A genre-bending romp that is at once reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Carl Hiaasen.

Steven Carter, who has been called madly inventive (Kirkus Reviews) and darkly comic (Village Voice), has…

In The Upside-Down Buddha: Parables & Fables: Third Series, Steven Carter continues to breathe new life into two of the world’s oldest art forms. By turns hilarious, poignant, and profound…

222: Aphorisms & Reflections is an attempt to breathe new life into the art of the aphorism and the brief reflection (or meditation), brought to near-perfection in Western culture over…

The essence of life in an oligarchy like George Orwell presents in ‘1984’ is that freedom of choice is virtually non-existent. But what happens when so many trivial and meaningless…

Getting to Commitment offers understanding, inspiration, and a concrete plan of action for any woman, man, or couple who is ready to tackle the eight most destructive demons that make…

While the rise of the haiku is often associated with the 17th-century poet Bashao, the form had already flourished for 500 years before Bashao even began to write. This book…

As descendants of the great courtier-poets Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204) and his son Teika (1162-1244), the heirs of the Reizei house can claim an unbroken literary lineage spanning over eight…

A selection of writings by Tonna (1289-1372), a medieval Buddhist poet-monk, very little of whose work has been translated before. The anthology contains translations of 134 uta, 16 linked-verse couplets…