Editor's Corner

Sue Miller, The Senator’s Wife, a novel: In this rich, emotionally urgent novel, two women at opposite stages of life face parallel dilemmas. (Knopf)

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)  

Jay Neugeboren, 1940, a novel: Neugeboren’s first novel in twenty years presents a fictional account of an obscure historical figure, Dr. Eduard Bloch, an Austrian doctor who achieved notoriety for being Adolf Hitler’s childhood physician. (Two Dollar Radio)

Yusef Komunyakaa, Warhorses, poems: This powerful new collection delves into an age of war and conflict, both global and internal, racial and sexual. (FSG)

Charles Simic, That Little Something, poems: In his superb eighteenth collection, Simic moves closer to the dark heart of history and human behavior. (Harcourt)

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)  

Maura Stanton, Immortal Sofa, poems: In poems both humorous and elegaic, Maura Stanton gathers strange facts, odd events, and overlooked stories to construct her own vision of immortality. (Illinois)

Jayne Anne Phillips, Lark And Termite, a novel: In this extraordinary novel of war, resolution and recognition, generational inheritance, and the power of loss and love, Phillips tells the story of two siblings struggling to understand the secrets of their family history. (Knopf)  

Gerald Stern, Save the Last Dance, poems: Stern’s latest is an intimate, yet always universal and surprising, book that’s rich with humor and insight. (Norton)