New and Recommended: Essays

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A moving account of art and caretaking in a time of uncertainty and loss'Kate Zambreno has invented a new form. It is a kind of absolute present, real life captured in closeup'Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'The Light…

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Cairn: A marker on open land, a memorial, a viewpoint shared by strangers. For the last five years poet and author Kathleen Jamie has been turning her attention to a new form of writing: micro-essays, prose poems, notes and fragments.…

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Translated by Yan YanThe dazzling essays of the beloved, subversive Chinese writer Wang Xiaobo, a continual bestseller in China, now in English for the first time'A very captivating book. Wang Xiaobo's unique blend of rationality,…

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‘A kaleidoscopic portrait of post-war queer life’ Guardian‘Fascinating’ The Times‘Absorbing, illuminating, highly entertaining and often very funny’ Spectator‘Fabulous’ Chris…

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A brilliantly buzzy consideration of how we - the fans - should respond to good art made by bad peopleWise and bold and full of the kind of gravitas that might even rub off' LISA TADDEO'An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration…

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Translated by Rahul BeryA genre-bending and thought-provoking examination of capitalism and cancer – and recent Brazilian history – based on the author's interviews with his truck driver father. In What Is Mine,…

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In Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other, Danielle Dutton imagines new models for how literature might work in our fractured times. Dutton’s writing is as protean as it is beguiling, using the different styles and different spaces of…

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‘Key to understanding Black British history’ – The Sunday Times‘Sharp and still relevant’ – Zadie SmithOne of the great poets of modern times, and a deeply respected political and cultural…

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REVISED & EXPANDED 2ND EDITIONWith an introduction by Tom McCarthyRenowned internationally for her lyrically unsettling novels Book of Clouds, Asunder and Sea Monsters, the Mexican writer Chloe Aridjis crosses…

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Translated by Ross BenjaminAn essential new translation of the author’s complete, uncensored diaries — revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writersAvailable…

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A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artistsLike Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances,…