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  • Founded by Nic Esposito, The Head & The Hand Press is a craft publishing house that seeks to keep the artistry and integrity of work in the hands of the writer. The first volume in an Almanac Series, The Rust Belt Rising is an anthology of… more

  • With a "far more coherent worldview than most reporters" ( The New York Times Book Review ), George Packer writes extensively on foreign affairs. A New Yorker  staff writer, Packer was honored with two Overseas Press Club awards in 2003 for his… more

  • Award-winning author Joseph J. Ellis’s shrewd analysis and lyric prose have made him one of the premier historians of early American history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for  Founding Brothers  and the National Book Award for  American Sphinx,… more

  • Jill McCorkle’s eight books include the New York Times Notable Books The Cheer Leader , July 7th , Tending to Virginia , Ferris Beach , and  Carolina Moon , as well as four short story collections. Her work has appeared in numerous publications,… more

  • The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, Gene Robinson served as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire and is the world’s leading religious spokesperson for gay marriage. He is a senior fellow at the Center for American… more

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and military historian Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of  An Army at Dawn ,  The Day of Battle ,  The Long Gray Line ,  In the Company of Soldiers , and  Crusade . He served as a reporter, foreign… more

  • Distinguished historian Gordon Campbell is the author of numerous books on literature, art, history, and biography, including the bestseller Bible: The Story of the King James Bible . Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of… more

  • In The Philadelphia Chromosome , science journalist Jessica Wapner reconstructs the crucial breakthroughs in discovering the links between cancers and their genetic causes. The story unfolds over 50 years, from the first glimpse of a genetic… more

  • (This podcast contains explicit content.) Walter Mosley is the bestselling author of more than 41 books, including Little Scarlet, Fear Itself, and Bad Boy Brawly Brown . His many honors include an O. Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, a… more

  • As host of CBC’s radio show WireTap , Jonathan Goldstein “brings self-deprecation to a whole other level” ( The Montreal Gazette ). Part monologue and part telephone conversation, the show reveals “the warp of Goldstein’s imagination” ( Toronto… more

  • Alice Walker’s esteemed literary career spans over four decades and includes seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. Her 1983 novel The Color Purple received the Pulitzer Prize and… more

  • Mark Tercek is president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, the global conservation organization. A former managing director for Goldman Sachs, where he spent 25 years, he champions natural capital. Tercek was appointed by New York Governor… more

  • Jeremy Scahill is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of the bestselling book Blackwater, about the world’s fastest-growing private army and a powerful player in the War on Terror. A two-time recipient of the George Polk… more

  • Renata Adler was born in Milan and raised in Connecticut. She received a B.A. from Bryn Mawr, an M.A. from Harvard, a D.d’E.S. from the Sorbonne, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.D. (honorary) from Georgetown. Adler became a staff writer at… more

  • At the age of 17, Kevin Powers enlisted in the Army and later served as a machine-gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq, where the infinite sky is “catacombed with clouds” and “soldiers stay awake on fear and amphetamines and Tabasco sauce daubed… more

  • Called "the 21st-century daughter of that other great Igbo novelist, Chinua Achebe " ( The Washington Post Book World ) , Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie exposes the deep scars of colonialism on the African landscape. Her debut… more

  • The New York Times bestselling author of modern and authoritative historical narratives, Nathaniel Philbrick’s works include the National Book Award-winning In The Heart of the Sea and Boston Globe Horn Book Award recipient Revenge of the Whale ,… more

  • Known for her deft ability to conjure the lives and mores of radically different characters, Claire Messud is “a writer of near-miraculous perfection” ( New York Times ). Her books include When the World Was Steady ,  The Hunters , and  The Last… more

  • Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier is “one of the deepest thinkers on the impacts of technology on society” ( New York Times ). His book, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto — “a tonic and necessary call for humanism” ( Booklist )—detailed his… more

  • In conversation with Joe Scarborough One of television's most outspoken journalists, Mika Brzezinski is co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe  with Joe Scarborough—called “the thinking viewer’s choice” ( USA Weekend )—and author of the New York Times… more