Cowboy Graves
A collection of short stories.
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A quiet studio for writing, visuals, and notes.
Why I Live at the PO
a first-person narrative that revolves around the character known as Sister. She recounts the events leading up to her decision to leave her family home.
Read more →The Cyberiad
_The Cyberiad_ are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms.
Read more →Ragtime
_Ragtime_ combines fictional narratives with real-life events, blurring the lines between fact and fiction. Think Zelig.
Read more →Intimations
The essays in "Intimations" touch on a range of topics, including the impact of the pandemic, racial injustice, social inequality, and the role of art in times of crisis.
Read more →The Alchemist
Santiago's journey takes him from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a hidden treasure.
Read more →The History of Rasselas
Rasselas enlists the help of an artist who is also known as an engineer to help with his escape from the Valley
Read more →The Silmarillion
There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.
Read more →My Wicked, Wicked Ways
Known to millions as the preeminent swashbuckler of the silver screen, Errol Flynn was a complex man who lived a life far more adventurous than any of his films.
Read more →White Noise
Professor Jack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a small liberal arts college in rural New York…
Read more →William Trevor's Last Stories
The story about the piano teacher has stayed and will stay with me for a while…
Read more →Year of the Monkey
a collection of reality-blended fictional picaresque essays that only Patti Smith can write… totally my jam
Read more →Humboldt's Gift
explores the changing relationship between art and power in a materialist America. This theme is addressed through the contrasting careers of two writers…
Read more →A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
Close readings of a selection of Russian short stories
Read more →Time's Arrow
Tod T. Friendly has a secret.
Read more →Design for the Real World
Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, and the frivolous.
Read more →The Sportswriter
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people—men, mostly—who live entirely within themselves.
Read more →In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Readers as diverse as TS Eliot and Lou Reed appreciated Delmore Schwartz's work.
Read more →Killing Commendatore
a complex and introspective novel that combines elements of magical realism, metaphysics, and psychological exploration…
Read more →Cathedral
his third collection of stories and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Read more →Waiting for the Barbarians
The theme of colonial imposition is central to the novel
Read more →The Invention of Morel
La invención de Morel (1940) — translated as The Invention of Morel or Morel’s Invention — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares’ breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires. He considered it the true beginning of his literary career, despite being his seventh book. The first edition cover artist was Norah Borges (see below), sister of Bioy Casares’ lifelong friend, Jorge...
Read more →A Man Called Ove
a grumpy and solitary old man who finds unexpected connections and purpose in life
Read more →Flying to America
published in 2007, this book presents all of Barthelme’s previously unpublished and uncollected short fiction
Read more →The Plains by Gerald Murnane
In The Plains, Murnane explores how the landowning families of the plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture.
Read more →Love is Blind
William Boyd's Love is Blind follows the life of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish piano tuner with a remarkable talent for his craft.
Read more →The Nose
follows the bizarre misadventures of Major Kovalyov and his missing nose
Read more →Running Dog
follows Moll Robbins, a New York City journalist trailing the activities of an influential senator
Read more →The Skating Rink
With a murder at its heart, The Skating Rink is, among other things, a crime novel.
Read more →Lincoln in the Bardo
The novel takes place during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln and deals with the president's grief at his loss. The bulk of the novel takes place throughout a single evening.
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