Sylvan Cities

Sylvan City is a potted-journey through our cities’ woody places and a literary hunt for where their wild things are.Reviews for Sylvan Cities:’Clever, pretty, fun and informative – what more can a re …

The Destiny Thief

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A master of the novel, short story and memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Everybody’s Foolnow gives us his very first collection of personal essays, thoughts on writing, reading and living.I …

Letters of Intent

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‘What we ought to do, as writers, is seize freedom now, immediately, by recognizing that we already have it.’Cynthia Ozick, one of ‘the greatest living American writers’, has, over a lifetime of obser …

Freeman's Power

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From the voices of protesters to the encroachment of a new fascism, everywhere we look power is revealed. Spouse to spouse, soldier to citizen, looker to gazed upon, power is never static: it is eithe …

Art and Ardor

Art & Ardor was the first of Cynthia Ozick’s collections of her non-fiction pieces, and covers the longest span (1968 to 1983) of the now seven volumes. First printed in a variety of publications, the …

Fame and Folly

From one of America’s great literary figures, a collection of essays on eminent writers and their work, and on the war between art and life. The perilous intersection of writers’ lives with public and …

Freeman's

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‘The oldest is 70. The youngest, 26. In between, the best list of this kind I have ever seen.’ Marlon JamesIn three issues, the literary anthology from leading editor and literary critic John Freeman …

Metaphor and Memory

From the author of The Messiah of Stockholm and Art and Ardor comes this collection of supple, provocative, and intellectually dazzling essays. In Metaphor & Memory, Cynthia Ozick writes about Saul Be …

Quarrel and Quandary

In this collection of essays, Cynthia Ozick, everywhere acclaimed as a critic, novelist, and storyteller, examines some of the world’s most illustrious writers and their work, tackles compelling conte …

The Din in the Head

One of America’s foremost novelists and critics, Cynthia Ozick has won praise and provoked debate for taking on challenging literary, historical, and moral issues. In her spirited essay collection The …

Freeman's Home

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The third literary anthology in the series that has been called ‘ambitious’ (O Magazine) and ‘strikingly international’ (Boston Globe), Freeman’s: Home, continues to push boundaries in diversity and s …

The Simplest Words

From one of Australia’s greatest novelists comes this fine collection, a storyteller’s journey. These short stories and essays, written over the last forty years, comprise an insightful and intelligen …

Freeman's Family

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Freeman’s: Family is the second literary anthology in the series reviewers are calling ‘illuminating’ (National Public Radio) and ‘sure to become a classic in years to come’ (San Francisco Chronicle). …

Critics, Monsters, Fanatics and Other Literary Essays

If every outlet for book criticism suddenly disappeared – if all we had were reviews that treated books like any other commodity – could the novel survive? In a gauntlet-throwing essay at the start of …

And Yet…

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Sunday Times bestsellerAnd Yet… gathers the previously uncollected essays of the late Christopher Hitchens into a final volume of peerless prose from one of the great thinkers of our times.Christoph …

Freeman's Arrival

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We live today in constant motion, travelling distances rapidly, small ones daily, arriving in new states. In this inaugural edition of Freeman’s, a new biannual of unpublished writing, former Granta e …