BALONEY: A Tale in 3 Symphonic Acts

Pascal Blanchet translated by Helge Dascher and John Kadlecek Drawn & Quarterly ($16.95) by Donald Lemke In his encore to the critically acclaimed White Rapids (Drawn &

TIGER! TIGER! TIGER!: Volume 1

Scott Morse Red Window / AdHouse Books ($14.95) by Adam Hall Replacing himself with an adorable cartoon tiger in his autobiographical graphic novel Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!,

AN ORESTEIA

Agamemnon by Aiskhylos Elektra by Sophokles Orestes by Euripides translated by Anne Carson Faber and Faber ($27) by W. C. Bamberger The first sentence of Anne Carson’s introduction

INS AND OUTS OF THE FOREST RIVERS

Nathaniel Tarn New Directions ($16.95) by John Herbert Cunningham Born in 1928 in Paris, France, Nathaniel Tarn became both a poet and an anthropologist. He

OHIO VIOLENCE

Alison Stine University of North Texas Press ($12.95) by Erin M. Bertram Occasionally, the world splits open, revealing small animals and rusted trucks, constellations, stray

POETRY STATE FOREST

Bernadette Mayer New Directions ($16.95) by Todd Pederson Like rutted footpaths, the poems coiling through Bernadette Mayer’s newest collection, Poetry State Forest, steers readers into the

MEMORY GLYPHS: 3 Prose Poets from Romania

Radu Andriescu, Iustin Panta and Cristian Popescu translated by Adam J. Sorkin, with Radu Andriescu, Mircea Ivănescu, and Bogdan Ștefănescu Twisted Spoon Press ($15) by Stephan

MAINLINE TO THE HEART AND OTHER POEMS

Clive Matson Regent Press ($22) by Tim Hunt Diane di Prima’s Poets Press published the original version of Clive Matson’s Mainline to the Heart in 1966. This

COEUR DE LION

Ariana Reines mal-o-mar ($15) by Megan Pugh Summarizing Ariana Reines’s Coeur de Lion wouldn’t do this thoughtful book justice—it might sound too much like a soap opera