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INTERVIEWS
Anatomy of a Chapbook: A Conversation with Li-Young Lee and Oliver Egger
Join us as we go behind the scenes of the “mother poems” of Li-Young Lee—now collected in a special chapbook—via a conversation with Lee and editor Oliver Egger. Interviewed by Dianne Bilyak
FICTION REVIEWS
Attention-Seeking Behavior
Through the eyes of a fascinating antihero, Aea Varfis-van Warmelo explores the lure of a fictional life over lived reality. Reviewed by Zara Karschay
Heart Lamp
In this International Booker Prize-winning collection, Banu Mushtaq illustrates how the social disparities caused by caste systems and religious puritanism lead to injustice, particularly for women. Reviewed by Damhuri Muhammad
NONFICTION REVIEWS
Touched by the Presence
In his latest book, former Blondie bassist Gary Lachman offers a characteristically idiosyncratic contribution to the otherwise generic annals of rock autobiography. Reviewed by Luke Gilfedder
Elizabethan Occult Poetics
In a surprisingly accessible new book, Rachel White explores the occult poetics behind Elizabeth’s reign and brings to light personal connections between poets of the era. Reviewed by Patrick James Dunagan
Here Comes the Sun
Bill McKibben has long recognized the democratic potential of solar power, as well as the forces that obstruct its advancement; his new book proves he is still ready to fight for the future of clean energy. Reviewed by John Abbotts
POETRY REVIEWS
Ecstasy
In this collection, Alex Dimitrov, a clear and artful descendent of Frank O’Hara, richly appropriates the heady musings of a late-20th-century New York City that has all but disappeared. Reviewed by Walter Holland
Lola the Interpreter
This final work by Lyn Hejinian stands as a crowning achievement of her career as an experimental poet. Reviewed by Luke Harley
Archive of Desire
National Book Award–winning author Robin Coste Lewis recasts poet C. P. Cavafy's images in Archive of Desire, her lyric offering to the altar of multigenerational Blackness. Reviewed by John Ngoc Nguyen
GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEWS
Wake Now in the Fire
Fictionalizing the real-life banning of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir Persepolis from Chicago Public Schools in 2013, this graphic novel by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo showcases the folly of censorship and how to defend the freedom to learn and read. Reviewed by Hank Kennedy
MULTI-GENRE REVIEWS
Sleeping in the Courtyard
While Sleeping in the Courtyard isn’t the first anthology to showcase the diversity and range of writing by Kurdish women, it is arguably the boldest. Reviewed by Alan Ali Saeed