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Education and the Good Life

There must be in the world many parents who, like the present author, have young children whom th...

The Drowned World

From one of the most powerful and original talents in science fiction comes the story of a new wo...

Love Poems

Even in Germany, the scope and force of Bertolt Brecht's poetry did not become apparent until lon...

The New Annotated Frankenstein

'Remarkably, a nineteen-year-old, writing her first novel, penned a tale that combines tragedy, m...

The Pole

Renowned for his sparse yet powerful prose, J. M. Coetzee is unquestionably among the most influe...

Paris and Her Cathedrals

Eminent French literature professor R. Howard Bloch has become renowned for his insider tours of ...

Machado de Assis

Acclaimed as 'the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America' by Susan Sontag, as well as 'an...

Ordinary People

Hailed as a 'lyrical and glorious writer; a precise poet of the human heart' (Naomi Alderman), Lo...

The Golden Thread

White Poverty

When most Americans think of poverty, they imagine Black faces. As a teenager, Reverend William J...