51 dates. 50 weeks. One life-changing adventure.

An exquisite photographic exploration revealing the challenges and nuances of identifying as transgender or gender-fluid in a world that insists upon rigid distinctions.

From the author of Stanley Park and Silent Cruise, a gripping and ambitious work of literary suspense.

Brand new drama from “the dark shining star of stage and film morality.” —Linda Winer, Newsday

“A superb introduction to the work of a man who, for some time, has had no serious rivals as the best music writer around” —The Sunday Business Post

Eleven unforgettable women grapple with hostile reality in a collection that sparkles with humor, empathy, and depth

"An astonishing debut, a beautifully written exploration of sexuality and the more arcane byways of fascism" —China Miéville

“It is simply unreasonable to expect the government to depend exclusively upon the virtuous in enforcing the law” —United States v. Cervantes-Pacheco

Soft Skull's Deep Focus series allows film criticism to take a novel turn in this dynamic new series.

What's it like to work in a mortuary? Nothing like you’d expect.

An urban fairy tale as gritty and fantastic as anything by Chuck Palahniuk, but with a tender heart all its own.

A behind-the-scenes look at one of the biggest, weirdest bands of the nineties—and at one of the few woman musicians to make it in metal

The first collection of plays from a rising star of the theater.

As technology changes the way we read and write, thirty of our favorite writers share their fears, skepticism, and hopes for the future of the book.

Soft Skull's Deep Focus series takes a close look at the buddy cop film that spawned a million imitators.

“A unique and altogether stunning piece of Clash scholarship . . . what Greil Marcus did for Dylan . . . Gray does here for the The Clash” —Q magazine

One journalist’s travels through the landscape of Mormon fundamentalism, where behind every good man there are several good women.

A witty, vivid account that bucks the trend, exploring the ties that bind these two cultures rather than the forces that cleave them

In this installment of Soft Skull's Deep Focus series: a meditation on The Sting, the nature of confidence games, and on the pleasure and necessity of being fooled.

As part of Soft Skull's Deep Focus series, film criticism takes a novel turn in this dynamic new series.

Through the looking glass of recent history with one of the country’s most popular political cartoonists.

For postpunk fans, the ultimate companion to the book that defined an era