THE BEFORELIFE

Franz Wright Knopf ($22) by Dobby Gibson If you haven't made the connection, the very first phrase in Franz Wright's dust jacket biography makes it

THE BOOK OF LEVIATHAN

Peter Blegvad The Overlook Press ($23.95) by Gary Sullivan I'm going to pick up on an argument many have made before, that there is such

MALLET EYES

Jeremy Sigler Left Hand Books ($20) by Daniel Sumrall Tone is the second most engaging debate in the poetry world today—it unfortunately must take a

THE PENULTIMATE SUITOR

Mary Leader University of Iowa Press ($13) by Arielle Greenberg Mary Leader's first collection, The Red Signature, was a breath of fresh air; adhering to no

COMEDY AFTER POSTMODERNISM

Kirby Olson Texas Tech University Press ($29.95) by Brian Evenson In Comedy After Postmodernism Kirby Olson chooses to rethink comedy in terms of an aspect of the