Join us in celebrating all things theatre and drama in recognition of ATHE's 2026 conference! Use code ATHE40 at checkout now through July 31 to enjoy 40% off.

From fiction to philosophy, here are a few books to read that were inspired by classical antiquity.

If you've spent your weekend thinking about the sound a bow makes when plucked, about duty to guests, divine or otherwise, and about stories that we tell and retell for thousands of years, we have the reading list for you.

HAR MAR by Hilal Isler is here! The women in HAR MAR are all on the verge of something—success, rebellion, revelation—and they want to disappear as much as they want to be seen. Moving back and forth between Turkey and the United States, these stories trace migrations both physical and emotional.

All we want is a nice crisp salad. Maybe some fresh berries. But I guess we can't have that. Here's what we're reading instead.

We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Hershel Parker, our friend, our author, and our partner with whom we had the joy and privilege of maintaining a decades long collaboration. Over the course of half a century, Parker shepherded The Writings of Herman Melville.

Grief is a rodeo filled with ghost clowns. In BISQUICK: AN AMERICAN SEANCE, poet C. Russell Price introduces us to Ghost Cowboy, Bisquick (a ghost horse), and more. Together, they try to answer the question: if the dead could talk, wouldn't they have something better to say? Out August 15, 2026.

As we head into the holiday weekend, we're thinking about the stories and people who make the United States what it is. These are the books we're reading for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Well, well, well. Look what we have here. If it isn't CIRCLE JERK AND THIS AMERICAN WIFE from Pulitzer nominated theater company Fake Friends. More than just a pair of plays, this book is a visual archive, a dramaturgical marvel, and an exploration of what it means to do art in the digital world.

The storm hit our warehouse last night! While it's without power, you won't be able to order directly from our website, so this is an excellent excuse for you to support your favorite bookstore. With any luck, we'll be up and running again soon! Thank you for your patience in the meantime.

For some reason, we've been thinking about bears this afternoon. Wonder what that's about.

JUDITH MALINA (1926–2015) was cofounder of The Living Theatre, a radical experimental company that rose to social and cultural prominence in NYC and internationally in the 1950s and ’60s and which she led until her death. Discount valid through June 30. nupress.northwestern.edu/author/judit...

We're celebrating the centennial of Judith Malina's birth with the release of all four volumes of THE DIARIES OF JUDITH MALINA. These diaries showcase the most influential period of this radical theater director, actor, and activist's career. Use code MALINA for 40% off when ordering all four vols.

Head over to the LA Review of Books to read this thoughtful and engaged review of EVOCATIONS OF ITALY by Pavel Pavlovich Muratov, translated by Lena M. Lencek with photographer Gideon Bosker. lareviewofbooks.org/article/evoc...

As we enter the final hours of our Fall 2026 catalog sale, we're sharing a few more highlights from the upcoming season. Use code CHIRP at checkout to get 40% off these and more of our books until midnight tonight.

Head to our website to see peruse the full catalog.

And, yes, those ARE the baby birds that just hatched at our office. We like to think that they hurried up to be sure they wouldn't miss hearing about the new season.

This season is full of intriguing novels, revealing translations, stimulating philosophical meditations, and insightful works of literary criticism.

Announcing our Fall 2026 catalog! Get 40% off now through May 12 using code CHIRP at checkout.

The falcons have landed! THE FALCON EXPERIENCE takes readers on a journey through the Chicago Field Museum and beyond, teaching them about the habits, flights, and lives of peregrine falcons.

You may have seen Gregor Moder's ANTIGONE AS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY in The Paris Review. Now it's here in the flesh! This analysis shows that sometimes the only way through deep social contradictions is in unraveling the framework that constructed them. nupress.northwestern.edu/979889948027...

Have you considered DEARTH? We have. Philippe Lynes's DEARTH diptych "provides a compendious and incisive account of the current state of play of philosophy in order to articulate a poetics and theory worthy of the twenty-first century." —Claire Colebrook, Monash University

We're just a few weeks out from Elizabeth Crane's (funny, subversive, inventive) new collection THAT MAY NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK! April 15, 2026. (And yes, we ARE also rereleasing WHEN THE MESSENGER IS HOT with a new foreword by the inimitable Lisa Lucas.) nupress.northwestern.edu/979889948019...

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The world may be a stage, but the stage is what helps us understand the world. On World Theatre Day, we're taking the time to reflect on the ways that performance and drama allow us to engage with, understand, and transcend the experience of being human.

Use code STAGE at checkout now through March 29 to get 40% off our plays, theatre & performance studies works, and more.

Micheal O'Siadhail has defined Irish poetry for half a century. We can't wait to share THE ESSENTIAL POEMS with you. This book, which includes poems from throughout his outstanding career, showcases O'Siadhail's masterful body of work. Out May 15, 2026. nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014979...

Storms may have come to Chicago yesterday, but so did something even more exciting—copies of Raghav Rao's absorbing and secret-filled novel MISSY! Order your copy before it officially publishes next week. nupress.northwestern.edu/979889948003...

This week we are highlighting the works of Ali Hosseini.