By Jennifer Szalai In a new collection about New York City ... Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. In “Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words ...
By The New York Times Books Staff She Changed History, Then Erased Her Own In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing ...
One of the great New Orleans-produced poets, Nicole Cooley is a master of the narratively themed collection. “The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a ...