At the beginning of the 17th century, three ships arrive in "The New World, " to found the settlement of Jamestown, in what will become the colony of Virginia. The English see a pristine Eden, and the inhabitants of the great native civilization see invaders. Captain John Smith--sent on a reconnaissance mission to scope out "the Naturals" fortifications--is quickly captured and sentenced to death by the chief. At the last moment the chief's favorite...

"An entrancing and prismatic debut novel by Christine Lai, set in a near future fraught with ecological collapse, Landscapes brilliantly explores memory, empathy, preservation, and art as an instrument for recollection and renewal. In the English countryside--decimated by heat and drought--Penelope archives what remains of an estate's once notable collection. As she catalogues the library's contents, she keeps a diary of her final months in the dilapidated...

A collection of poems by one hundred poets, including pieces from T.S. Eliot, Alexander Pope, W.B. Yeats, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Conrad Aiken, George Meredith, and others. Features critical commentary from Harold Bloom on each poem.