Biography & Memoir
Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning
Paperback
A Pulitzer Prize–winning critic reflects on the meaning and emotional impact of a Bach masterwork.
One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival
Hardback
A searing and brave memoir that offers a new understanding of suicide as a distinct mental illness
A Splendid Intelligence: The Life of Elizabeth Hardwick
Hardback
The first biography of the extraordinary essayist and short story writer Elizabeth Hardwick, author of the semi-autobiographical novel Sleepless Nights
The Beauty of Living: E. E. Cummings in the Great War
Paperback
An incisive biography of E.E. Cummings’ early life, including his First World War ambulance service and subsequent imprisonment, inspirations for his inventive poetry
Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music
Hardback
A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America “stayed white”—how it got to be that way and what can be done about it.