Nonfiction: Exploring the Sources and Consolations of Poetry, in Prose
“Why Poetry,” by Matthew Zapruder, and “Poetry Will Save Your Life,” by Jill Bialosky, attempt to explain what readers can get out of verse.
Essay: Derek Walcott and the Peculiar Disturbance of His Poetry
Ishion Hutchinson’s remembrance of a poet he knew and of his influence.
The Shortlist: Five Poets Offer Eloquent Views of the American Experience
With wrenching emotion and wry humor, Erika Sánchez, Bao Phi, Adrienne Raphel, Karyna McGlyn and Cheryl Boyce-Taylor explore America through verse.
Poetry: A Native American Poet Excavates the Language of Occupation
Layli Long Soldier’s debut, “Whereas,” takes on America’s habit of hiding behind euphemism.
Open Book: Poets to Discover
Editors at the Book Review recommend poets who might be flying under your radar.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Matthew Zapruder’s take on poetry, question critics’ understanding of their assignments and more.
Nonfiction: A Fascinating Deep Dive Into John Ashbery’s Early Years
Karin Roffman’s “The Songs We Know Best” is the biography of a shy boy who overcame a hostile culture to become one of the great poets of his age.
Poetry: A Poetry Collection Born of Fury, Sex and Trauma
Dylan Krieger’s “Giving Godhead” weaves the religious with the obscene. It may be the best collection of poetry you’ll see this year.
By the Book: Carla Hayden: By the Book
The librarian of Congress, who wrote the foreword to “The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures,” likes to read about the nature of things, most recently, books on mahogany and the history of redheads.
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.
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