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Homo Irrealis Homo Irrealis André Aciman
On Compromise On Compromise Rachel Greenwald Smith
Approaching Eye Level Approaching Eye Level Vivian Gornick
Cranial Fracking Cranial Fracking Ian Frazier
Unfinished Business Unfinished Business Vivian Gornick
Don't Let It Get You Down Don't Let It Get You Down Savala Nolan
On Freedom On Freedom Maggie Nelson
Just Us Just Us Claudia Rankine
Stranger Faces Stranger Faces Namwali Serpell
Thin Places Thin Places Jordan Kisner
The Best of Me The Best of Me David Sedaris
Festival Days Festival Days Jo Ann Beard
The Book Collectors The Book Collectors Delphine Minoui
Silences So Deep Silences So Deep John Luther Adams
I Will Take the Answer I Will Take the Answer Ander Monson
Avoid the Day Avoid the Day Jay Kirk
The Celestial Hunter The Celestial Hunter Roberto Calasso
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic Jessica Hopper
The Hard Crowd The Hard Crowd Rachel Kushner
Essays One Essays One Lydia Davis
Awards
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Lamentations of the Father Lamentations of the Father Ian Frazier
Coyote V. Acme Coyote V. Acme Ian Frazier
Soldier's Heart Soldier's Heart Elizabeth D. Samet
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard
Citizen Citizen Claudia Rankine
To The River: A Journey Beneath the Surface To The River: A Journey Beneath the Surface Olivia Laing
The Undying The Undying Anne Boyer
Best sellers
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This Will Be My Undoing This Will Be My Undoing Morgan Jerkins
The View from the Cheap Seats The View from the Cheap Seats Neil Gaiman
On Writing On Writing Charles Bukowski
This Is Major This Is Major Shayla Lawson
We Can't Breathe We Can't Breathe Jabari Asim
The Poetry of Strangers The Poetry of Strangers Brian Sonia-Wallace
Wild Things Wild Things Bruce Handy
My Life as a Villainess My Life as a Villainess Laura Lippman
The Abundance The Abundance Annie Dillard
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker Damon Young
What About the Baby? What About the Baby? Alice McDermott
And the Heart Says Whatever And the Heart Says Whatever Emily Gould
Shopping for a Better Country Shopping for a Better Country Josip Novakovich
Elvis Is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself Elvis Is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself Lewis Grizzard
Resnick on the Loose Resnick on the Loose Mike Resnick
The Possessed The Possessed Elif Batuman
In Suspect Terrain In Suspect Terrain John McPhee
Coming into the Country Coming into the Country John McPhee
The Crofter and the Laird The Crofter and the Laird John McPhee
Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody Ian Frazier
New releases
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The Matter of Black Lives The Matter of Black Lives Jelani Cobb
Signs and Wonders Signs and Wonders Delia Falconer
The Matter of Black Lives The Matter of Black Lives Jelani Cobb
North Carolina North Carolina Bland Simpson
Yellow Rain Yellow Rain Mai Der Vang
Commitment & Controversy Living in Two Worlds Commitment & Controversy Living in Two Worlds Jeremy Rosen
Among Elms, in Ambush Among Elms, in Ambush Bruce Weigl
Mennonite Valley Girl Mennonite Valley Girl Carla Funk
Things I Have Withheld Things I Have Withheld Kei Miller
A Story that Happens A Story that Happens Dan O'Brien
Graceland, At Last Graceland, At Last Renkl Margaret
On Freedom On Freedom Maggie Nelson
The Scandal of the Century, and Other Writings The Scandal of the Century, and Other Writings Gabriel García Márquez
Cranial Fracking Cranial Fracking Ian Frazier
Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals Adam Lenson
Here Now Here Now Thor Krz?czanowski
What About the Baby? What About the Baby? Alice McDermott
Contemplations Contemplations Robert O. Doverspike
What About the Baby? What About the Baby? Alice McDermott
Ground Breaking Ground Breaking Philip Mulvey