General Interest
Lionel Jobert and the American Civil War
Tells the exciting tale of a highly ambitious Frenchman who commanded a New York Regiment during the American Civil War.
The Musical, Second Edition
A complete introduction to musical theater from its roots in the eighteenth century through today, written by a master historian.
Vera and the Ambassador
A behind-the-scenes look at diplomacy and international relations in post-communist Eastern Europe.
Watch Me Trick Ghosts
Strangers and spirits intersect between surreal city streets and tactile dreams in this fourth collection from the award-winning poet.
Sole Impression
New poems by the author of Winter Crows.
Unruly Catholic Feminists
Third- and fourth-wave feminists write about their experiences with Catholicism and their visions for the future of women in the Church.
The Water-Witch
An exciting tale of nautical adventure on the waters of colonial New York Harbor.
Sweet Ride
As the '90s spiral towards the new century, a Manhattan nightlife ingenue and her gritty East Village dive-bar crowd fight long odds to win at love, friendship, and ambition.
Meander
Draws on the author's own experiences as a watershed planner, teacher, and activist to tell the story of the Great Lakes region's experiment in restoring a complicated natural system of flowing water.
Super Schoolmaster
Traces the controversial poet’s thinking about teaching and learning throughout his career.
Michael Gold
An authoritative biography of the dean of American proletarian writers during the interwar years.
Teardrops of Time
Investigates how the Thai poet Angkarn Kallayanapong adapts Buddhist concepts of time to create a modern Asian aesthetic imaginary.
The World of Agha Shahid Ali
Critical essays on the transnational Kashmiri-American poet.
The Play of Light
Juxtaposes five contemporary French poets, illuminating the philosophical elements of their work while making their sometimes difficult writing newly accessible.
The Impeachment of Governor Sulzer
Brings to life the dramatic and colorful career of William Sulzer (1863–1941), former governor of New York State.
From the Bayou to the Bay
The intellectual autobiography of a leading scholar in the field of African American Studies.
Fried Goldfinch
A volume of lyric poetry including ekphrastic works, animal poems, life studies, and found objects.
Qorbanot
A dynamic dialogue of poetry and art that reimagines the ancient, biblical concept of sacrifice.
Hundred-Mile Home
A creative travelogue of landscape and memory.
The Chainbearer
Cooper’s The Chainbearer presents an exciting narrative that interrogates issues of what it means to own land. The novel examines the claims of ownership of wilderness land among Native Americans, New England squatters, and the old New York families with legal deeds.
Djinn
The gripping memoir of a young man’s struggle with his sexuality and Muslim identity, culminating in his rise to the Dutch Parliament.
The Immortals
Translation of the award-winning debut novel by Haitian writer Makenzy Orcel about the lives of prostitutes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, amid the 2010 earthquake.
In Security
Part airport thriller, part family drama, part love story, In Security explores how those who strive to protect us are often unable to protect themselves.
Forty Two Greens
The poems in this book, by the way they speak to all parts of our minds, invite us to come alive and experience each movement, each emotion and action, and some statements therein, intuitively and aesthetically.
Off the Derech
Combines powerful first-person accounts with incisive scholarly analysis to understand the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox Jews who leave their insular communities and venture into the wider world.