Literature

Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes) A Novel Lorna Landvik 2020 Fall

A bittersweet, seriously funny novel of a life, a small town, and a key to our troubled times traced through a newspaper columnist’s half-century of taking in, and taking on, the world

In the Night of Memory A Novel Linda LeGarde Grover 2020 Fall

Two lost sisters find family, and themselves, among the voices of an Ojibwe reservation

The Shared Room Kao Kalia Yang 2020 Spring

A family gradually moves forward after the loss of a child—a story for readers of all ages

Isherwood in Transit James J. Berg and Chris Freeman, Editors 2020 Spring

New perspectives on Christopher Isherwood as a searching and transnational writer

Lost Illusions Honoré de Balzac 2020 Spring

A new annotated translation of the keystone of Balzac’s Comédie Humaine—a sweeping narrative of corrupted idealism in a cynical urban milieu

Listening Interviews, 1970–1989 Jonathan Cott 2020 Spring

A wide-ranging collection of interviews and profiles from twenty years of Jonathan Cott’s remarkable writings

The Streel A Deadwood Mystery Mary Logue 2020 Spring

From “the reigning royalty of Minnesota murder mysteries” (The Rake) comes a striking new heroine: a young Irish immigrant caught up in a deadly plot in nineteenth-century Deadwood

The Shapes of Fancy Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature Christine Varnado 2020 Spring

Exploring forms of desire unaccounted for in previous histories of sexuality

What a Library Means to a Woman Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books Sheila Liming 2020 Spring

Examining the personal library and the making of self

Pipers at the Gates of Dawn The Wisdom of Children’s Literature Jonathan Cott 2020 Spring

Jonathan Cott’s reflections and conversations with six celebrated children’s authors—now in a new edition

Fishing! A Novel Sarah Stonich 2020 Spring

A hilarious saga of fishing, family, and three generations of tough, independent women—the first in a trilogy

Letters from Tove Tove Jansson 2020 Spring

A virtual memoir in letters by the beloved creator of the Moomins

Brave Enough Jessie Diggins 2020 Spring

Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter

The Monster Theory Reader Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Editor 2020 Spring

A collection of scholarship on monsters and their meaning—across genres, disciplines, methodologies, and time—from foundational texts to the most recent contributions