Books of The Times: Review: ‘The Dark Dark,’ Beguiling Tales of Women in Metamorphosis
In this short-story collection by Samantha Hunt, dreamlike images operate in service to feminist themes and earthbound ideas.
Poetry: Jorie Graham’s Poetic Autopsy for Self and Nation
In “Fast,” the poet Jorie Graham uses her own treatment for cancer as a way to explore the environmental and political crises of 21st-century life.
On Poetry: What Does a Poet Know About War?
Two new collections delve into the challenging subject of modern combat and its impacts.
Picture Books Based on Famous Novels Violate Copyright, a Judge Rules
A court ruling deals a blow to KinderGuides, which publishes children’s books based on classics like “On the Road” and “The Old Man and the Sea.”
Poetry: Poetry in Action
Annotated manuscripts by Billy Graham, Mary Jo Bang, Marie Howe and more show the vision and revisions of poetry in progress.
Nonfiction: Professor Ginsberg’s Notes on the Beats
“The Best Minds of My Generation” compiles two decades’ worth of Allen Ginsberg’s lectures about his contemporaries.
Fiction: In ‘Mrs. Fletcher,’ Tom Perrotta Satirizes the Sex Lives of Mothers and Sons
The new novel by the author of “The Leftovers” features a 46-year-old woman hooked on pornography and her college-age son navigating campus gender politics.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Give Me Fictional Family Sagas, the Longer the Better
A reader who loved “A Suitable Boy” and “The Forsyte Saga” seeks more big fat novels with family trees.
Author’s Note: In the Era of Digital Composition, What Should a Writer Keep?
One writing teacher advises, Throw all drafts away! Another says, Save everything. Where’s the line between clutter and artifact?
Books of The Times: Senator Flake, a Republican, Explains Why He Didn’t Vote for Trump
In “Conscience of a Conservative,” Jeff Flake of Arizona crosses a rhetorical Rubicon to excoriate the president — and the lawmakers who support him.
Poetry: Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
Two new anthologies, “The Golden Shovel Anthology” and “Revise the Psalm,” gather poems and other writings inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ work.
Open Book: Where Charlotte and Jane Meet
A new book matches the events of Charlotte Brontë’s life with those of her heroine Jane Eyre.
The Book Review Podcast: ‘Lights On, Rats Out’
Cree LeFavour talks about her new memoir, and Andrew Sean Greer discusses his new novel, “Less.”
Fiction: Tales of the Unhinged: A Poet’s Short-Story Collection
The characters in Olivia Clare’s “Disasters in the First World” are often unstable, possibly even deranged.
Fiction: A Darkly Comic Novel About Turning 30 Without Growing Up
Ruth, the protagonist of Rachel Khong’s ‘Goodbye, Vitamin,’ most definitely does not have it all figured out.
The Shortlist: In Three New Novels, Summer Escapes Prove Illusory
Three novels show that summer escapes, whether to seaside cottages or the great cities of Europe, rarely avoid the turmoil their characters have fled.
Inside the List: Two Poets Walk Into a Bookstore
Collections of poetry are in short supply on the hardcover lists these days. But it wasn’t always thus, as Edna St. Vincent Millay once proved.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Spirals Through Loss, Desire and Longing
In “Pretend We Are Lovely,” Noley Reid’s first novel, a family tries to come to grips with a sudden death.
Fiction: Help Wanted: Only Women Need Apply
In Catherine Lacey’s “The Answers,” a famous actor tries to design the perfect partner piece by piece.
Paperback Row
Six new paperback titles to check out this week.
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