"Augusta and Owen are living a quiet country life of companionship and artistic creation--she a painter, he a writer--until Alison, a beautiful British woman, moves in to the previously unoccupied cottage next door. As Gus and Owen's life becomes intertwined with Alison's, past betrayals, losses, and new desires come to a head. A remarkably insightful, gorgeously written, unforgettable portrait of a marriage, of mature love, of desire, of regret,...

A collection of poems written by Charles Bukowski between 1974 and 1977.

Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. Published the year after Moby-Dick-a critical and commercial failure-Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a psychological novel in the tradition of Gothic fiction. Melville struggled to find a publisher who would pay him in advance for the book, and its appearance prompted widespread ridicule and condemnation in the press, with some critics claiming that Melville himself had...

"Heretofore scholars have not been willing -- perhaps, even beenunable for many reasons both academic and personal -- to identify much of the HarlemRenaissance work as same-sex oriented.... An important book." -- Jim Elledge -- This groundbreaking study explores the Harlem Renaissance as aliterary phenomenon fundamentally shaped by same-sex-interested men. Christa Schwarzfocuses on Count e Cullen, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Richard Bruce Nugentand...

Moving from the suburbs to the glittering metropolis of New York City, Brett is a naive associate book editor embarking on her first big job. Overwhelmed by the demands of her new position, she meets literary star Archie Knox and begins to gain confidence as he introduces her to a glamorous new world. Torn between her old boyfriend, career aspirations and romance, will Brett realize her dreams in the big city?