Kidnapped girls trapped in a remote theater surrounded by mountains and jungle are forced into illegal performances, displayed in cabinets with curiosities, their delicate limbs bound by straps, and accompanied by dancing puppets fashioned of dead...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREAn account of Annie Ernaux’s love affair with journalist Marc Marie while she was undergoing treatment for cancer, and their combined project to document images and memories.Includes 14 black and white...

“A must for the obsessive reader.”—Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or and The IdiotA “soul-baring, witty, and slyly provocative” (Whiting Foundation) memoir about reading, writing, and depressionBooks can seduce you.They can annihilate, reveal, and...

This singular collection is nothing less than a political, spiritual, and intensely personal record of America’s tumultuous modern age, as experienced by our foremost critics, commentators, activists, and artists. Joyce Carol Oates has collected a group...