Review: ‘Best Barbarian,’ by Roger Reeves
In “Best Barbarian,” Roger Reeves riffs on Western tradition to challenge its omissions and expand its political and artistic possibilities.
Review: ‘Venice,’ by Ange Mlinko
Again and again in Ange Mlinko’s collection “Venice,” quotidian events generate nightmarish overtones.
Review: ‘Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph,’ by Lucasta Miller
Robert Pinsky reviews Lucasta Miller’s “Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph.”
Review: ‘Who Do You Think You Are,’ by Dana Levin
In “Now Do You Know Where You Are,” the poet Dana Levin learns to write again and comes to terms with personal and political trauma.
Review: ‘Canopy,’ by Linda Gregerson
In “Canopy,” her seventh collection, Linda Gregerson mourns for humanity and the earth even as she clings to signs of personal connection.
Essay: What Is Poetry?
“Poetry leaves something out,” our columnist Elisa Gabbert says. But that’s hardly the extent of it.
The First Fully Illustrated Selection of Pablo Neruda’s Question Poems
“Book of Questions,” the Nobel laureate’s last great work of poetry, is lyrical, meditative, philosophical. Is it also for children?
Ocean Vuong’s Reading List
“I feel truer to myself while reading than I do experiencing the world through my body — so any chance to read is ideal for me.”
Are China and the United States on a Collision Course to War?
Kevin Rudd’s “The Avoidable War” examines the possibilities of a disaster and the ways China and America can avert it.
Review: ‘The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures,’ by Paul Fischer
In his new book, “The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures,” Paul Fischer investigates the life — and mysterious disappearance — of Louis Le Prince.
Hannah Gadsby Moves From Stage to Page
The Australian comedian brings distinctive flair to the structure and tone of her memoir.
Mourning Songs for Lives, and Art, That Could Have Been
Memoirs by Samantha Hunt, Natalie Hodges and Ashley Marie Farmer transform grief into literature.
Book Review: “Supertall,” by Stefan Al
Stefan Al’s “Supertall” is a thoughtful inquiry into the new generation of skyscrapers, which are taller and more ubiquitous than their predecessors.
Everything We Wanted to Know About David Shields (and Already Asked)
His new book is composed entirely of questions posed in interviews over his long career.
The Appalling Treatment of a Prisoner at Guantánamo
“The Forever Prisoner,” by Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, tells the story of a man who has been held captive by the C.I.A. for 20 years.
Two Strangers Meet in a Cafe in Cairo. What Happens Next Is Complicated.
In “If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English,” Noor Naga explores the forces of identity, belonging and globalism, as they bear down on two new lovers.
A Nurse Finds Herself on the Other Side of the Equation — as a Patient
In her memoir, “Healing,” Theresa Brown recalls what she learned from her own treatment for breast cancer.
She’s a 12-Year-Old Girl and Also a Spirit That Can See Into Her Family’s Past
In her debut novel, “Things They Lost,” Okwiri Oduor uses magical realism to explore toxic mother-daughter relationships.
Sadeq Hedayat, Iran’s Misunderstood Literary Modernist
“Blind Owl,” by Sadeq Hedayat, is a hallucinatory short novel that upends Persian artistic traditions.
Delia Ephron’s Memoir Could Be Called ‘Love, Loss and Love Again’
In “Left on Tenth,” the veteran author looks back on a series of life-altering events, including a whirlwind romance at the age of 72.
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