Allen Jones, with Mark Naison
The Rat That Got Away
A Bronx Memoir

A brilliant storyteller with a gift for dialogue, Jones brings Bronx streets and housing projects to life as places of possibility as well as tragedy, where racism and economic hardship never completely suppressed the resilient spirit of its residents.

Listen Up! Interview with Mark Naison

Edited by Antonio Sergio Bessa
Intersections
The Grand Concourse at 100

Intersections: The Grand Concourse at 100 examines the rich history of the Bronx's most famous thoroughfare through a fascinating collection of pieces—written by top-rate historians and contemporary museum curators.

Barbara LaRocco
Going Coastal New York City
Urban Waterfront Guide, Second Edition

Going Coastal New York City helps you discover the beaches, boardwalks, historic sights, and marine attractions, as well as the limitless opportunities for waterside fun, dining, and adventure, in New York City. Designed for travelers and locals alike, it offers the best, most comprehensive information on what is happening along NYC's 578 miles of coastline.

John K. Stutterheim, Foreword by Mark Parillo
The Diary of Prisoner of 17326
A Boy's Life in a Japanese Labor Camp

In this moving memoir a young man comes of age in an age of violence, brutality, and war. Recounting his experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, this account brings to life the shocking day-to-day conditions in a Japanese labor camp and provides an intimate look at the collapse of Dutch colonial rule.

Cornelius Castoriadis, Translated by Helen Arnold
A Society Adrift
Interviews and Debates, 1974–1997

This posthumous collection of interviews and occasional papers given by Castoriadis between 1974 and 1997 is a lively, direct introduction to the thinking of a writer who never abandoned his radically critical stance. It provides a clear, handy résumé of his political ideas, in advance of their times and profoundly relevant to today's world.

Maurice Blanchot, Translated, with a foreword by Zakir Paul, Foreword by Kevin Hart
Political Writings, 1953–1993

Maurice Blanchot is a towering yet enigmatic figure in twentieth-century French thought. A lifelong friend of Levinas, he had a major influence on Foucault, Derrida, Nancy, and many others. Both his fiction and his criticism played a determining role in how postwar French philosophy was written.