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The first publication from Lena Dunham’s Random House imprint Lenny, Sour Heart is a brilliant, moving portrayal of the struggles of Chinese girls coming of …

Quirky, inventive characters populate John Brandon’s first short story collection, from a down-on-his-luck former high school football star to a little league player obsessed with …

Lawrence Scott has been short-listed for Commonwealth Writers’ prizes three times, twice nominated for the International Impac Dublin Literary Award, and long-listed for the Whitebread …

Among these eight stories, a fan of writer (and fellow adoptee) Harold Brodkey gains an audience with him at his life’s end; two pals take …

Hard as it may be to believe, Die Empty by Kirk Jones is kind of dark. The novel centers on an insurance broker named Lance …

I’ve been following Craig Johnson’s Western mysteries since his “Old Indian Trick” won the 2005 Tony Hillerman/PEN USA Mystery Short Story Contest sponsored and judged …

W.W. Norton & Co.books.wwnorton.com In the final lines of Mark Twain’s 1884 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, our narrator-hero declares: “I reckon I got to light out …

A fun, fast-paced YA read chock full of zombies, werewolves, vampires—and a crew of misfit kids.  WordFire Presswordfirepress.com Shelf Unbound: Monsterland is an amusement park …

Titus: Immigrant Son, Football Legend, Presidential Confidant, Highly Honored Chiropractor The Life of Dr. Titus Plomaritis Titus Pomaritis is a 5’5” powerhouse of a human …

El Viejo saved Sin’s life back when the boy was a 12-year-old punk hellbent on shooting up the school bus with his daddy’s .357. And …