Literature

William Blake

In his Illuminated Books, William Blake combined text and imagery on a single page in a way that had not been done since the Middle Ages.
For Blake, religion and politics, intellect and emotion, mind and body were both unified and in conflict with each other: his work is expressive of his personal mythology.

William Blake Illuminated Books

Tristan Egolf

Tristan Egolf (1971-2005), the author of the cult classic novels "Lord of the Barnyard" and "Skirt and the Fiddle" was found dead in an apartment Saturday in Lancaster, Pa. Egolf's death by shotgun has been ruled a suicide by the Lancaster police. He was 33.

Tristan Egolf (1971-2005)

In the Hand of Dante

Deep inside the Vatican library, a priest discovers the rarest and most valuable art object ever found: the manuscript of "The Divine Comedy," written in Dante's own hand.
Via Sicily, the manuscript makes its way from the priest to a mob boss in New York City, where a writer named Nick Tosches is called to authenticate the prize. For this writer, the temptation is too great: he steals the manuscript in a last-chance bid to have it all.

Nick Tosches

Bestial Noise by David Katz

In just four short years Tin House has established itself as the most eclectic, exciting, and popular literary magazine in America today-writings from its pages have already been honored in Best American Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology.

Bestial Noise by David Katz

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The Grapes of Wrath

MAXnotes offers a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work.

John Steinbeck

The Killing Kind

His two previous novels, Every Dead Thing and Dark Hollow, were international bestsellers. Now the "compulsively readable" (Publishers Weekly) John Connolly confirms his position as one of our leading crime novelists with a story of superb menace and style.

John Connolly

Rainer Maria Rilke

Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties is an anthology of Rainer Maria Rilke's strongest poetry and prose for both aficionados and new readers.

Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties

Marilynne Robinson

Her first novel, Housekeeping (1980), won a PEN/Hemingway Award for best first novel, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. The second novel, Gilead (2004), won universal acclaim from critics, as well as the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson