N. Katherine Hayles is known for breaking new ground at the intersection of the sciences and the humanities. In "Unthought", she once again bridges disciplines by revealing how we think without thinking – how we use cognitive processes that are inacc...

Yves Bonnefoy is one of the greatest living voices of contemporary French poetry. In this, his sixth book published by Seagull Books, he explores in profound new ways the mysteries of human consciousness. Readers find snatches of conversations – over...

Under Fire, first published in French as Le Feu, was one of the first novels about WWI, appearing in December 1916, before the outcome of the war was clear. Set in early 1916, it follows a squad of French volunteer soldiers through the eyes of an unn...

There is a triumphant and satisfying feeling the first time one returns to a once-unfamiliar place and finally feels like it is home. When strangeness is shed and familiar patterns emerge, there is a deep sense of comfort that is the reward for those...

After the completion of "Dear Life", his highly praised ninth collection of poems, Dennis O'Driscoll kept his finished poems in a computer file called "Newest Poems", subtitled "Since completion of Dear Life" and "April 2011-". This book reproduces i...

An unloved ducking grows up to become a beautiful swan in Hans Christian Andersen's timeless tale, which has inspired readers for more than 150 years. Lavishly illustrated and lovingly retold, these new Silver Penny Stories are sure to find a cherish...

What is the place of individual genius in a global world of hyper-information – a world in which, as Walter Benjamin predicted more than seventy years ago, everyone is potentially an author? For poets in such a climate, "originality" begins to take a...

Who during the Renaissance could have dissented from the values of reason and restraint, patience and humility, rejection of the worldly and the physical? These widely articulated values were part of the inherited Christian tradition and were reinfor...

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object – whether pristine collectible or battered relic – is growing as well. "Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books" spotlights the per...

Hans Magnus Enzensberger has mastered poetry, novels, and the intricate balance between history and fiction, but he's never done anything quite like this before. For the writing of "Unlikely Progeny", Enzensberger developed a persona – Linda Quilt -c...