In this cahier the novelist, critic, translator, and editor of News from The Republic of Letters Keith Botsford presents the visual and literary work of the Polish painter and intellectual Józef...

In the tradition of Susannah Cahalan’s Brain on Fire and William Styron’s Darkness Visible, an evocatively written memoir of riding the depression roller coaster, choosing electroconvulsive therapy...

An illuminating critical biography of one of our most influential nonfiction authors, New Yorker journalist Janet Malcolm. Janet Malcom was a New Yorker journalist and titan of American letters...

"Look at Me is both an intimate account of Dustin Hoffman's work as an actor, collaborating with the greats of the last six decades-Mike Nichols, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Barbra...

Sure to be hailed alongside H is for Hawk and The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great...

All human beings are practicing historians," writes Gerda Lerner. "We live our lives; we tell our stories. It is as natural as breathing." It is as important as breathing, too. History shapes our...

"[Manguso] has written the memoir we didn't realize we needed." --The New Yorker InOngoingness, Sarah Manguso continues to define the contours of the contemporary essay. In it, she confronts a...

Chris Hadfield spent decades training as an astronaut and logged nearly four thousand hours in space. He has broken into a space station with a Swiss Army knife, disposed of a live snake while...

Examines one of Ireland's most celebrated writers, tracing his life from restive young Jesuit student, through his relationship with Nora Barnacle, to his exile to Trieste

"Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson opens up about his ... comeback--from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable's highest-paid executive--in this unique self-help guide ... In his early...

A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost...

"Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea chat about her life on the stage, on the screen, and, above all, behind the scenes... In Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? Judi Dench and Brendan O'Hea take us on a...

"In her luminous debut, Emilee Hackney offers both a love letter to and a reckoning of the place that made her-a story of losing her faith, finding her way back to her Appalachian home, and...

The definitive biography of Johnny Carson, the entertainer who redefined late-night television and American culture, told through intimate insights and riveting accounts of his legendary career and...

"An unparalleled portrait of nineteenth-century social reform and the magnetic oratory that gave it force, told through the career of temperance advocate John B. Gough. John B. Gough was perhaps...

The beloved baseball classic now available in paperback, with a new prologue by Jim Bouton. When Ball Four was first published in 1970, it hit the sports world like a lightning bolt. Commissioners,...

"Kim Kardashian is a self-made mogul, social media genius, fashion icon, and unlikely advocate for criminal justice reform. But she is also dismissed as a figure of scandal, spectacle, and reality...

"A personal treatise from distinguished social scientist Sandro Galea on the indelible effects of being an immigrant-and what it means for the greater good. "I am one of the lucky ones," writes...

"Of the many Palestinian Americans in the diaspora, few have direct experiences or memories of their ancestral land, if any at all. So how does one maintain a connection to a home so volatile,...