Not-Knowing
The Essays and Interviews
DONALD BARTHELME
EDITED BY KIM HERZINGER | INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BARTH

When Donald Barthelme died at the age of fifty-four, he was perhaps the most imitated writer of his time. Robert Coover called him “one of the great citizens of contemporary world letters.” Here are Barthelme’s thoughts on writing (his own and that of others); his observations on art, architecture, film, and city life; interviews, including two never previously published; and his meditations on a wide and eclectic range of subjects.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-59376-173-8 | Trade Paper | $15.95

The Gift of Good Land
Further Essays Cultural and Agricultural
WENDELL BERRY

According to Berry, good farming is of vital importance to a healthy culture—the operation of a balanced, non-destructive way of life. Consisting of twenty-four essays, The Gift of Good Land argues compellingly that the “gift” of good earth has strings attached, and we only have it as long as we practice good stewardship.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-484-1 | Trade Paper | $15.95

Home Economics
Fourteen Essays
WENDELL BERRY

In Home Economics, Berry provides insights about the passing of community and farm life, the uses of wild lands, and, especially, the sacred economic order of nature, to which human economies must necessarily be subordinate. Whether as critic or as champion, Berry discerns with great perspicacity our personal and national situation in a prose that is ringing and clear.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-485-8 | Trade Paper | $14.95

The Long-Winded Lady
Notes from The New Yorker
MAEVE BRENNAN

From 1954 to 1981, Brennan wrote for The New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” section under the pen name “The Long-Winded Lady,” and her unforgettable sketches of life in Manhattan formed a timeless, bittersweet tribute to the city. First published in 1969, The Long-Winded Lady is a celebration of one of the magazine’s finest writers.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-501-5 | Trade Paper| $15.95

Everywhere Being Is Dancing
Twenty Pieces of Thinking
ROBERT BRINGHURST

In this companion volume to The Tree of Meaning, Bringhurst collects twenty essays under the subversive principle that “everything is related to everything else,” in which he explores the interconnections between ecology, the environment, the human mind, and the force of language on all three.

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-438-4 | Trade Paper | $18.95

The Tree of Meaning
Language, Mind and Ecology
ROBERT BRINGHURST
FOREWORD BY JIM HARRISON

With his trademark enthusiasm and humanitarian approach, Bringhurst delivers a personalized and active study of Native American art and literature, world languages, philosophy, and natural history in thirteen lectures.

“[Bringhurst] is part MIT and part California ashram; when reading him one has the unusual sense that the writer, even without his writing, would be an interesting guy.” —Book Review Digest

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-505-3 | Trade Paper | $17.95

The Far Corner
Northwestern Views on Land, Life, and Literature
JOHN DANIEL

In this collection of essays, Daniel beams a light on the far corner of America, surveying nature and culture from the Pacific Northwest, spinning narratives that seek to define how he belongs to the land and to life itself.
“John Daniel has quietly established himself over the past decade as one of the premier writers on the West Coast.” —Bloomsbury Review

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-493-3 | Cloth | $25.00

On Writers and Writing
JOHN GARDNER
INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES JOHNSON

In this provocative collection of essays and reviews, Gardner fearlessly examines the work of writers like Joyce Carol Oates and John Updike to define the core qualities of lasting fiction. Essential reading for anyone interested in American literature.

“For Gardner, fiction is real and earnest. The reader who takes it equally seriously will get much from this book.” —New York Times

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-494-0 | Trade Paper| $15.95