Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin

The first lines of a dozen new books, including Sick by Porochista Khakpour and Sons of Achilles by Nabila Lovelace.
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The first lines of a dozen new books, including Sick by Porochista Khakpour and Sons of Achilles by Nabila Lovelace.
Norton launches its first children’s imprint; Susan Orlean’s next book will be a love letter to libraries; a year’s worth of copyrighted works to enter the public domain; and other news.
Studying poetry under J. D. McClatchy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s remains rediscovered in a wine cellar; the Restoration’s filthiest poet; and other news.
Writer deported on her way to PEN World Voices Festival; twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone; Jennifer L. Knox on censorship in the poetry workshop; and other news.
The first lines of a dozen new books, including The Dream of Reason by Jenny George.
A poet discusses five journals that published poems from his second collection, Pardon My Heart.
Poet, publisher, editor, and activist Carmen Giménez Smith, whose fifth book, Cruel Futures, is out from City Lights, has some advice for other hardworking poets: We make art to reach readers, not to win a race.
Connect with nature, delve into dystopia, and reflect on a relationship with a guardian—three prompts to get you writing.
With publishers both large and small leading the way, literary vinyl makes a comeback.
A new anthology from Haymarket Books celebrates Black Girl Magic.