A Woman of Property

Robyn Schiff Penguin Books ($20) by Shayna Nenni Robyn Schiff’s third poetry collection, A Woman of Property, lyrically mixes together Greek historical figures with the

Basic Vocabulary

Amy Uyematsu Red Hen Press ($15.95) by Julia Stein A contributor to the pioneering 1971 anthology Roots: An Asian-American Reader, Amy Uyematsu published four books

Dear Cyborgs

Eugene Lim Farrar, Straus and Giroux ($14) by Robert Martin Despite the suggestively sci-fi title, Eugene Lim’s Dear Cyborgs is not a futuristic picaresque about

Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art

Virginia Heffernan Simon & Schuster ($17) by Michael Workman The basic premise of this offbeat volume, which mixes a dishy personal voice with one of

Alexander’s Bridge

Willa Cather by Dennis Barone Perhaps the best short novels rely more on character than plot. Because of their brevity they will have a limited

American Purgatory

Rebecca Gayle Howell Eyewear Publishing ($14.49) by Kent Weigle In American Purgatory, Rebecca Gayle Howell drops the reader into a dystopian world torn apart by

Men Without Women

Haruki Murakami Translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen Alfred A. Knopf ($25.95) by Allan Vorda Sometimes you come upon a writer who helps you