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Alannah Hopkin demonstrates a near impeccable sense of craft, including a talent for coming up with surprises.
Read MoreMany of the poems live up to the title’s shout-out to Walt Whitman, cutting through the current political miasma with fresh wit, insight, and lyrical outrage.
Read MoreSara Baume’s sophomore novel insists that we rethink the value of empathy: depend on it, yes, but also be suspicious.
Read MoreWhat could easily have become a dense, jargon-filled work of cultural psychology instead reads like a thoughtful conversation.
Read MoreMartín Espada’s lyricism sings deeply in the key of loss, turning the anguish of social and personal histories into hope.
Read MoreKlaus Merz’s cunning, compressed prose invites us to listen for the sounds of the inexpressible, the other side of life.
Read MoreOlivia Kate Cerrone tells this story in raw, blunt terms, in a naturalistic mode worthy of Zola.
Read MoreA journal that is part travelogue, part music history, and part meditation on the evolution of our culture through the often-bloodshot eyes of one man.
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Locke’s List for 2025: Notable Operatic Recordings and a Few Non-Operatic Ones