National Book Award finalist Karen E. Bender returns with stunning speculative stories of parents and children, together and apart, surviving near-future dystopias that feel all-too-possible—and realities that can be even strangerGrounded in both the contemporary United States and a variety of dystopias, celebrated author Karen E. Bender’s otherworldly collection examines the evolving dynamics of the nuclear family during adolescence, motherhood, the empty nest, an...

A moving collection of personal essays about the real, human experiences behind the highly politicized issue of reproductive choice. At a time when a womans most complex decisions have been reduced to political rhetoric and impersonal theory, and political debate has been hijacked by pundits and name-callers, Choice joins the discourse with an assortment of candid voices in an effort to humanize the debate about reproductive rights. In addressing a wide range of womens choices — from using bi...

A tour de force of literary craft and emotional resonance, Like Normal People charts a family constellation that revolves around an off-kilter center: Lena, who is forty-eight but mentally locked in childhood. Moving deftly between present and past, the novel follows Lena's day-long escape from her residential home with her troubled twelve-year-old niece. While this odd couple takes refuge on a honky-tonk southern California beach, Lena's widowed mother, Ella, goes in search of them. In th...

A collection that anyone who's taken that walk down the aisle can relate to! Moving stories about married couples' powerful and complicated loves.

**"**Bender has crafted a luminous, meditative novel on the boundaries between childhood, adulthood, and old age." -Entertainment WeeklyA tour de force of literary craft and emotional resonance, Like Normal People charts a family constellation that revolves around an off-kilter center: Lena, who is forty-eight but mentally locked in childhood. Moving deftly between present and past, the novel follows Lena's day-long escape from her residential hom...

The Irish Revival has inspired a richly diverse and illuminating body of scholarship that has enlarged our understanding of the movement and its influence. The general tenor of recent scholarly work has involved an emphasis on inclusion and addition, exploring previously neglected texts, authors, regional variations, and international connections. Such work, while often excellent, tends to see various revivalist figures and projects as part of a unified endeavor, such as political resistan...

Kai Hellmann ist Privatdetektiv der besonderen Art: Seine Auftraggeber sind Vampire, Feen, Kobolde, Geister und andere Vertreter der Nachtvölker – dabei wünscht sich Kai nichts sehnlicher als einen ganz normalen Klienten. Doch Geld von Untoten ist besser als gar kein Geld. Und Geld braucht er dringend. Als die Vampirin Lucretia ihn beauftragt, den Mord an ihrem Mann aufzuklären, beginnt Kai sofort mit den Ermittlungen – und gerät in einen Strudel aus Sex and Crime, Rassismus und großen bös...