Editor's Corner

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)

Mark Doty, Dog Years, a memoir: In this radiantly unsentimental yet affecting meditation, Doty adopts a second dog as a companion for his dying partner. A moving memoir with reflections on animals and the lessons they teach us. (HarperCollins)

Mark Doty, Fire to Fire, new and selected poems: In this collection of the best from Doty’s seven books, alongside a generous selection of new work, Doty’s subjects echo and develop, his signature style encompassing both the plainspoken and the artfully wrought. (Harper)

Fanny Howe, The Lyrics, poems: With each poem a lament formed in a place of rest, this intense and vital collection responds to Howe’s long-term commitment to social justice, weaving through the inconsistencies of the human soul and the inherent violence of humans. (Graywolf)