Open Book: Poets to Discover
Editors at the Book Review recommend poets who might be flying under your radar.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Matthew Zapruder’s take on poetry, question critics’ understanding of their assignments and more.
'Solid State': Jonathan Coulton's Sci-Fi Concept Album Becomes A Graphic Novel
Coulton recruited writer Matt Fraction and artist Albert Monteys to tell a time-fractured tale of corporate greed and internet trolls.
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Our Critic Doesn't Entirely <3 'The Emoji Code'
Vyvyan Evans' new book about the rise of emojis casts the little icons as part of human language's long-running struggle to evolve — but too often it reads like a textbook, didactic and dry.
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Nonfiction: A Fascinating Deep Dive Into John Ashbery’s Early Years
Karin Roffman’s “The Songs We Know Best” is the biography of a shy boy who overcame a hostile culture to become one of the great poets of his age.
Poetry: A Poetry Collection Born of Fury, Sex and Trauma
Dylan Krieger’s “Giving Godhead” weaves the religious with the obscene. It may be the best collection of poetry you’ll see this year.
By the Book: Carla Hayden: By the Book
The librarian of Congress, who wrote the foreword to “The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures,” likes to read about the nature of things, most recently, books on mahogany and the history of redheads.
Books of The Times: Review: ‘The Dark Dark,’ Beguiling Tales of Women in Metamorphosis
In this short-story collection by Samantha Hunt, dreamlike images operate in service to feminist themes and earthbound ideas.
Poetry: Jorie Graham’s Poetic Autopsy for Self and Nation
In “Fast,” the poet Jorie Graham uses her own treatment for cancer as a way to explore the environmental and political crises of 21st-century life.
On Poetry: What Does a Poet Know About War?
Two new collections delve into the challenging subject of modern combat and its impacts.
Picture Books Based on Famous Novels Violate Copyright, a Judge Rules
A court ruling deals a blow to KinderGuides, which publishes children’s books based on classics like “On the Road” and “The Old Man and the Sea.”
Poetry: Poetry in Action
Annotated manuscripts by Billy Graham, Mary Jo Bang, Marie Howe and more show the vision and revisions of poetry in progress.
'Seventh Function' Is A Postmodern Mashup Of Fact, Fiction And Philosophy
Laurent Binet's new novel starts with the death of French literary critic Roland Barthes and spins out a postmodern mystery packed with philosophical heavy hitters — and one bemused detective.
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Nonfiction: Professor Ginsberg’s Notes on the Beats
“The Best Minds of My Generation” compiles two decades’ worth of Allen Ginsberg’s lectures about his contemporaries.
Fiction: In ‘Mrs. Fletcher,’ Tom Perrotta Satirizes the Sex Lives of Mothers and Sons
The new novel by the author of “The Leftovers” features a 46-year-old woman hooked on pornography and her college-age son navigating campus gender politics.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Give Me Fictional Family Sagas, the Longer the Better
A reader who loved “A Suitable Boy” and “The Forsyte Saga” seeks more big fat novels with family trees.
Author’s Note: In the Era of Digital Composition, What Should a Writer Keep?
One writing teacher advises, Throw all drafts away! Another says, Save everything. Where’s the line between clutter and artifact?
Books of The Times: Senator Flake, a Republican, Explains Why He Didn’t Vote for Trump
In “Conscience of a Conservative,” Jeff Flake of Arizona crosses a rhetorical Rubicon to excoriate the president — and the lawmakers who support him.
Poetry: Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
Two new anthologies, “The Golden Shovel Anthology” and “Revise the Psalm,” gather poems and other writings inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ work.
Corporate Bungling And Political Scandal Abound In Jesse Eisinger's New Book
Why don't crooked corporate CEO's go to jail anymore? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger uncovers culture of cowardice, incompetence, and corruption in both government and finance.
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