: English
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The Practice of Enchantment: MythBlast Essays, 2020-2024
$14.99 Add to cartIt might often seem that the facts of life are hard, that we must stay ever alert for threats and pitfalls. The modern world seems to require strict rationality and pitiless focus, holding no place fo
- Author: Gardner, Joanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: November 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1611780438
- Language: English
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Silence: Lectures and Writings
$26.95 Add to cartSilence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, “to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not abo
- Author: Cage, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0819573655
- Language: English
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Selected Amazon Reviews
$32.95 Add to cartA book-length selection from Kevin Killian’s legendary corpus of more than two thousand product reviews posted on Amazon.com.
An enchanting roll of duct tape. Love Actually on Blu-ray Disc. The Toaste
- Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
- Author: Killian, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902185
- Language: English
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Greatest Short Stories of Dostoevsky
$5.99 Add to cartExplore Fyodor Dostoevsky’s world in the Greatest Stories of Dostoevsky, a captivating collection of timeless tales delving into human complexities. From the poignant beauty of unrequited love in Wh… [more below]
- Author: Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 9358567023
- Language: English
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Poetry as Enchantment: And Other Essays
$21.95 Read more“Gioia joins W. H. Auden, Randall Jarrell, and D. H. Lawrence in embracing criticism that is insightfully intellectual and surprisingly personal . . . Always a canny discussant of contemporary poetics
- Author: Gioia, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1589881958
- Language: English
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Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church
$26.99 Add to cartHave you ever read a book that turned your world upside down? What about a poem?
Poetry has the power to enliven, challenge, change, and enrich our lives. But it can also feel intimidating, confusin- Author: Van Engen, Abram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0802883605
- Language: English
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