Literary Essays

'Jam-packed with insights you'll want to both text to your friends and tattoo on your skin . . . A sweeping view of a human mind trying to make ord...

The work of Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016) often provokes bemusement or even hostility; however, he was often referred to as ''the greatest living poet'...

There's more to being queer than coming out and getting married. This exciting and contemporary collection contains stories that are as diverse as ...

Sarah Ruhl is a mother of three and one of America's best-known playwrights. She has written a stunningly original book of essays whose concerns ra...

A son finds his dying father's book manuscript, written long in the past about his childhood life growing up in Great Neck, New York during World W...

Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of our time, is renowned for his masterly interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Li...

Jolyon Nuttall writes with feeling and depthand often with wry humourabout episodes in his life as diverse as the romanticism of early loves, the a...