Turtle Point Press: 18 books

"Epic in its scope but relentlessly compelling in its storytelling—not a common combination—Broken Irish is a splendidly readable and richly textured novel. Edward J. Delaney is an enormously gifted writer." —Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain and Perfume...

"This magnum opus confirms David Trinidad's place in the poetic firmament: he is simply the best we have. A worthy successor to James Schuyler, Trinidad writes soulfully and sometimes photorealistically about the melancholy threshold where dolls and stars become inner objects—dirty, glamorous,...

“Beatrix uses words like she uses paint. . .with brush strokes so vivid and rich I feel as if I’m there watching as her story unfolds. I love this book!” –Sissy Spacek Beatrix Ost’s memoir of her artistic awakening and early marriage opens on the heels of Germany’s recovery from the...

A candid look at an extraordinary life of privilege An inside look at the family life of one of America's greatest business leaders One woman's struggle for happiness and the techniques she found to help her Nearly 80 illustrations: photos, private letters, and memorabilia, most...

The only available source for the exact words of Joan of Arc, compiled from the transcript of her trials and rearranged as an autobiography by Willard Trask.

"Marek Waldorf's deeply original stories inhabit the reader like demons who won't be exorcized. He implants alternative realities inside ordinary ones and takes them for granted—as do his characters. If the purpose of art is to make the world strange again, this is brilliant art. And the writing...

Havana without Makeup is the ultimate insider’s view of Havana, a wide-ranging exploration of its complex facets as seen by few. Its aim is to capture the soul of a city and a society that have evolved on their own terms at the moment before they face inevitable transformations. Opening on...

Previously published in 2007 as My Father's House

Raymond Chandler once wrote in a letter, "It doesn't matter a damn what a novel is about. The only fiction of any moment in any age is that which does magic with words." Marek Waldorf does magic with words while he tells a story of recovery in an innovative and multilevel way. The recovery...

Marketing Notes: "Tao Lin meets SJ Perelman" in The Wilshire Sun, a book full of dynamic, slyly original language and off kilter imagery. Masterfully paced, Baldwin's comic timing is reminiscent of vintage Woody Allen. The elements of the novella's constitution -- clipped pieces of fast...

"One of the best social observers in American fiction." —John Freeman, Literary Hub “Mr. Carroll's world is a little vicious, slippery in its sexuality . . . strangely reminiscent of the hootier, hard-candy end of the Tennessee Williams spectrum. It is flat-out odd, fun, and seeming...

"These are stories to cherish, as brilliant and charming as the writer himself."—Olivia Laing "The sensibility of a magician, a trickster's dark humor, and a formidable musical and literary erudition."—The New York Times Joseph Keckler's signatures are his magnificent...

Mike Mazza is a decade-long surf dad with a top-ranked son in the NSSA Northwest surf conference; their shared experiences have informed this story. Mafuri Long is a bold young competitor with a hot-wired style that female readers will admire. The novel is a riveting summer read that ventures to the most spectacular and challenging surfing destinations around the world.

"Dangerous, charming, and funny, this elegant miniature rediscovery will delight even brilliant minds."-Simon Van Booy André Maurois' novella, published in the same year as Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa, is about a couple who become shipwrecked on an uncharted South Seas...