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

Coming of Age at the End of History
CAMILLE DE TOLEDO

Brash twenty-something de Toledo burst onto the Parisian intellectual scene with this, his brilliantly incisive manifesto. Examining present-day counterculture from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present, he asks what it is, exactly, that his generation is protesting against and contemplates how revolt against Western capitalistic values has been neutralized since the time of Fukuyama’s 1989 article “The End of History.”

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-197-4 | Trade Paper Original | $14.95

The Vinyl Countdown
The Album from LP to iPod and Back Again
TRAVIS ELBOROUGH

Ever since the arrival of the vinyl record in 1948, the album has acted as the soundtrack to our lives. But in the age of digital downloads, this cultural phenomenon faces an uncertain future. Moving chronologically through topics like the LP’s history and sleeve designs, The Vinyl Countdown is an idiosyncratic tribute to a beloved icon of pop culture.

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-237-7 | Trade Paper | $16.95

The Food of Love
The Easier Way to Breastfeed Your Baby
KATE EVANS

A refreshingly funny guide to breastfeeding packed with hilarious graphics, The Food of Love will entertain anyone who has ever wondered how it all works.

“Vibrant, exciting, funny—and based on up-to-date research.” —Sheila Kitzinger, author of The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth

SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-217-9 | Trade Paper | $16.95

Swallow the Ocean
A Memoir
LAURA M. FLYNN

Set in 1970s San Francisco, Swallow the Ocean is the heartbreaking true story of three young girls who find the strength to survive their mother’s slow spiral into schizophrenia.

“[A] heartbreaking page-turner.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“[A] beautifully written memoir . . . Poetic and masterful, this is a memoir you won’t soon forget.” —Edwidge Danticat, author of Brother, I’m Dying

COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-461-2 | Trade Paper | $15.95

Aereality
On the World from Above
WILLIAM L. FOX

Fox turns the travelogue on its head by surveying the land from above while analyzing the people’s perceptions of aerial imagery from New York to Australia. As he traverses the sky in prop planes, helicopters, and hot air balloons, he is accompanied by a motley crew of geographers, anthropologists and artists, who all aim to know and experience the earth from the air.

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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

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