Counterpoint Press: 319 books

“A clarion call to summon the moral courage to ‘rage against the dying’ of the Earth . . . impassioned and well-reasoned.” —Kirkus Reviews Even as seas rise against the shores, another great tide is beginning to rise—a tide of outrage against the pillage of the planet, a tide of...

In this “strange hybrid of travelogue and natural science” the award-winning author explores extinction with “solid research . . . and truly poetic prose” (New York Times Review of Books).   Award-winning author, poet, and scholar Melanie Challenger saw a link between her own estrangement...

“A powder-keg disguised as a domestic drama that detonates every one of our expectations of what it means to be a family.” —San Diego CityBeat Every Kind of Wanting explores the complex intersection of three unique families and their bustling efforts to have a Community Baby. Miguel could...

A memoir of youth and travel through post-WWII Europe from the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning poet of Migrations. In 1948, both the European continent and a young poet named William Stanley Merwin were embarking on periods of profound change. Twenty-one, newly married and just...

The acclaimed debut novel, a classic of war literature, by one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century. In this “darkly romantic . . . beautifully composed . . . brilliant war novel” (Chicago Tribune) by “the contemporary writer most admired and envied by other writers”...

A collection of essays on agrarian living from the poet and author hailed as “America’s greatest philosopher on sustainable life” (The Chicago Tribune). In A Continuous Harmony, renowned poet, farmer, and environmental activist Wendell Berry makes an impassioned case for returning to...

A soulful, searching collection of essays that tackle the complexities of contemporary America from “the prophet of rural America” (New York Times).   From the war in Iraq to Hurricane Katrina to the political sniping engendered by Supreme Court nominations—contemporary American society is...

An acclaimed novelist, poet, environmentalist, and farmer argues for a deeper connection to the land and community for the sake of America’s future. Since its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. Wendell Berry argues that good...

An urgent, visionary, and heartfelt collection of essays focused on recovering deeper, time-honored values against the ravages of modern society.   In six elegant, linked literary essays, Berry considers the degeneration of language that is manifest throughout our culture, from poetry to politics,...

One of the most perceptive critics of modern society petitions for an urgent return to knowing things intimately, reverently, and with affection. Deeply rooted to the land he has lived on for decades, award-winning author, poet, farmer, and environmentalist Wendell Berry argues against the...

A stunning portrait of rural Italy in the 1950s and “a touching meditation on life and death and the power of love to bind, transcend, and let go” (Publishers Weekly). At one time betrothed to a fallen soldier, Bonaria Urrai of Sardinia has a long-held covenant with the dead. Midwife to...

An “extraordinary” memoir of growing up in 1970s San Francisco with a paranoid schizophrenic mother (Booklist, starred review). When Laura Flynn was a little girl, her beautiful, dynamic mother, Sally, was the center of her imagination. It wasn’t long, however, before Sally’s fun-loving...

A “multilayered comic masterpiece” by the National Book Award–winning master of wildly inventive contemporary fiction (Library Journal). John Barth stays true to form in Every Third Thought, written from the perspective of a character Barth introduced in his short story collection The...

A “riveting and beautifully written” epic family saga imbued with Western mythology, from the acclaimed author of Lonesome Animals (Seattle Times).   “Bruce Holbert is a lyrical, soulful chronicler of our ever-changing West.” —Jess Walter, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Beautiful...