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Before Lyricism (Lost Literature, 18)
Ugly Duckling Pr

Before Lyricism (Lost Literature, 18)

Eleni Vakalo, Karen Emmerich

A collection of six long poems from the 1950s and 1960s, this book rethinks what lyric poetry can be. Through linked images, line breaks, and subtle shifts in language, it quietly explores the relations among landscape, body, memory, and time.

A Horse Walks into a Bar: A novel
Knopf

A Horse Walks into a Bar: A novel

David Grossman, Jessica Cohen

スタンドアップ・コメディアンの一夜の公演を舞台にした長篇。笑いと怒り、告白と暴露が交錯する語りを通じて、個人的喪失とトラウマ、社会的傷を浮き彫りにし、ユーモアと悲劇が同居する構成で強い印象を残す作品である。

Bannerless (The Bannerless Saga)
Mariner Books

Bannerless (The Bannerless Saga)

Carrie Vaughn

Set in a post-collapse future, the novel follows a young investigator whose murder case forces her to re-examine the rules of her community and the values she has been taught. It blends dystopian world-building with a moral inquiry into choice and social order.

Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Univ of Chicago Pr

Henry David Thoreau: A Life

Laura Dassow Walls

Laura Dassow Walls's Henry David Thoreau: A Life reinterprets Thoreau's life and thought through the contexts of naturalism and the history of science. It broadens the familiar image of Thoreau and presents him as a writer, thinker, and observer of nature.

I Found My Tribe
Chatto & Windus

I Found My Tribe

Ruth Fitzmaurice

『I Found My Tribe』は、病や喪失を経て支え合える共同体(tribe)を見つける過程を綴った個人的な回想録。脆さと連帯、回復についての率直な記述が印象的で、読者に共感を与える。

Debths
New Directions

Debths

Susan Howe

Susan Howe's experimental collection brings together Paul Thek's art, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, early American writings, and personal memory. Prose, fragments, and collage intersect as the book explores the depths of memory and archival material.

The Winged Girl of Knossos
Paul Dry Books Inc

The Winged Girl of Knossos

Erick Berry, Betsy Bird

Set in ancient Crete, this historical fantasy follows Inas, the daughter of the inventor Daidalos, as she moves between myth and adventure. As fear of the gods collides with confidence in science, a young woman's curiosity and courage drive the story forward.

You Got Older: A Play
Northwestern Univ Pr

You Got Older: A Play

Clare Barron

A darkly comic play about a woman caring for her ill father while trying to reckon with her own emptiness and loneliness.