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When Herb Kent was a straight-A college student in the 1940s, his white professor told him, "You have the best voice in class, but you'll never make it in radio because you're a Negr

A former public defender testifies to the vivid human suffering at the heart of America's criminal justice system.

This novel tells the story of Alfred Cameron and his family, who enjoy a life of luxury.

A funny and incisive Korean family coming-of-age novel in stories about a 12-year-old boy who moves with his mother and sister from Korea to work at their father's Asian gift shop in a New Jer

A long-forgotten Beat poet brought back to life in utterly fantastical fashion.

Peer inside the mind of violent child molester Nathanael Bar-Jonah.

He lives deep in the forest in the time of King Wenceslas, in a village older than record.

In The Devil’s Horn, Michael Segell traces the 160-year history of the saxophone—a horn that created a sound never before heard in nature, and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both posit

The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973–c. 1020), author of *The Tale of Genji*, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi.

The Divine Comedy is a fugue and a black comedy.

With an introduction by Meg Rosoff, William Golding’s final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo.

Romance is not for Tara. Embittered after a college fling, she vows to never fall in love again—especially since she believes there's no future for same-sex love in her home in urban India.

In this touching memoir of his boyhood on a farm in the Ozark foothills, Harry Middleton joins the front rank of nature writers alongside Edward Hoagland and Annie Dillard.

From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of *Catfish and Mandala*, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars.

A fascinating narrative of community and faith, Charles London’s Far From Zion explores the Jewish Diaspora in some of the most unexpected places—from Burma to Tehran to Cuba and even Bentonville,