Counterpoint imprint: 558 books

Larkspur Press (the 40+ year-old artisanal book maker based in Monterey KY) originally produced a limited run of Wendell Berry's illustrated poem, The Farm, in 1995. With this new offset printed edition from Counterpoint Press, we have reproduced that gorgeous work in a lovely, understated gift package Larkspur...

Kawakami is an author known and reviewed around the world Manazuru received great praise when Counterpoint released it in 2010; the book already has reviews by Booklist, the Paris Review Daily, the Independent, and Publishers Weekly. This is a reissue of a quiet, beloved novel by celebrated...

The second Counterpoint Robison reissue, after Why Did I Ever in Winter 2018 Robison, a beloved writer and essential voice on the Counterpoint list, is one of the writers Counterpoint is celebrating by reissuing importance books from the backlist Major national media outlets have already...

The seventh Counterpoint Robison reissue, after Tell Me, Oh!, An Amateur’s Guide to the Night, Why Did I Ever, One D.O.A., One On The Way, and Subtraction Robison, a beloved writer and essential voice on the Counterpoint list, is one of the writers Counterpoint is celebrating by reissuing...

The fourth Counterpoint Robison reissue, after Tell Me in Spring 2018, released in tandem with An Amateur’s Guide to the Night Robison, a beloved writer and essential voice on the Counterpoint list, is one of the writers Counterpoint is celebrating by reissuing importance books from the backlist Major...

This is a reissue of a poetic, compact novel by celebrated Japanese author, Hiromi Kawakami (the original 2012 Counterpoint edition was titled The Briefcase (9781582435992); Strange Weather in Tokyo is the title of the wildly successful UK edition (Granta) Strange Weather in Tokyo was Shortlisted...

A fresh take on the life and legacy of the “founding father” of Zen. The life of Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, has, with the passing of time, been magnified to the scale of myth, turning history into the stuff of legend. Known as the First Patriarch, Bodhidharma brought Zen...

Packaged for a new generation of readers to discover Wendell Berry, this collection of 50 of his most essential essays is an urgent and essential addition to the canon of American literature Counterpoint is committed to marketing Wendell Berry to a new and broader audience of readers; with...

"Berry richly evokes Port William's farmlands and hamlets, and his characters are fiercely individual, yet mutually protective in everything they do. . . . His sentences are exquisitely constructed, suggesting the cyclic rhythms of his agrarian world." —New York Times Book Review Reissued...

"Berry is a superb writer. His sense of what makes characters tick is extraordinary . . . Short stories don't get any better than these." —People As part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic, The Wild Birds: Six Stories...

A wonderful book sure to appeal to a wide audience, be they history buffs fans, Shakespeare aficionados, bibliophiles, or historical mystery fans Conversational in tone and exhaustively researched, SHAKESPEARE'S LIBRARY explores not only the possible final resting places of the books that profoundly...

In the years following his controversial 1970 exhibition at the Marlborough Galleries, Philip Guston was generally viewed as yesterday’s scandal, a maverick who had abandoned abstract expressionism and, with it, the adulation of the art world. Few paid serious attention to the disturbing, profound...

**One of O: The Oprah Magazine's Top Books of Summer "Old in Art School is a glorious achievement—bighearted and critical, insightful and entertaining. This book is a cup of courage for everyone who wants to change their lives." —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage and...

An “unforgettable” memoir of searching for enlightenment, from the actor, Zen teacher, and bestselling author of Sleeping Where I Fall (San Francisco Chronicle). With a title inspired by a Bob Dylan lyric that Peter Coyote considers representative of two competing forces—the transcendental,...