Selections from twenty-seven Hebrew poets, many of whose poems appear here in English for the first time.

Challenges readers to rethink the way we view the nation’s past and race relations in the present.

The first English translation of work by Wang Xiaobo, one of the most important writers of twentieth-century China.

The story of one African American woman’s decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

A biographical/narrative study of oppression, racism, and resistance in twentieth-century South Africa through the life of Richard Dudley, a teacher/politico.

Fiction writers and critics engage the aesthetic, political, philosophical, and cultural dimensions of contemporary fiction.

Includes new and updated material, as well as a readers’ guide with questions for writing and discussion groups.

Presents two of the earliest autobiographies of American women.

Uses the concept of the poetic fragment to draw connections between romantic poetry and modern literature and literary theory.

One of the great utopian novels of the early modern period.

The eminent death-of-God theologian traces his lifelong search for a theory that is contemporary yet biblical.

This sixteenth-century work has a modern sensibility, presenting characters' inner worlds and understanding love as the fullest realization of the individual.

Explains why poetry gave way to the realist novel as the dominant literary form in nineteenth-century England.

A biography of the prominent Turkish theologian and thinker.

The first book-length biography of Margaret Haley (1861–1939) focuses on her political vision, her activities as a public school activist, and her life as a charismatic woman leader.

A collection of sixty short stories by women writers from across the Arab world.

Offers the most comprehensive collection of Basho's prose available, beautifully translated into English.

A boy's world is shattered by the Holocaust.

A son’s coming to terms with his mother’s decision to abandon her career as a concert pianist in order to raise her children.

A wonderful new translation of the poetry of Basho—Zen monk, poet of nature, and master of the haiku form.

An in-depth biography of the philosopher who brought phenomenology to the social sciences.

An early British novel, attributed to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, which explores the problems of first impressions and arranged marriages from the perspective of a woman who would suffer the long-term consequences of both.

A new translation of Sand's most popular novella, known for its brevity, liveliness, and exemplary storytelling, together with two of Sand's most admired short stories.

The first comprehensive overview of the life and thought of the American philosopher Ken Wilber.

A fascinating look at how some of the world's most eminent scholars conceive of their own relationship with writing and with the work of being a critical intellectual.