Author: Adam Kirsch

Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly li...

What will 21st century fiction look like? Acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch examines some of our most beloved writers, including Haruki Muraka...

In these moving and meditative poems, Adam Kirsch shows how the experiences and recognitions of early life continue to shape us into adulthood. Ric...

The definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographer  Irving Penn: Centennial . . . presents page after page of startli...

Jews have long embraced their identity as the people of the book. But outside of the Bible, much of the Jewish literary tradition remains little kn...

From one of todays keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two Adam Kirsch is one of today...