Counterpoint Press: 319 books
Year of the Comets
A Journey from Sadness to the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
The author of Wind, winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Writing, shares a memoir of depression and the cosmos.
On the clearest nights in the darkest places you can see as many as two thousand stars. On what scaffolding are they hung? Jan DeBlieu began to wonder....
David Park, Painter
Nothing Held Back
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
“A fresh, new take on painting . . . Original deep insights enliven the reader’s experience of what it is to create honest beauty in this world.” —Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones
More than a half century after his death, David Park is recognized as one of America’s...
Between My Father and the King
New and Uncollected Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
A remarkable, career-spanning collection of stories from the celebrated, award-winning New Zealand author.
This “powerful collection” (Kirkus Reviews) of 28 short stories spans the length of Frame’s distinguished career and contains some of the best she wrote. None of these stories have...
by Nic Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
The residents of a North Carolina town weather Hurricane Hugo, and other kinds of storms, in this “smart and funny” collection of linked stories (Daniel Wallace, author of Big Fish).
The days leading up to the impending disaster are not at all unusual—no portents, no signs of impending...
In Every Way
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
A novel about a young woman, and the couple who have adopted her baby, that is “as insightful as it is entertaining” (Booklist).
In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, college student Maria finds herself in a predicament—unexpectedly pregnant at nineteen. Still reeling from the fresh discovery...
The Essential Agrarian Reader
The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
“Eminently quotable and passionately argued essays [by] farmers, philosophers, scientists, and environmentalists . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal (starred review)
Agrarian philosophy, a compelling worldview with advocates around the globe, encourages us to develop practices...
Crashing the Party
An American Reporter in China
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
From exchange student to foreign correspondent, this “smart, thrilling memoirist” chronicles 18 years of living through China’s turbulent change (Publishers Weekly).
In 1983, Scott Savitt is one of the first American exchange students allowed to study in Bejing. For him, it’s not just an...
Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs
Portraits from a Musical Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The former Uncle Tupelo and current Son Volt musician presents snapshots of the people and places he encountered during his decades-long touring career.
In this collection of beautifully crafted autobiographical vignettes, Jay Farrar visits the places he’s journeyed to during his more than...
People Like Us
Misrepresenting the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
A war correspondent’s bestselling, “commanding . . . eye-opening account” of five years on the Middle East frontlines (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
In 1998, Joris Luyendijk was stationed just outside of Cairo. It wasn’t for his journalism skills. It was because he was fluent...
Hope for Film
From the Frontline of the Independent Cinema Revolutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
“A relentlessly useful insider’s guide to independent film” by the producer of The Ice Storm, Happiness, and The Laramie Project (Kirkus Reviews).
In this “must-read” (Cultural Weekly) tell-all, one of the industry’s most passionate producers captures the rebellious punk spirit...
Filthy Talk for Troubled Times
And Other Plays
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
A collection of early work and new short pieces from “the bad boy of American theater” (Time).
Neil LaBute burst onto the American theater scene in 1989 with his controversial debut Filthy Talk for Troubled Times. Set in a barroom in Anytown, USA, and populated by a series of everymen (and...
A Theory of Small Earthquakes
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
“A family’s world is irrevocably rocked when an old female lover from Mom’s past reappears” in this “sexy, audacious, politically charged” novel (Vanity Fair).
Eager to escape her damaging past, Alison Rose is drawn to Zoe, a free-spirited artist who offers emotional stability and...
In the Mountains of Madness
The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
“A fascinating journey . . . The secret of Lovecraft revealed a page at a time. A must read for all true fans of horror.” —Jonny Coffin, owner of Coffin Case
In the Mountains of Madness interweaves the biography of the legendary writer with an exploration of Lovecraft as a phenomenon....
The Last of the Live Nude Girls
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
A “eye-opening, gritty, and compelling” memoir by one of New York City’s last Times Square peep show girls (The Paris Review Online).
In 2006, Gotham City Video was among the last of its kind where, breathing in a cocktail of Pine-Sol and Windex, a man paid $40 to watch a girl strip naked...