Army Cats: Poems

Army Cats: Poems

by Tom Sleigh Graywolf Press, $15.00, 96 pages If poetry mirrors the human condition, Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner Tom Sleigh shows the vast differences that make us who we are. The grouping of selections in Army Cats proves that poetry is anything but ordinary....
The Book of Men: Poems

The Book of Men: Poems

by Dorianne Laux W.W. Norton & Co, $24.95, 92 pages Dorianne Laux’s fifth collection of poetry, The Book of Men: Poems, peels back the layers of complicated life and seeks to explain what makes each of us human. The 36-poem compilation reads like a continuous...

Separate Beds

By Elizabeth Buchan, Viking, $26.95, 372 pages “Seizing a breathing space, Annie sat down at the kitchen table to catch up with the accounts, which now featured prominently in her routines. However, despite the rigor and expertise she had at her fingertips for...