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A poet who crafted thegreatest character in literary history with his engaging anti-hero of Satan, John Milton connected personal experience with the breadth of cosmic epic. His Paradise Lost is a touchstone of English literature.In the latest entry in Ig's celebrated Bookmarked series, author Ed Simon considers Paradise Lost within the scope of his own alcoholism and recovery, the collapse of higher education, the imbecility ofthe canon wars, the piquant joys of labyrinthine sentences, and the exquisiteattractions of Lucifer. Milton is easy to respect and easier to fear, but withthe guidance of Simon, Milton becomes easiest of all to love. Paradise Lost mayhave generated thousands of works of criticism over the centuries, but none ofthem are like this.

"Genuine, unrestrained musings, both political and personal, on life as a Black woman in contemporary America...A highly rewarding, commiserating nod as well as an astute rallying cry."--KIRKUS (starred review)"Concise essays that clearly convey that the fight for racial justice must continue in the face of backlash. A must-purchase for all collections."--LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)"Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed is imbued with the same kind of unapologetic, raw and unflinching honesty as McLarin's previous work, which makes it a welcome and timely read. McLarin wrangles boldly with topics such as aging and anti-Blackness, and in these essays I feel seen at a time when we--Black women approaching sixty and beyond--feel invisible, and/or seen in the worst possible light." --DEESHA PHILYAW, author, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies"These essays are a wake-up call. A call to arms. A collective North Star. This is the voice of a Black woman writer who knows who she is. A writer who speaks in a voice perfect for this moment when we are simultaneously all falling down and being lifted to new heights."--MARITA GOLDEN, author, The New Black Woman: Loves Herself, Has Boundaries, Heals Every Day"The Black female body in peril, a gun purchased in response to the surge of white nationalism, the loss of racial innocence--the cumulative effect of these and the other essays in this provocative, exquisite collection confirms two things: there are prophets among us whom we ignore at our peril, and the spirit of Baldwin lives on. And for anyone familiar with McLarin's work, you will find in Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed confirmation of this too: her assessments of America's social landscape remain as powerful as the love she holds for her family, her friends, and her race." --JERALD WALKER, author, How To Make A Slave and Other Essays, finalist for the National Book Award in Non-Fiction"...come celebratewith me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed."―from Lucille Clifton, "won't you celebrate with me.""What does periracial mean? It's a word I made up while casting about for a way to capture both the chronic nature of structural injustice and inequity of America and my own weariness. A way to label life under that particular tooth in the zipper of interlocking systems of oppression bell hooks called "imperialist white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchy." (What a lot to resist. No wonder we're so tired!) To capture the endless cycle of progress and backlash which has shaped my one small life here in America during the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. To counter the idea―now largely abandoned but innocently believed for most of my adult life by white Americans on both ends of the political spectrum― that America has ever been post-racial. To suggest that I suspect, at this sad rate, we never will be."―Kim McLarin, on the meaning of PeriracialWith accumulated wisdom and sharp-eyed clarity, Everyday Something Has Tried to Kill Me And Has Failed addresses the joys and hardships of being an older Black woman in contemporary, "periracial" America. Award-winning author Kim McLarin utilizes deeply personal experiences to illuminate the pain and power of aging, Blackness and feminism, in the process capturing the endless cycle of progress and backlash that has long shaped race and gender.

Celebrated by writers including Jonathan Franzen, who said that "[t]his crazy, gorgeous family novel is one of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century," The Man Who Loved Children is a 1940 novel by Australian writer Christina Stead. The harrowing portrait of a dysfunctional family, the novel focuses on the relationship between the father, Sam, a tyrannical crank far removed from the civilized man he thinks himself to be, his bitter wife, Henny, and their six children, particularly eldest daughter, Louie. Considering a contemporary classic, The Man Who Loved Children was named one of the the 100 greatest novels of all time by Time magazine. In her entry in Ig's acclaimed Bookmarked series, author Lucy Ferriss juxtaposes the egoism and brutality of Sam with the behavior of her own father, using his dairies to give the reader an intimate and devastating portrait of their father-daughter relationship. Ferriss also shares how The Man Who Loved Children influenced her own creativity and development as a writer, as well as taking on male critics of the novel-including Franzen-to get to the true feminist heart of what Time called "the greatest picture of the lousiest family of all time."