Michael Fowler — Excerpt: You might say I was born to rock, or at least reached puberty to rock.
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Anupam Singh, translated from the Hindi by Areeb Ahmad — Excerpt: Indeed, only father’s left shoe remained. / Made of plastic, it could not rot / and kept waiting for feet that fit.
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Asha Krishna — Excerpt: The book opens with an intriguing prologue with a New York dateline. “I recently sent a letter to a terrorist I used to know.”
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Matthew Johnson — Excerpt: Angelou is not just telling the play-by-play of an ordinary sporting event; she invites her readers to experience it.
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Gary Beck — Excerpt: There’s no circus anymore. It closed over a year ago. Don’t you watch the news on TV?
