By bringing in different degrees of circulation in different regions and languages, this collection shows that while literary centers do exist in w...

This translation of Thomas Bernhard's Der Weltverbesserer makes a contemporary masterpiece available to English language readers for the first time...

Izdryk's Wozzeck is one of the masterpieces of contemporary Ukrainian literature and a cult classic for the Ukrainian 1990s generation. Discerning ...

William Zinsser, author of "On Writing Well" and many other books, wrote a weekly blog for the American Scholar -- about writing, the arts, New Yor...

Histories are important and histories have a way of travelling. West Indies is one example of a society constructed artificially of imported popula...

When the SS Empire Windrush berthed at Tilbury docks in 1948 with 492 ex-servicemen from the Caribbean, it marked the beginning of the post-war mig...

Paola Brusasco’s study offers an original insight into Sri Lankan literature in English and an exploration of cultural, social, and linguistic issu...

Yiddish literature and culture take a central position in Jewish literatures. They are shaped to a high degree, not least through migration, by enc...

"I returned to the same respiratory therapist for my annual checkup. I told her that her words to me, 'You look good for your age,' had inspired a ...

So well-liked was the first collection of these contemporary monologues that we offer this sequel by popular demand. The monologues are wildly funn...

Robin Hyde's extraordinary but short life (1906-39) included a precocious early career as poet and parliamentary reporter. As a journalist, she jug...

Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial AwardEmergencies, faith, truancy, and poverty intersect in this wry debut that volunteers a transfusion...