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FICTION REVIEWS
North Sun
The lilting prose and carefully constructed narrative of North Sun, Ethan Rutherford’s debut novel and a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award, feel like the most expansive of embraces. Reviewed by Nicole Emanuel
Barley Patch
Australian author Gerald Murnane isn’t known for sticking to convention, yet his recently republished 2009 novel addresses a quite conventional question: Why do writers write? Reviewed by Sam Tiratto
NONFICTION REVIEWS
Cavalier Perspective
Austin Carder’s translation of these final volleys from André Breton delivers something precious to English-language readers from the founder of Surrealism. Reviewed by Allan Graubard
3 Shades of Blue
James Kaplan brings the milieu of New York City jazz to life in this new triple biography of legends Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans. Reviewed by Daniel Picker
POETRY REVIEWS
Crane
Tessa Bolsover successfully immerses the reader in a cycle of reemerging motifs and ideas, a subliminal sublime that only poetry hinging on metaphor can concoct. Reviewed by Robert Eric Shoemaker
Document
Originally published in 1976, Amelia Rosselli’s sprawling third collection captures a significant chapter of the late poet’s life, one in which daily musings were chiseled into literary form. Reviewed by Greg Bem
The Odds
Suzanne Cleary renders a panorama of exacting images that emphatically evoke the joy of living—and that underscore how poetry is more about questions than answers. Reviewed by Peter Mladinic