Plumes of Memory

Patrick Bernuth ’62

In this book of poetry, Bernuth takes readers to Kyoto, Japan, where he experienced an unforgettable introduction to Japanese art…

Fox

Joyce Carol Oates, professor of creative writing

In this psychological thriller readers meet Francis Fox, a new teacher at Langhorne Academy who becomes quickly beloved by his…

Things in Nature Merely Grow

Yiyun Li, professor of creative writing

A National Book Award finalist, Things in Nature Merely Grow (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is Li’s searing memoir of survival…

Kinkakuji and Kitayama

Thomas D. Conlan, professor of East Asian studies and history

Kinkakuji and Kitayama (Brill) traces the extraordinary history of Kinkakuji, a Zen Buddhist temple and major tourist attraction in Kyoto…

Novel Ecologies

Allison Carruth, professor of American studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute

Novel Ecologies (University of Chicago Press) explores the closing gap between ecology and engineering over the last three decades. Carruth…

Leaving Guantanamo

Eric L. Lewis ’79

Eric L. Lewis has represented detainees at Guantanamo Bay for more than two decades, including leading the legal hearings that…

The Loves of My Life

Edmund White, professor emeritus of creative writing

In his final memoir, White reflects on his sex life. The novelist and essayist known as a pioneering figure of…