• POETRY

Ghost in a Red Hat

Past and present collide in an assemblage of poems "whipped together by windstorm and fire."

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  • POETRY

Where I Live

A new gathering of verse from the prizewinning poet celebrates a life on the land.

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  • POETRY

The Word Exchange

A new gathering of Anglo-Saxon poetry in translation arrives in time for hearthside reading.

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Wait

The seventeenth and latest volume from one of America’s most esteemed poets explores realms of conscience and consciousness.

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The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry

A rich new gathering of poetry from around the world.

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Lighthead

In a new book of poems, the writer dives into his own youth and a nation's troubled history with love and arch wit.

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  • POETRY

News of the World

Poems that evoke the dynamism and variety of midcentury America -- and elsewhere.

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May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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My Struggle, Book Two

A controversial sensation in Norway, A Man in Love is the second book of six in the series, detailing Knausgaard’s separation from his wife, his move to Stolkholm and the dogged pursuit of a mesmerizing poet.

Minotaur

This newly reissued Cold War classic profiles an Israeli spy obsessed with an English girl half his age, and his attempts to win her love without ever revealing his true identity.

The Innocence Game

Three Chicago journalism students attend an “innocence” seminar that will teach them how to release the wrongfully accused from prison. But as innocents are jailed, a killer roams free, and the students are next on the hit list.