By Albert Goldbarth Graywolf Press, $18.00, 178 pages I absolutely love poetry, yet I have difficulty reading many collections. I scratch my head, wondering, “What does this all mean?” Poems should assist to answer that question, not hinder our ability to do …
By Shann Ray Graywolf Press, $15.00, 185 pages “Everyone who has ever come here remains” writes Shann Ray of Montana, as both warning and praise. This uneasy truth dwells as the central conflict of the characters in Ray’s lyrical collection of …
By Margaret Drabble Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 256 pages Beginning her career in 1963 with the publication of A Summer Bird Cage and best known for her novels, Margaret Drabble presents a collection of short stories that span her entire career in …
