Richard Price: 41 books

The New York Times–bestselling author’s “harrowing” novel about a cop and a crack dealer—the basis for the acclaimed Spike Lee film (The New York Times). Rocco Klein, a veteran homicide detective in a New Jersey city just outside Manhattan, has lost his appetite for the wild drama...

Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and...

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Centered on recurring themes of sleep and sleeplessness, this delicate collection of poetry explores the nuances of human relationships. Beginning provocatively with a “translation” of Shakespeare’s 18th sonnet, the poems offer witty, tender, and lyrical reflections on the intricate suffusion...

Ray Mitchell, a former TV writer who has left Hollywood under a cloud, returns to urban Dempsy, New Jersey, hoping to make a difference in the lives of his struggling neighbors. Instead, his very public and emotionally suspect generosity gets him beaten nearly to death. Ray refuses to name his assailant,...

The “extraordinary” novel of a teenage gang in the 1960s Bronx, by the New York Times–bestselling author of Clockers and The Whites (Newsweek). The basis for the feature film, The Wanderers tells the story of teenagers on the streets of New York City, coming of age and drifting apart....

At times angry and despairing, these poems evoke hospital conditions and social attitudes toward the ill, but focus on the intricate reality of living day to day and trying to bring memory to bear on the future. In this collection, “The Patient” suffers a brain hemorrhage, causing the poet to...

This is a book which regards poetry as a meeting point and creator of overlapping communities of writers, readers, and audiences. While essays here look closely at individual poets in the lyric tradition, including Edward Thomas, Denise Riley, and Edwin Morgan, the author also elucidates the networks of energy and inspiration which poetry and the artist’s book catalyse.

Au bout de la nuit Milieu des années quatre-vingt-dix. Le jeune Billy Graves est flic au sein d'une brigade anticriminalité de l'un des pires districts du Bronx. Il fait partie d'un groupe de policiers prometteurs, les Wild Geese, et une carrière brillante lui semble assurée. Jusqu'au jour où...

The language of special responsibilities is ubiquitous in world politics, with policymakers and commentators alike speaking and acting as though particular states have, or ought to have, unique obligations in managing global problems. Surprisingly, scholars are yet to provide any in-depth analysis...

This book is about a physical formation of God's government.

Dans le Bronx du début des années soixante, de jeunes Italo-Américains trouvent dans leur bande le courage d'affronter les réalités d'une existence difficile. Le gang leur apporte aussi des problèmes : les rivalités avec d'autres bandes noires ou irlandaises, l'obligation de respecter...

Après avoir été successivement enseignant, chauffeur de taxi puis scénariste grassement rémunéré d'une série télévisée à succès, Ray Mitchell, quarante-trois ans, revient à Dempsy, la cité de son enfance, dans une banlieue déshéritée de New York. Il reprend l'enseignement...

" En dépit de sa violence, de son langage cru et de son réalisme brutal, Frères de sang est un roman d'une remarquable subtilité, qui brosse un tableau sans concession du passage à l'âge adulte. " The Washington Post Le Bronx, dans les années 1970. A bientôt dix-huit ans, il est temps...