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INTERVIEWS
As Necessary as Cupcakes: An Interview with Rachel Trousdale
Poet and scholar Rachel Trousdale discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem, which playfully examines the intensity of romantic love, the entropic joys of parenthood, wild spaces, humor, and more. Interviewed by Stephanie Burt
One Dreams of Place: An Interview with Esther Lin
Poet Esther Lin discusses how she drew from tales, texts, and oral family history in writing her new collection Cold Thief Place, which explores the fear and instability of growing up in the U.S. as an undocumented child. Interviewed by Tiffany Troy
FEATURES
James Schuyler: The Absolute of Feeling
The decades since James Schuyler’s death have seen publication of his Collected Poems and many other writings—but no full-length biography until this essential and sensitive new volume by Nathan Kernan. By Claude Peck
FICTION REVIEWS
Not Even the Sound of a River
In Hélène Dorion’s novel, a daughter embarks on a journey along Québec’s St. Lawrence River to reconstruct her mother’s emotional survival. Reviewed by Alice-Catherine Carls
Major Arcana
In its mixture of literary ambition and old-fashioned showmanship, John Pistelli’s latest novel is a throwback to the efflorescence of popular literary fiction in the mid-late 20th century. Reviewed by Andy Hartzell
Red Dog Farm
Rather than shying away from comparisons to Halldór Laxness’s 1934 novel Independent People, Nathaniel Ian Miller leans into them in his new tale set on a far-flung Icelandic farm. Reviewed by Sara Maurer
NONFICTION REVIEWS
Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist
Readers interested in learning more about Benjamin Franklin’s scientific achievements will find much to appreciate in Richard Munson’s new biography of the founding father. Reviewed by Rasoul Sorkhabi
Thank You for Staying with Me
In this poignant essay collection, Bailey Gaylin Moore transforms the gaps in her memory from nodes of panic to active spaces of re-creation. Reviewed by Nick Hilbourn
Strangers in the Land
Michael Luo reveals how successive generations of Chinese immigrants sought belonging in America despite programs of systematic exclusion. Reviewed by Sarah Moorhouse
Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life
Dan Nadel’s new biography of Robert Crumb offers a deeper and more nuanced view than even the artist’s most devoted fans could have guessed. Reviewed by Paul Buhle
POETRY REVIEWS
The Ocean in the Next Room
Poet Sarah V. Schweig’s understated language captures the flat affect of our digital lives and offers an ironic look at our civic malaise. Reviewed by Walter Holland
A Brief Campaign of Sting and Sweet
Situated in the natural lushness of the American South, Laura Isabela Amsel’s new collection explores the lovely, the terrifying, and the sad experiences of family life. Reviewed by Danielle Hanson
The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket
Kinsale Drake’s debut poetry collection is a love letter to the southwest, Diné culture, and the inherent lyricism that storytelling bears. Reviewed by Danielle Shandiin Emerson
MIXED GENRE REVIEWS
Letters to Gisèle: 1951-1970
This important book offers readers of Paul Celan a glimpse into the personal life of a poet forever haunted by his past. Reviewed by Patrick James Dunagan
Wave of Blood
Formally and stylistically innovative, Ariana Reines’s new book moves between prose and poetry with a captivating hybridity. Reviewed by Robert Eric Shoemaker