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A Little History of Poetry
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the year by the London Times ...
A World Out of Reach
Dispatches from Life under Lockdown
Selections from the "Pandemic Files" published by The Yale Review, the preeminent journal of literature and ideas“If only our response to the pandemic on other fronts could have been as speedy and...
Packing My Library
An Elegy and Ten Digressions
A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries.“The author brings a fresh hopefulness to the enterprise of books...
Fabulous Monsters
Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends
“In art and words, a book lover honors the characters he can’t forget.”—New York Times Book Review An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the...
A Little History of the World
The international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages “All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: what...
Light Is the Theme
Louis I. Kahn and the Kimbell Art Museum
Originally published in 1975 as a memorial to the Kimbell Art Museum's architect, Louis I. Kahn, Light Is the Theme provides an extended expression of the major themes articulated in his design for the museum. The text...
An American Experiment
George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters
In the first decades of the 20th century, George Bellows and other painters of the Ashcan School, a loosely connected group of gritty, urban realists, created images of the city from street level. Following older artist Robert...
Vermeer and Music
The Art of Love and Leisure
A fascinating exploration of the role of music in the art of Vermeer and many of his contemporaries Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) is one of the world’s most captivating artists. Renowned for his sublimely...
Michael Landy
Saints Alive
British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs), was first catapulted to the world spotlight when it was...
Safe Enough Spaces
A Pragmatist's Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses
From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher education In this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through...