Their Ancient Glittering Eyes

Donald Hall, Author Mariner Books $11.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-89919-980-1

Hall proves himself a trustworthy and sympathetic witness in this memoir, which details his encounters over the years with a multitude of poets. (Aug.)

Featured Fiction Reviews

Anuradha Roy

The art of pottery looms large in Roy’s latest, a novel of small tragedies (after All the Lives We Never Lived). Narrator Sara, a lonely Indian student on scholarship at a damp Continue reading »

Oscar Hokeah

The Kiowa, Cherokee, and Mexican family members of a young man named Ever Geimausaddle tell stories that span from his infancy to his adulthood in this captivating debut. When Continue reading »

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

Sullivan (the collection Blue Talk and Love) charms in her stunning debut novel about a Black girl’s coming-of-age. While growing up in gentrifying Harlem during the 1980s and Continue reading »

Morgan Talty

Talty’s smart and gritty debut, a linked collection, poignantly overlays a boy’s coming-of-age on the Penobscot reservation with a young man’s present-day struggles to overcome Continue reading »