“The Little Free Library is a terrific example of placing books—poetry included—within reach of people in the course of their everyday lives. Free is always a good thing, and the project has a nice give-and-take feel to it. Here’s hoping we bump into literature when we turn the next corner—before we have time to resist!”—Billy Collins”Take a book. …
Praise for Lincoln Michel:”Lincoln Michel is one of contemporary literary culture’s greatest natural resources.”—Justin Taylor, Vice Time passes unexpectedly or, perhaps, inexactly at the school. It’s hard to remember what semester we are supposed to be in. Several of the clocks still operate, but they don’t show the same time. The red bells, affixed in every room, erupt …
Praise for Valeria Luiselli:”Valeria Luiselli’s lovely and eccentric first novel is . . . peppered with arresting imagery.”—The New York Times”Luiselli’s extraordinary debut novel Faces in the Crowd signals the arrival of major talent.” —Jeremy Ellis, Brazos BookstoreWith her first novel, Luiselli has established herself as a brilliant explorer of voice, self, and art.”—Josh Cook, Porter Square Books”Luiselli’s …
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience has been primarily recorded by others. Driven to tell her family’s story after her grandmother’s …