THE ETHICS OF EARTH ART

Amanda Boetzkes University of Minnesota Press ($25) by Deborah Karasov Since the mid-1990s, artist Chris Drury has constructed dark earthen spaces of rock, wood, dirt

WHAT IS OWED THE DEAD

R. H. W. Dillard Factory Hollow Press ($14) by Greg Weiss At first glance, the most striking thing about R.H.W. Dillard’s new volume is its

ENGLISH FRAGMENTS: A Brief History of the Soul

Martin Corless-Smith Fence Books ($18.95) by Daniel Tiffany Martin Corless-Smith’s fifth collection of poetry, English Fragments: A Brief History of the Soul, is a deeply companionable book;

UTOPIA MINUS

Susan Briante Ahsahta Press ($17.50) by Abby Travis Utopia Minus is built on a subtle but pervasive distinction. Susan Briante takes her title from Robert Smithson’s A

CIENTO: 100 100-Word Love Poems

Lorna Dee Cervantes Wings Press ($16) by Sharon Olinka Cynics beware: this book will stir sensual memories, and make even the most jaded reader smile.

CORE SAMPLES FROM THE WORLD

Forrest Gander photographs by Raymond Meeks, Graciela Iturbide, and Lucas Foglia New Directions ($15.95) by Justin Wadland Climatologists drill core samples from rock, soil, and

THE SOUTH WIND

Adele Ne Jame Manoa Books and El León Literary Arts ($15) by Zara Raab Poets weave textures with words that reach back in threads of

BAD DAUGHTER

Sarah Gorham Four Way Books ($15.95) by Nick DePascal Sarah Gorham's fourth collection of poetry, Bad Daughter, is a varied and dynamic meditation on the many

STRANGER IN TOWN

Cedar Sigo City Lights Publishers ($13.95) by Bethany Prosseda John Wieners, in “A Poem for Record Players,” states, “The scene changes”; it is more than