CITADEL
The Unauthorized Dan Brown Companion (July, $14.95), edited by John Helfers, focuses on the Da Vinci Code author and the controversies his books have sparked.
CYPRESS HOUSE
The Dog Walked Down the Street (May, $13.95) by Sal Glynn is advice about honing writing skills from a so-called "book midwife."
DUFOUR EDITIONS
Howl for Now (Apr., $22.95), edited by Simon Warner, contains essays and interviews assessing and interpreting Ginsberg's famous poem.
HEYDAY BOOKS
Blithe Tomato (Apr., $15) by Mike Madison keys into farmers' market society. A Great Valley Book.
PICADOR
Laws for Creations (May, $13), edited by Michael Cunningham, combines extracts from Walt Whitman's writings with entries from Cunningham's journal while writing Specimen Days.
ROUTLEDGE
Language Corner: The Book (May; $19.95, cloth $85) by Evan Jenkins. Based on Jenkins's column in Columbia Journalism Review, this is a guide to writing well.
SARABANDE BOOKS
On Looking (Aug., $14.95) by Lia Purpura offers essays on the ethics and aesthetics of seeing.
SOFT SKULL PRESS
A Good War Is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America (Apr., $15) by David Griffith. Catalyzed by Abu Ghraib photos, the author ruminates on violent and sexual images housed in our collective subconscious.
SOURCEBOOKS MEDIAFUSION
Julius Caesar (Apr., $14.95) by William Shakespeare adds to the series that includes essays, production photos and more to illuminate Shakespearean texts.
THREE RIVERS PRESS
I Know You're Out There: A Lowlife Among the Lovelorn (June, $13.95) by Michael Beaumier. The editor of personal ads for Chicago Reader observes relationships.
UNIV. OF VIRGINIA PRESS
I'm No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film (Mar.; $20, cloth $55) by Ellen Tremper discusses how images of "the blonde" have been remodeled during the 19th and 20th centuries.
VERSO
Lust for Life: On the Writings of Kathy Acker (May, $23), edited by Amy Scholder et al., is an appraisal of the literary figure.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
Walden (May, $9.95) by Henry D. Thoreau, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer, includes emendations from draft manuscripts.
