Some hearts shine in the spotlight. Others glow quietly in the shadows.Candace Monteith thought she had it all figured out. A stable job, loyal friends, and now-Trey Gainsborough: the handsome, successful lawyer who seemed like the dream she'd been waiting for. But perfection is rarely what it seems.Trey never wants to go anywhere, never takes her out, and keeps their relationship tucked behind closed doors. At first, Candace brushes it off. Then, frustration starts to buil...

A masterful, multifaceted story collection from one of American literature's most influential writers and teachersAs a creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver, Joy Williams, and Andre Dubus, and as longtime editor of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, R. V. Cassill profoundly impacted the development of the short story in America. The ten stunning tales in The Father and Other Stories exhibit his mastery of the form and ...

Explore creative resistance with global activists and artists.Through the Ruins: Talks on Human Rights and the Arts 1 presents a range of contemporary practices at the intersection of human rights and the arts. Activists, scholars, and artists from around the globe share personal stories, theories, and histories, revealing the richness and range of creative tools of resistance. Each chapter includes a Q&A with a live, international audience, enhancing the ...

Become a highly empowered, highly sensitive person with practical strategies and exercisesDo you experience more emotional intensity than others? Do you tend to be more easily overstimulated or process information more slowly? You may be an empath or a highly sensitive person (HSP). Functioning in a world not made for your sensibilities can be overwhelming, but The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person is full of practical, research-based exercises to help. Wi...

Beautifully rendered and psychologically astute tales of life, family, and art from a true American master"The Sunday Painter," a surprisingly comic tale, is the account of an amateur artist whose obsession with distilling his work to its most basic form—light—leads to a mental breakdown. "The First Day of School" is a moving and intimately observed portrait of the courage summoned by an African American family in the early days of integration. In "The Covenant," a ...

A complete, 365-day plan to help highly sensitive people practice self-careAs a highly sensitive person, self-care is an important tool for maintaining your overall well-being. Learning how to identify and respond to your needs will help you feel cool, collected, and ready to handle whatever life throws your way. This book is designed to inspire and support your self-care practice with a year's worth of reflections, exercises, quotes, and affirmations centered arou...

This is based on a true story about the unique bonding and friendship of two wild creatures, and their life experiences while together at a country inn in Vermont. The first creature, a mallard duck, was rescued at a young age from what was destined to be his reluctant place of honoron a dinner tableand has taken up residence on a pond in a friendly Vermont country inn. The second wild creature, a snow goose, was separated from her migrating flock and landed in the same pond, where they me...

"The best novel I know of on the subject of writing, or on the condition of being a writer." —Richard YatesWidely recognized as R. V. Cassill's masterpiece, Clem Anderson is the story of an author whose astonishing talents are outmatched only by his capacity for self-destruction. Arrogant, untrustworthy, moody, and narcissistic, Clem is also a brilliant artist capable of astonishing feats of alchemy: His pen magically transforms real life into the stuff of...

A "jolting, disturbing" novel from "a writer of the first rank," about a midcentury housewife's secret sexual drives ( The New York Times).Beautiful, intelligent, and charming, Leslie Daniels is the wife of a successful Illinois physician. To her friends and family, she appears to be happily living the American dream. But there is another side to Leslie, one propelled by lust and unsettling impulses that run completely counter to her comfortable midwestern ...

A brilliant, bewitching novel inspired by one of the twentieth century's most infamous sex scandalsMichael Cobb is a skilled osteopath, a gifted painter, and a lover extraordinaire. In 1960s England, the good doctor makes a startling diagnosis: the nation is sick, fast approaching its demise, and the only hope for a cure is a sexual awakening so potent it reaches into the highest corridors of power. To put his plan in motion, Cobb indoctrinates a bevy of hip young L...

Some hearts shine in the spotlight. Others glow quietly in the shadows.Candace Monteith thought she had it all figured out. A stable job, loyal friends, and now—Trey Gainsborough: the handsome, successful lawyer who seemed like the dream she’d been waiting for. But perfection is rarely what it seems.Trey never wants to go anywhere, never takes her out, and keeps their relationship tucked behind closed doors. At first, Candace brushes it off. Then, frustration starts to buil...

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionA harvest and not a winnowing, this volume collects 103 stories, almost all of the short fiction that John Updike wrote between 1953 and 1975. “How rarely it can be said of any of our great American writers that they have been equally gifted in both long and short forms,” reads the citation composed for John Updike upon his winning the 2006 Rea Award for the Short Story. “Contemplating John Updike’s monumental achievement...