Book Profiles
Ben Katchor
By Damian Van DenburghArt manufactured from the detritus of daydreams.
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Judah Friedlander
By John WilsonA deadpan, absurdist comedian with an eye for the ironic.
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Frans Masereel
By Damian Van DenburghMasereel tells tales that don’t need words to speak.
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City Lights Books
By Damian Van DenburghProof that art, activism, and commerce can mix.
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John Ashbery
By Damian Van DenburghThe éminence grise of contemporary American poetry.
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Anne Carson
By Damian Van DenburghCarson boldly repurposes form to express her unique ideas.
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Joshua Ferris
By Tracy O’NeillA straight shooter unafraid of addressing the big bad malaises… >>
Harvey Pekar
By Damian Van DenburghPekar transformed the mundane into the profound.
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Chip Kidd
By Damian Van DenburghKidd is the “go to” designer for high-profile literary works.
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Lewis Carroll
By Eric SchneiderCarroll was a remarkably clever and inventive writer of fanciful… >>
McSweeney's
By Ranjani GopalarathinamMcSweeney’s is dead set on bringing back the luxuries of… >>
Alice Munro
By Damian Van DenburghMunro’s short stories contain whole lives within their frames.
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Donald E. Westlake
By Stewart MasonWestlake was two novelists in one, specializing in both dark,… >>
William S. Burroughs
By Damian Van DenburghBurroughs challenged the machinations of literature itself.
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Donald Barthelme
By Damian Van DenburghUnequaled innovator of experimental fiction.
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Ring Lardner
By Tracy O’NeillLardner recreated the very voices of Americans with a keen… >>
J. D. Salinger
By Eric SchneiderSalinger wrote the most influential coming-of-age novel in American literature,… >>
ZZ Packer
By Tracy O’NeillVibrant, energetic, and tough, Packer's prose crams each of her… >>
Gordon Lish
By Tracy O’NeillPerhaps no man has promoted contemporary minimalist literature as much… >>
Miranda July
By Tracy O’NeillOne of the preeminent indie artists of the new millennium.… >>
Haruki Murakami
By Emma HospelhornEnigmatic Japanese postmodern writer who infuses surrealism, social criticism, and… >>
Don DeLillo
By Tracy O’NeillWith black humor and spirited outrage, DeLillo remains one of… >>
Dave Eggers
By Ranjani GopalarathinamLaden with inside jokes and revelatory tangents, Eggers’s prose style… >>
David Foster Wallace Author
By Emma HospelhornA wildly influential American author known for his innovative, occasionally… >>
