MERCER UNIV. PRESS

Inside the Church of Flannery O'Connor: Sacrament, Sacramental, and the Sacred in Her Fiction(Mar., $38), edited by Joanne Halleran McMullen and Jon Parrish Peede, presents diverging scholarly essays on the religious themes in O'Connor's works.

PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS

The Temptation of the Impossible: Victor Hugo and Les Miserables (May, $24.95) by Mario Vargas Llosa helps readers appreciate the power and beauty of Hugo's masterwork.

LYNNE RIENNER

Rienner Anthology of African Literature (Apr., $125), edited by Anthonia C. Kalu, explores the continent's diverseliterary tradition from ancient writings to the present.

SYRACUSE UNIV. PRESS

Gin Before Breakfast: The Dilemma of the Poet in the Newsroom (Apr., $24.95) by W. Dale Nelson examines the effect of journalism on poetry and vice versa.

UNIV. OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS

Edinburgh Days, or Doing What I Want to Do (May, $29.95) by Sam Pickering chronicles the author's summer as a visiting fellow at the University of Edinburgh.