The Theater of Night by Alberto Ríos
Alberto Ríos, The Theater of Night, poems: Set along the U.S.–Mexican border, Ríos’s poems charmingly follow the courtship and marriage of a couple as their lives sweetly weave into one. (Copper Canyon)
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Unpacking the Boxes by Donald Hall
Donald Hall, Unpacking the Boxes, a memoir: Hall is as painstakingly honest about his low points as a poet, writer, lover, and father as he is about his successes in this self-revealing memoir-his first book since being named poet laureate in 2006. (Houghton Mifflin)
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Rising, Fall, Hovering by C. D. Wright
C. D. Wright, Rising, Fall, Hovering, poems: Wright’s language is sharpened with political ferocity as she overlays voices from the borderlands between nations, to reveal the human struggle for connection and justice during times of upheaval and grief. (Copper Canyon)
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The Hijacking of Jesus by Dan Wakefield
Dan Wakefield, The Hijacking of Jesus, nonfiction: With courage, passion, and outrage, Wakefield asks how and why the Christian faith has been appropriated and manipulated by current politics. (Nation)
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Warhorses by Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa, Warhorses, poems: This powerful new collection delves into an age of war and conflict, both global and internal, racial and sexual. (FSG)
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Sea Change by Jorie Graham
Jorie Graham, Sea Change, poems: Bringing readers to the threshold at which civilization becomes unsustainable, Graham questions how the human spirit might persist in a world where the future is no longer assured. (Ecco)
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rev. of leadbelly by Tyehimba Jess
leadbelly, poems by Tyehimba Jess (Verse): Tyehimba Jess, like the subject of his National Poetry Series–winning debut, coaxes an astonishingly rich world from the wood and steel scraps of the life he finds before him. He chronicles the story of Leadbelly—the killer, the lover, the victim, the son, the greatest bluesman of his time—and…
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rev. of Water: Nine Stories by Alyce Miller
Water: Nine Stories, stories by Alyce Miller (Sarabande): By its title, Miller’s collection offers a fitting symbol for the multiple forms of desire that take shape within her characters. Filled with beautiful phrasings and descriptions of longing, the book sometimes shows desire’s fluidity as a result of age; other times, as in the story "Ice,"…
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Nothing Right by Antonya Nelson
Antonya Nelson, Nothing Right, stories: Set in the American southwest, the stories of Nothing Right explore domesticity with characters who try to keep themselves intact while their personal lives explode around them. (Bloomsbury)