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Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections

THE RUIN OF EVERYTHINGBy Lara Stapleton123 pp. Paloma Press. Paper, $18. If love conquers all, in Stapleton’s second story assortment it’s not clear then whether or not anybody wins a lot of something from it. There’s loads of intercourse on this ebook, however little is erotic. Bringing somebody to mattress skews extra towards self-medicating. The

What to Learn: 4 New Poetry Collections

What to Learn: 4 New Poetry Collections Gregory Cowles�� Studying in Connecticut THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2021, edited by David Lehman and Tracy Okay. Smith. (Scribner, fabric, $35; paper, $20.) This annual anthology touches on Covid, George Floyd and far else that’s well timed and timeless, with work from Louise Glück, Terrance Hayes, Ada Limón