Writers

The Company They Kept

Writers on Unforgettable Friendships from the pages of The New York Review of Books. "...extraordinarily striking, moving and delicious collection..." - The Financial Times

The Company They Kept, Volume Two

Writers on Unforgettable Friendships edited by Robert B. Silvers

The World of James Joyce: 1,000-Piece Puzzle

This detailed illustration of Joyce's Dublin is packed with real people and fictional characters to seek and find.

The Shakespeare Sock Collection

Choose among four luxurious pairs of socks suitable for both men and women, in sizes to fit both. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Caesar.

Virginia Woolf’s Notebooks

Choose Vol. 3 or Vol. 4 or both. The covers of these hardcover notebooks are reproductions of two of seven of Virginia Woolf's notebooks in which she drafted the 1931 novel The Waves, considered among her best and most experimental works.

David Levine Author Mug

Caricatures by world-renowned artist David Levine enriched and enlivened the pages of The New York Review of Books for almost five decades. Thirty-three of Levine’s most arresting and iconic caricatures of authors decorate this heirloom quality bone china mug, including the artist’s self-portrait.

The Shakespeare Collection Socks Gift Boxes

Each Shakespeare Collection gift box—designed and produced under license from The Shakespeare’s Globe Trust—includes three luxurious pairs of socks suitable for both men and women, in sizes to fit both.

Sojourner Truth Earrings

Truth is powerful and it prevails.

Brontë Characters Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with humorous illustrations depicting characters from Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë’s literary classics.

Shakespeare Love Silk Chiffon Scarf

The design incorporates favorite love quotations from Shakespeare, along with stylized illustrations of flowers mentioned in his works (wildflowers, the Tudor rose, sprigs of berries, and bees).

Greek Gods and Goddesses Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with twelve Greek gods and goddesses, along with their Roman names in italics and their areas of dominion. The Olympians are drawn in witty detail and are each depicted with their symbolic signifiers, including an owl, cornucopia, trident, harp, quiver, and more.

Walt Whitman Gold Happiness Bracelet

"Happiness...not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour"

Canterbury Tales Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with characters from some of The Canterbury Tales' best-loved stories. The central characters are drawn in witty detail on the mug and are each depicted with significant details, from a chanticleer and fox to a tub and hay wagon.

Whitman Square Inch Bracelet

"Some people are so much sunlight to the square inch.”—Walt Whitman

Baby Lit Little Poets

These endearing books introduce little ones to the beauty of the words and sound of poetry, and will be appreciated by parents as well as to the children they are reading to.

Shakespeare Playing Cards

Play your favorite card games with Romeo and Juliet as King and Queen of Hearts, Lady Macbeth as Ace Villain, Ariel as the Joker, and more.

Sentence Diagrams of Great Literary Openers

“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.” —Gertrude Stein. 24 detachable postcards, bound in a mini hardcover book.

Shakespeare's Britain 1,000-Piece Puzzle

The beautiful image on this 1,000-piece puzzle is a pictorial map of Britain as it was in 1583, with the geographical settings of Shakespeare’s history plays labeled.

Edward Gorey Dancing Cats 300-piece Puzzle

These felines—knitting, skating, balancing, and juggling their way through Edward Gorey's 'Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses'—are classic examples of his anthropomorphic animals and Edwardian eccentrics.

Edward Gorey Raining Cats and Dogs Umbrella

Gorey's whimsical drawings of cats and dogs have been painstakingly digitally rebuilt on this sturdy auto-open umbrella.

Edward Gorey 1,000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Thoughtfully conceived and engagingly intricate, the puzzle features the image “Untitled” (1965) by the incomparable Edward Gorey, creator of the animated opening sequence of the PBS television series Mystery!

Baby Lit Classics

This classics collection includes four of our favorites from the wildly popular Baby Lit series: Moby Dick, An Ocean Primer (nautical and weather words); The Odyssey, A Monster Primer (characters from the epic); Alice in Wonderland, A Colors Primer (colors); and Jungle Book, An Animals Primer (names of animals)

Shakespeare Characters Mug

These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with humorous illustrations depicting more than 40 of the central characters from 14 of Shakespeare’s major plays.

Walt Whitman Cuff Bracelet

“now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find”

Jane Austen Characters Mug

Heirloom quality bone china mugs decorated with wonderfully detailed humorous illustrations depicting more than 40 of the central characters from six of Austen’s major works.

Shakespeare Sonnet 116 Möbius Bracelet

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments..."

Shakespeare Cocktail Napkins

"Good company, good wine, good welcome can make good people" and three other quotes; 24 napkins with 6 each of four quotes.

Writer's Pencils

"Words are the voice of the heart." —Confucius. Quotations from Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Baudelaire, Confucius, Thomas Mann, and Mark Twain, offering advice and insights to inspire writers.

Edward Gorey Sterling Cat Reading a Book Pin

This sterling silver pin is adapted from a drawing by Edward Gorey that is part of a series of renderings of fanciful cats engaged in unusual activities.

“Those who love each other” Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet

"Those who love each other shall become invincible." —W. Whitman