Poetry. "It's very rare to watch the birth of a new style. It's like watching through a new set of Proust's kaleidoscopes. Mark Statman has been working for years on a vision of himself and parts of t
Fiction. "Part love song, part lamentation, Chuck Wachtel's 3/03 calls to mind the work of generous, lyrical moralists from Walter Benjamin to Grace Paley. It's a beautiful, immensely serious, immense
Fiction. THE BROOKLYN RAIL FICTION ANTHOLOGY, edited by Donald Breckenridge, features 420 pages of groundbreaking fiction from Brooklyn's lively monthly. Includes work by Albert Mobilio, Sharon Mesmer
Drama. Native American Studies. "One of the most vital of the younger writers. Watch this guy. He's making myth"—Joy Harjo. "Displays a mastery of language, a breadth of vision, and an astonishing ran
Poetry. "The poems in Joanna Fuhrman's MORAINE are just as layered and organic as the landforms alluded to in the title. Fuhrman sifts through the debris of modern day life and makes beautiful new scu
Poetry. Fiction. Cultural Writing. Keith Taylor's collection of poems, short stories and creative non-fiction, GUILTY AT THE RAPTURE delights readers with its austere and gentle sensibility. "All thin
"At turns intimate or boisterously satiric, THE VIRGIN FORMICA can gently detonate or erupt, carrying readers along on ripples or shock waves."--Paul Violi
"As a long-time admirer of Jack Anderson's poetry, I am again impressed by his enduring mastery of the art. His latest collection reveals all his wit, his wayward charm, and the innocence that allows
Poetry, Latino/Latina Studies. Jack Agueros was born in East Harlem and has been a lifelong observer of and participant in New York's vibrant Puerto Rican community. A former director of the Museo del
Poetry. Asian American Studies. "Deft, edgy, dystopic, assiduous in their loathing of the famous fascination of the exotic, Cathy Park Hong's poems burst forth in searing flashes of ire and insight. S
Poetry. "By turns tender, tart, gently ironic, heartbreakingly beautiful, Ron Overton's poems celebrate what is lost and what is found in the neon rainbowed urban/suburban world of late twentieth cent
Poetry. "These doubts are like holding/ a hand over a burning candle/ to feel if it's hot.// As if it would be cold?// This is why it was said// a tugboat is needed--// to prove the existence of waves
Poetry. "These poems manage to say everything about everything-each determining day, each shifting sense of inexhaustible person. Back of it all is an extraordinary ear for the way words find place, m
About If the Delta Was the Sea "Dick Lourie has written a rich, spacious book. Observing the principles that 'we are all embedded in history' and that the individual 'contains multitudes,' these poem
Poetry. Young Adult Fiction. Edited by Mark Pawlak, Dick Lourie, and Robert Hershon. Introduction by X.J. Kennedy. Afterwords by Kathleen Aguero, Joanna Fuhrman, Martin Skoble, Kip Zegers. Cover art b
Poetry. Young Adult Fiction. Edited by Mark Pawlak, Dick Lourie, and Robert Hershon. Introduction by X.J. Kennedy. Afterwords by Kathleen Aguero, Joanna Fuhrman, Martin Skoble, Kip Zegers. Cover art b
Poetry. "Like her great forebear Bertolt Brecht, Elizabeth Swados is a consummate theater artist who is a poet at the core. With her composer's ear, director's intuition, and startling linguistic econ
Poetry. Asian American Studies. New poems by the author of Waiting, winner of the National Book Award. Ha Jin's writing has been called luminous and eloquent by The New York Times Book Review, extraor
Fiction. Stories by Tankred Dorst with Ursula Ehler. Translated from the German by Anne Posten. "Despite its great importance and influence on German theater and letters, Dorst's work is still relativ
“As a long-time admirer of Jack Anderson’s poetry, I am again impressed by his enduring mastery of the art. His latest collection reveals all his wit, his wayward charm, and the innocence that allows
